Associated with gritty, flashy film villainy, veteran character actor Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher was born in Bombay, India to British parents on January 15, 1905. The son of a police officer (who died when Torin was 10) and a voice/piano teacher, he was educated in England at the Bedford School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. A former schoolteacher, he appeared on the London stage, notably the Old Vic, in 1927 before entering British films in 1934. He would be notable for his stage prowess in the works of Shaw, Shakespeare, and the Greek tragedies. Among his earlier stage plays was a 1937 version of "Hamlet" which starred Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. During World War II he served with the Royal Artillery and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was an extremely imposing, powerfully built specimen and it offered him a number of tough, commanding, often sinister roles over the years primarily in larger-than-life action sequences. Thatcher began in minor roles and progressed to better ones in a number of classic British films in the late 1930s and 1940s as the years went on. They included Sabotage (1936), Dark Journey (1937), Night Train to Munich (1940), Major Barbara (1941), I See a Dark Stranger (1946), The Captive Heart (1946), Great Expectations (1946), as Bentley ("The Spider") Drummle, Jassy (1947) and The Fallen Idol (1948). In Hollywood from the 1950s on, the actor's looming figure and baleful countenance were constantly in demand, gnashing his teeth in a slew of popular costumers such as The Crimson Pirate (1952), Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952) as reformed pirate Sir Henry Morgan, The Robe (1953), Helen of Troy (1956) as Ulysses, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) as the evil, shaven-domed magician Sokurah who shrinks the princess to miniature size, Witness for the Prosecution (1957) as the prosecuting attorney, The Miracle (1959) as the Duke of Wellington, the Marlon Brando/Trevor Howard remake of Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), and Hawaii (1966). Thatcher returned to the stage quite frequently, notably on Broadway, in such esteemed productions as "Edward, My Son" (1948), "That Lady" (1949) and "Billy Budd" (1951). In 1959 he portrayed Captain Keller in the award-winning play "The Miracle Worker" with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. Also a steady fixture on American TV from the mid-1950's on, Torin appeared in a number of quality TV anthologies ("Omnibus," "Playhouse 90, "Zane Grey Theatre") before making fairly steady guest appearances on such shows as "The Millionaire," "Ellery Queen," "Peter Gunn," "Wagon Train," "Bonanza," "Perry Mason," "The Real McCoys," "The Untouchables," "My THree Sons," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "Perry Mason," "Get Smart," "Lost in Space," "Star Trek," "Gunsmoke," "Daniel Boone," "Mission: Impossible," "Night Gallery," "Search" and "Petrocelli." He also showed up in support in the TV movies The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) starring Jack Palance and Brenda Starr (1976), his final on-camera appearance, starring Jill St. John. Diagnosed with cancer, Thatcher died on March 4, 1981, in Thousand Oaks, California (near Los Angeles). The widower of TV actress Rita Daniel, he was long married to second wife, Anne Le Borgne, at the time of his death.
Torkel Dommersnes Soldal is known for Utøya 22. juli (2018), Birkebeinerne (2016) and Natt til 17. (2014).
Torkel Petersson was born on August 19, 1969 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden. He is an actor and writer, known for Patrik 1,5 (2008), Jalla! Jalla! (2000) and Kopps (2003).
Torkil Høeg is an actor, known for Mars & Venus (2007), Babycall (2011) and Jørgen + Anne = sant (2011).
Torkil Høeg is an actor, known for Mars & Venus (2007), Babycall (2011) and Jørgen + Anne = sant (2011).
Torkil Høeg is an actor, known for Mars & Venus (2007), Babycall (2011) and Jørgen + Anne = sant (2011).
Torkil Tórgarð is an actor, known for Trom (2021) and Frávik (2017).
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Tornike Alievi is an actress, known for Les filles du soleil (2018).
Tornike Bziava is a Georgian actor and director. He began with stage acting in theater as well as directing his experimental films since early 2000s. Later he started to do international feature film projects co-produced with France. In 2018, the International premiere of a short film FISHING on Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival 2018 / Third Film on the festival - Research award. Before it won the Jury price on Tbilisi IFF. Tornike took leading parts in the long features. A Fold In My Blanket by Zaza Rusadze which was screened in official selection 63th Berlin Film Festival 2013 and Keep Smiling premiered on 69th Venice Film Festival 2012. In 2012 released a short film NEST (35mm) directed by himself , produced by Ad Astra Films / France. In the film, he worked with his father Koka (Dr. Korneli) Bziava, who performed the mane part in the movie. In 2010 was released a multi-award-winning short film The APRIL CHILL ( 35mm) written and directed by him. The film was selected in more than 40 festivals and won more then 25 prices / The April Chill was awarded in Clermont-Ferrand IFF 2010 with International Jury Special Award. NEST was awarded on Hong Kong IFF audience award 2012 and Tbilisi IFF 2011 with Jury Special Price. Both films were Georgian-French Co-Productions and they were broadcasted on France 3. In 2009 Tornike Bziava worked as an Actor and assistant director on R. Harlyn's film 5 Days of War, starring Andy Garcia and Val Kilmer. 2008, one of the leads in feature film Three Houses, directed by Zaza Urushadze /Tangerines (2013). The leading part in feature in film Thy Will Be Done (2007), by Revaz Chkeidze, Georgia's beloved film director. In 2006-7 Tornike won the Fulbright grant and got a full scholarship from the Polish-American Freedom Foundation. He got at Andrzej Wajda's Master School of Film Directing. In 2004 he was invited by his friend Phedon Papamichael as an intern onset of The Weatherman, directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine. In 2003-04 Tornike also wrote, directed & produced three experimental features Listen to Chopin (45min), Delirium (65min), and Secret Man (17min) starring Michael Meskhi. In which he retrieved several awards. The experiments were made after his big passion for Theater the absurd at the time. Writers like Eugène Ionesco, Harold Pinter, Edward Albee, Tadeusz Rozewicz, Fernando Arrabal. As well as theater of bio-mechanics, directors like Jerzy Grotowski, Jozef Szajna and Tadeusz Kantor. His work also includes main parts in short independent films, like in 2004 The Day Went by Hagen Keller Tornike also took part and directed over 15 commercials. In 2002-4 he took part as an actor in two Greek-Georgian theater productions: Heine Muller's Medea Material and Michael Marmarinos' National Anthems, both directed by Michael Marmarinos. Theater bio-mechanics The shows were successfully performed in Athens and Moscow Theatrical Olympics. In 2001 he performed in theater production Pygmalion at Marjanishvili State Theater, the role of Alfred Doolittle, and was awarded for year's best post-graduated actor. In 2000 performed Shakespeare Poetry at Vanessa Redgrave's birthday, National Theater, London Tornike Bziava is a grandson of renowned Georgian Film director Siko Dolidze and son of director Keti Dolidze, founder & artistic director of GIFT - International Theater Festival in Tbilisi and founder & artistic director of Michael Tumanishvili's Film Actor's Theater. He took part in several features as an actor in very early years, the late 80s and early 90s