Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1878-06-24
- Day of Death1933-05-15 (54 years)
- Place of BirthEdinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also Known AsErnest Torrance-Thomson
Ernest Torrence
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1933
I Cover the Waterfront
As: Eli Kirk (Julie's father)
- 1932
Hypnotized
As: Prof. Horace S. Limberly - Hypnotist
- 1932
Sherlock Holmes
As: Professor James Moriarty
- 1931
The Cuban Love Song
As: Romance
- 1931
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
As: Blackie Daw
- 1931
Sporting Blood
As: Mr. Jim Rellence
- 1931
The Great Lover
As: Potter
- 1931
Shipmates
As: Chief Bosuns Mate Scotty McTavish
1931Fighting Caravans
As: Bill Jackson
1930Sweet Kitty Bellairs
As: Sir Jasper Standish
1930Call of the Flesh
As: Esteban
1930Strictly Unconventional
As: Lord Porteous
1930Officer O'Brien
As: John Patrick O'Brien
1929Untamed
As: Uncle Ben Murchison
1929Speedway
As: Jim MacDonald
1929The Unholy Night
As: Dr. Ballou
1929The Bridge of San Luis Rey
As: Uncle Pio
1929Desert Nights
As: Steve
1928The Cossacks
As: Ivan
- 1928
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
As: William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr.
1928Across to Singapore
As: Captain Mark Shore
1927Twelve Miles Out
As: Red McCue
1927Captain Salvation
As: Captain of the 'Panther'
- 1927
The King of Kings
As: Peter
1926The Lady of the Harem
As: Hassan
1926Mantrap
As: Joe Easter
1926The Rainmaker
As: Mike
1926North of 36
As: Jim Nabours
1926The American Venus
As: King Neptune
1925The Pony Express
As: 'Ascension' Jones
1925The Wanderer
As: Tola
1925Night Life of New York
As: John Bentley
1925The Dressmaker from Paris
As: Angus McGregor
- 1924
Peter Pan
As: Captain James Hook
1924The Side Show of Life
As: Andrew Lackady
1924The Fighting Coward
As: Gen. Orlando Jackson
1924The Heritage of the Desert
As: August Naab
1924West of the Water Tower
As: Rev. Adrian Plummer
1923Ruggles of Red Gap
As: Cousin Egbert Floud
- 1923
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
As: Clopin
1923The Brass Bottle
As: Fakresh-el-Aamash
1923The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
As: 'Devil' Jud Tolliver
1923The Covered Wagon
As: Jackson
1922Broken Chains
As: Boyan Boone
1922Singed Wings
As: Emilio
1922The Prodigal Judge
As: Solomon Mahaffy
1921Tol'able David
As: Luke Hatburn
1919A Dangerous Affair
As: Abner (as Ernest Torrance)