David Torrence (actor)

David Torrence (born David Tayson; 17 January 1864 – 26 December 1951) was a Scottish film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1913 to 1939. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the brother of actor Ernest Torrence. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in Los Angeles.

Selected filmography



 * The Prisoner of Zenda (1913) - Michael, Duke of Strelsau
 * Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1913) - Alec D'Urberville
 * The Inside of the Cup (1921) - Eldon Parr
 * Received Payment (1922) - Daniel Milton
 * Sherlock Holmes (1922) - Count von Stalburg
 * A Virgin's Sacrifice (1922) - David Sherrill
 * Tess of the Storm Country (1922) - Elias Graves
 * Forsaking All Others (1922) - Mr. Morton
 * The Power of a Lie (1922) - John Hammond
 * Trimmed in Scarlet (1923) - Charles Knight
 * The Abysmal Brute (1923) - Mortimer Sangster
 * The Man Next Door (1923) - Colonel Wright
 * Railroaded (1923) - Judge Garbin
 * The Light That Failed (1923) - Topenhow
 * The Drums of Jeopardy (1923) - Cutty
 * The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1924) - Sir Oliver Holt
 * Which Shall It Be? (1924) - Robert Moore
 * Surging Seas (1924) - Lionel Sinclair
 * Tiger Love (1924) - Don Miguel Castelar
 * The Sawdust Trail (1924) - Jonathan Butts
 * Love's Wilderness (1924) - The Governor
 * Idle Tongues (1924) - Cyrenus Stone
 * He Who Laughs Last (1925) - George K. Taylor
 * The Reckless Sex (1925) - Robert Lanning
 * Her Husband's Secret (1925) - Ross Brewster
 * Fighting the Flames (1925) - Judge Manly
 * The Mystic (1925) - James Bradshaw
 * What Fools Men (1925) - Williamson
 * The Wheel (1925) - Theodore Morton Sr.
 * The Tower of Lies (1925) - Eric
 * The Other Woman's Story (1925) - Judge
 * The Auction Block (1926) - Robert Wharton Sr
 * The King of the Turf (1926) - Martyn Selsby
 * Oh! What a Nurse! (1926) - Big Tim Harrison
 * Sandy (1926) - Angus McNeil
 * The Isle of Retribution (1926) - Godfrey Cornet
 * Brown of Harvard (1926) - Mr. Brown
 * Race Wild (1926)
 * The Wolf Hunters (1926) - Le Grange
 * Laddie (1926) - Paul Stanton
 * The Man in the Shadow (1926) - Robert Rodman
 * Forever After (1926) - Mr. Clayton, Jennie's Father
 * The Unknown Cavalier (1926) - Peter Gaunt
 * The Third Degree (1926) - Howard Jeffries Sr.
 * The Midnight Watch (1927) - Chief Callahan
 * The Mysterious Rider (1927) - Mark King
 * Annie Laurie (1927) - Sir Robert Laurie
 * The World at Her Feet (1927) - Client
 * Rolled Stockings (1927) - Mr. Treday
 * Hazardous Valley (1927)
 * On the Stroke of Twelve (1927) - Henry Rutledge
 * The Big Noise (1928) - Managing Editor
 * The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928) - General Dean
 * Undressed (1928) - Martin Stanley
 * The City of Purple Dreams (1928) - Symington Otis
 * The Cavalier (1928) - Ramón Torreno
 * Silks and Saddles (1929) - Judge Clifford
 * Untamed Justice (1929) - George Morrow, Investment Broker
 * Strong Boy (1929) - Railroad President
 * The Black Watch (1929) - Field Marshal
 * Hearts in Exile (1929) - Governor
 * Disraeli (1929) - Lord Probert
 * City Girl (1930) - Mr. J.L. Tustine
 * Raffles (1930) - Inspector McKenzie
 * Scotland Yard (1930) - Captain Graves
 * River's End (1930) - Inspector McDowell
 * The Devil to Pay! (1930) - Mr. Hope
 * The Bachelor Father (1931) - Dr. Frank 'Mac' MacDonald
 * East Lynne (1931) - Sir Richard Hare
 * Five Star Final (1931) - Arthur Weeks (uncredited)
 * A Successful Calamity (1932) - Partington
 * Smilin' Through (1932) - Gardener (uncredited)
 * The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) - McLeod
 * Cavalcade (1933) - Man at Disarmament Conference (uncredited)
 * Horse Play (1933) - Uncle Percy
 * Voltaire (1933) - Dr. Tronchin
 * The Masquerader (1933) - Fraser
 * Berkeley Square (1933) - Lord Stanley
 * Queen Christina (1933) - Archbishop
 * Madame Spy (1934) - Seerfeldt
 * Mandalay (1934) - Capt. McAndrews of the Sirohi
 * All Men Are Enemies (1934) - Sir Charles Ripton (uncredited)
 * Jane Eyre (1934) - Mr. Brocklehurst
 * Charlie Chan in London (1934) - Home Secretary
 * What Every Woman Knows (1934) - Alick Wylie
 * Black Sheep (1935) - Capt. Savage
 * Bonnie Scotland (1935) - Mr. Miggs - the Lawyer
 * The Dark Angel (1935) - Mr. Shannon (uncredited)
 * Harmony Lane (1935) - Mr. Pentland
 * Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) - Sir Stanley Woodland (uncredited)
 * Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Lord Hood
 * Captain Blood (1935) - Andrew Baynes
 * The Country Doctor (1936) - Governor General
 * Mary of Scotland (1936) - Lindsay
 * Annie Laurie (1936, Short) - Sir Robert Laurie
 * Beloved Enemy (1936) - Alroyd
 * Lost Horizon (1937) - Prime Minister
 * Ebb Tide (1937) - Tapena Tom
 * Five of a Kind (1938) - Sir Basil Crawford
 * Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939) - Donald Fenton
 * Stanley and Livingstone (1939) - Mr. Cranston
 * Rulers of the Sea (1939) - Donald Fenton