Personal Info
Known Credits
52
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1878-06-24 (147 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also Known For
Ernest 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 Stuttgart Conservatory, Edinburgh Academy before earning a scholarship at London's Royal Academy of Music, ...
Known For
Acting
1999 --
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
| Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
1959 --
The Tingler
| Luke Hatburn (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942 --
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
| Self (archive footage)
1933 --
I Cover the Waterfront
| Eli Kirk (Julie's father)
1932 --
Hypnotized
| Prof. Horace S. Limberly - Hypnotist
1932 --
Sherlock Holmes
| Professor James Moriarty
1931 --
The Cuban Love Song
| Romance
1931 --
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
| Blackie Daw
1931 --
Sporting Blood
| Mr. Jim Rellence
1931 --
The Great Lover
| Potter
1931 --
Shipmates
| Chief Bosuns Mate Scotty McTavish
1931 --
Fighting Caravans
| Bill Jackson
1930 --
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
| Sir Jasper Standish
1930 --
Call of the Flesh
| Esteban
1930 --
Strictly Unconventional
| Lord Porteous
1930 --
Officer O'Brien
| John Patrick O'Brien
1929 --
Untamed
| Uncle Ben Murchison
1929 --
Speedway
| Jim MacDonald
1929 --
The Unholy Night
| Dr. Ballou
1929 --
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
| Uncle Pio
1929 --
Desert Nights
| Steve
1928 --
The Cossacks
| Ivan
1928 --
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
| William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr.
1928 --
Across to Singapore
| Captain Mark Shore
1927 --
Twelve Miles Out
| Red McCue
1927 --
Captain Salvation
| Captain of the 'Panther'
1927 --
The King of Kings
| Peter
1926 --
The Lady of the Harem
| Hassan
1926 --
Mantrap
| Joe Easter
1926 --
The Rainmaker
| Mike
1926 --
The Blind Goddess
| Mr. Clayton
1926 --
North of 36
| Jim Nabours
1926 --
The American Venus
| King Neptune
1925 --
The Pony Express
| 'Ascension' Jones
1925 --
The Wanderer
| Tola
1925 --
Night Life of New York
| John Bentley
1925 --
The Dressmaker from Paris
| Angus McGregor
1924 --
Peter Pan
| Captain James Hook
1924 --
The Side Show of Life
| Andrew Lackady
1924 --
The Fighting Coward
| Gen. Orlando Jackson
1924 --
The Heritage of the Desert
| August Naab
1923 --
Ruggles of Red Gap
| Cousin Egbert Floud
1923 --
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
| Clopin
1923 --
The Brass Bottle
| Fakresh-el-Aamash
1923 --
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
| 'Devil' Jud Tolliver
1923 --
The Covered Wagon
| Jackson
1922 --
The Kingdom Within
| Kreig
1922 --
Broken Chains
| Boyan Boone
1922 --
Singed Wings
| Emilio
1922 --
The Prodigal Judge
| Solomon Mahaffy
1921 --
Tol'able David
| Luke Hatburn
1919 --
A Dangerous Affair
| Abner (as Ernest Torrance)