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Date of Death:
15 May 1933, New York, New York, USA (complications following surgery for gall stones) moreMini Biography:
He was the man you loved to hiss. This towering (6' 4"), highly imposing... moreTrivia:
Big, burly Scottish-born character actor, active on film from 1919 until... moreAwards:
1 win moreAlternate Names:
Ernest TorranceFilmography
Actor:
- I Cover the Waterfront (1933) .... Eli Kirk (Julie's father)
- Hypnotized (1932) .... Prof. Horace S. Limberly
- Sherlock Holmes (1932) .... Professor James Moriarty
- The Cuban Love Song (1931) .... Romance
- New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931) .... Blackie Daw
- Sporting Blood (1931) .... Mr. Jim Rellence
- The Great Lover (1931) .... Potter
- Shipmates (1931) .... Chief Bosuns Mate Scotty McTavish
- Fighting Caravans (1931) .... Bill Jackson
- Call of the Flesh (1930) .... Esteban
- Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930) .... Sir Jasper Standish
- Strictly Unconventional (1930) .... Lord Hughey Porteous
- Officer O'Brien (1930) .... John P. O'Brien
- Untamed (1929) .... Ben Murchison
- The Unholy Night (1929) .... Dr. Richard Ballou
... aka The Green Ghost - Speedway (1929) .... Jim MacDonald
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) .... Uncle Pio
- Desert Nights (1929) .... Lord 'Steve' Stonehill
... aka Thirst (USA) - The Cossacks (1928) .... Ivan
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) .... William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr.
- Across to Singapore (1928) .... Captain Mark Shore
- Twelve Miles Out (1927) .... Red McCue
- Captain Salvation (1927) .... Captain
- The King of Kings (1927) .... Peter
- The Lady of the Harem (1926) .... Hassan
- Mantrap (1926) .... Joe Easter
- The Rainmaker (1926) .... Mike
- The Blind Goddess (1926) .... Ernest Torrence
- The American Venus (1926) .... King Neptune
- The Pony Express (1925) .... 'Ascension' Jones
- Night Life of New York (1925) .... John Bentley
- The Wanderer (1925) .... Tola
- The Dressmaker from Paris (1925) .... Angus McGregor
- Peter Pan (1924) .... Captain Hook
- North of 36 (1924) .... Jim Nabours
- The Side Show of Life (1924) .... Andrew Lackaday
- The Fighting Coward (1924) .... General Orlando Jackson
- The Heritage of the Desert (1924) .... August Naab
- West of the Water Tower (1923) .... Rev. Adrian Plummer
- Ruggles of Red Gap (1923) .... Cousin Egbert Floud
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923/I) .... Clopin
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1923) .... 'Devil' Jud Tolliver
- The Covered Wagon (1923) .... William Jackson
- The Brass Bottle (1923) .... Fakresh-el-Aamash
- The Kingdom Within (1922) .... Krieg
- Broken Chains (1922) .... Boyan Boone
- Singed Wings (1922) .... Emilio
- The Prodigal Judge (1922) .... Solomon Mahaffy
- Tol'able David (1921) .... Luke Hatburn
- A Dangerous Affair (1919) (as Ernest Torrance) .... Abner
Soundtrack:
- Shipmates (1931) ("The Stars and Stripes Forever" (1896))
Self:
- Voices Across the Sea (1928) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
- Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself (from Mantrap [1926])
- "Hollywood" (1980) .... Himself
- The Tingler (1959) (uncredited) .... Luke Hatburn, in clip from Tol'able David
- Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 4 (1935) .... Himself
- Movie Memories (1935)
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