Ernest Torrence

Ernest Torrence

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

24/06/1878

Day of Death

15/05/1933
(55) years old

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1999

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

as Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive foot...

1959

The Tingler

as Luke Hatburn (archive footage) (uncredit...

1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)

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

Sporting Blood

as Mr. Jim Rellence

1931

The Great Lover

as Potter

1931

Shipmates

as Chief Bosuns Mate Scotty McTavish

1931

Fighting Caravans

as Bill Jackson

1930

Sweet Kitty Bellairs

as Sir Jasper Standish

1930

Call of the Flesh

as Esteban

1930

Strictly Unconventional

as Lord Porteous

1930

Officer O'Brien

as John Patrick O'Brien

1929

Untamed

as Uncle Ben Murchison

1929

Speedway

as Jim MacDonald

1929

The Unholy Night

as Dr. Ballou

1929

Desert Nights

as Steve

1928

The Cossacks

as Ivan

1928

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

as William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr.

1928

Across to Singapore

as Captain Mark Shore

1927

Twelve Miles Out

as Red McCue

1927

Captain Salvation

as Captain of the 'Panther'

1927

The King of Kings

as Peter

1926

Mantrap

as Joe Easter

1926

The Rainmaker

as Mike

1926

The Blind Goddess

as Mr. Clayton

1926

North of 36

as Jim Nabours

1926

The American Venus

as King Neptune

1925

The Pony Express

as 'Ascension' Jones

1925

The Wanderer

as Tola

1925

Night Life of New York

as John Bentley

1925

The Dressmaker from Paris

as Angus McGregor

1924

Peter Pan

as Captain James Hook

1924

The Side Show of Life

as Andrew Lackady

1924

The Fighting Coward

as Gen. Orlando Jackson

1924

The Heritage of the Desert

as August Naab

1924

West of the Water Tower

as Rev. Adrian Plummer

1923

Ruggles of Red Gap

as Cousin Egbert Floud

1923

The Brass Bottle

as Fakresh-el-Aamash

1923

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

as 'Devil' Jud Tolliver

1923

The Covered Wagon

as Jackson

1922

The Kingdom Within

as Kreig

1922

Broken Chains

as Boyan Boone

1922

Singed Wings

as Emilio

1922

The Prodigal Judge

as Solomon Mahaffy

1921

Tol'able David

as Luke Hatburn

1919

A Dangerous Affair

as Abner (as Ernest Torrance)