Ernest Torrence
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
He was the man you loved to hiss. This towering (6' 4"), highly imposing character star with cold, hollow, beady eyes and a huge, protruding snout would go on to become one of the silent screen's finest arch villains. Born Ernest Thayson Torrence-Thompson on June 26, 1878, in Edinburgh, Scotland, he was, unlikely enough, an exceptional pianist and operatic baritone. A graduate of the Stuttgart Conservatory, Edinburgh Academy before earning a scholarship at London's Royal Academy of Music, ...
Known For
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Steamboat Bill Sr.
The King of Kings
Peter
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Clopin
The Tingler
Luke Hatburn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
Mantrap
Joe Easter
Untamed
Uncle Ben Murchison
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
The Tingler
1959
as Luke Hatburn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
I Cover the Waterfront
1933
as Eli Kirk (Julie's father)
Sherlock Holmes
1932
as Professor James Moriarty
Hypnotized
1932
as Prof. Horace S. Limberly - Hypnotist
The Cuban Love Song
1931
as Romance
Fighting Caravans
1931
as Bill Jackson
The Great Lover
1931
as Potter
Shipmates
1931
as Chief Bosuns Mate Scotty McTavish
Sporting Blood
1931
as Mr. Jim Rellence
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
1931
as Blackie Daw
Call of the Flesh
1930
as Esteban
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
1930
as Sir Jasper Standish
Officer O'Brien
1930
as John Patrick O'Brien
Strictly Unconventional
1930
as Lord Porteous
Speedway
1929
as Jim MacDonald
Desert Nights
1929
as Steve
The Unholy Night
1929
as Dr. Ballou
Untamed
1929
as Uncle Ben Murchison
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1929
as Uncle Pio
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928
as Steamboat Bill Sr.
Across to Singapore
1928
as Captain Mark Shore
The Cossacks
1928
as Ivan
Captain Salvation
1927
as Captain of the 'Panther'
The King of Kings
1927
as Peter
Twelve Miles Out
1927
as Red McCue
The Blind Goddess
1926
as Mr. Clayton
Mantrap
1926
as Joe Easter
The Lady of the Harem
1926
as Hassan
North of 36
1926
as Jim Nabours
The American Venus
1926
as King Neptune
The Rainmaker
1926
as Mike
Night Life of New York
1925
as John Bentley
The Pony Express
1925
as 'Ascension' Jones
The Wanderer
1925
as Tola
The Dressmaker from Paris
1925
as Angus McGregor
Peter Pan
1924
as Captain James Hook
The Fighting Coward
1924
as Gen. Orlando Jackson
The Heritage of the Desert
1924
as August Naab
The Side Show of Life
1924
as Andrew Lackady
West of the Water Tower
1924
as Rev. Adrian Plummer
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1923
as 'Devil' Jud Tolliver
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
as Clopin
Ruggles of Red Gap
1923
as Cousin Egbert Floud
The Covered Wagon
1923
as Jackson
The Brass Bottle
1923
as Fakresh-el-Aamash
The Prodigal Judge
1922
as Solomon Mahaffy
Broken Chains
1922
as Boyan Boone
The Kingdom Within
1922
as Kreig
Singed Wings
1922
as Emilio
Tol'able David
1921
as Luke Hatburn
A Dangerous Affair
1919
as Abner (as Ernest Torrance)