Birthday
1864/01/17
Day of death
1951/12/26 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also know as
David Tayson
David Torrence (born David Tayson; 17 January 1864 – 26 December 1951) was a Scottish film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1913 to 1939. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the brother of actor Ernest Torrence. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in Los Angeles.
(1932) The Mask of Fu Manchu
as McLeod
(1926) Laddie
as Paul Stanton
(1933) Queen Christina
as Archbishop
(1927) The Mysterious Rider
as Mark King
(1930) City Girl
as Lem's Father
(1925) The Other Woman's Story
as Judge
(1935) Captain Blood
as Andrew Baynes
(1922) Forsaking All Others
as Mr. Morton
(1926) The Isle of Retribution
as Godfrey Cornet
(1929) Silks and Saddles
as Judge Clifford
(1927) The World At Her Feet
as Client
(1929) Disraeli
as Lord Michael Probert
(1931) East Lynne
as Sir Richard Hare
(1932) Smilin' Through
as Gardener
(1937) Lost Horizon
as Prime Minister (uncredited)
(1933) Berkeley Square
as Lord Stanley
(1930) Raffles
as Inspector McKenzie
(1922) A Virgin's Sacrifice
as ---
(1926) The King of the Turf
as Martyn Selsby
(1924) The Sawdust Trail
as Jonathan Butts
(1934) Jane Eyre
as Mr. Brocklehurst
(1929) The Black Watch
as Field Marshal
(1933) Voltaire
as Dr. Tronchin
(1934) What Every Woman Knows
as Alick Wylie
(1931) The Bachelor Father
as Frank "Mac" MacDonald
(1937) Ebb Tide
as Tapena Tom
(1933) The Masquerader
as Fraser
(1930) River's End
as McDowell
(1934) Mandalay
as Capt. McAndrews
(1925) The Tower of Lies
as Eric
(1926) Brown of Harvard
as Mr. Brown
(1923) Trimmed in Scarlet
as Charles Knight
(1930) Scotland Yard
as Captain Graves
(1913) The Prisoner of Zenda
as Michael, Duke of Strelsau
(1931) Five Star Final
as ---
(1926) The Unknown Cavalier
as Peter Gaunt
(1930) The Devil to Pay!
as Mr. Hope
(1913) Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as Alec D'Urberville
(1933) Horse Play
as Uncle Percy
(1926) Sandy
as Angus McNeil
(1935) Black Sheep
as Captain Savage
(1936) Mary of Scotland
as Lindsay
(1939) Stanley and Livingstone
as Mr. Cranston
(1922) Tess of the Storm Country
as Elias Graves
(1936) Beloved Enemy
as Alroyd
(1923) Abysmal Brute
as Mortimer Sangster
(1923) The Drums of Jeopardy
as Cutty
(1934) Charlie Chan in London
as Home Secretary
(1939) Bulldog Drummond's Bride
as Bank Official
(1933) Cavalcade
as Man at Disarmament Conference (uncredited)
(1924) Which Shall It Be?
as ---
(1936) The Country Doctor
as Governor General
(1926) Oh! What a Nurse!
as Big Tim Harrison
(1935) Bonnie Scotland
as Mr. Miggs the Lawyer
(1925) The Mystic
as James Bradshaw
(1935) Harmony Lane
as Mr. Pentland
(1935) Mutiny on the Bounty
as Lord Hood
(1927) Annie Laurie
as Sir Robert Laurie
(1934) Madame Spy
as Seerfeldt
(1932) A Successful Calamity
as Partington
(1936) Annie Laurie
as Sir Robert Laurie
(1925) The Reckless Sex
as Robert Lanning
(1929) Strong Boy
as Railroad President
(1939) Rulers of the Sea
as Donald Fenton
(1929) Hearts in Exile
as Governor
(1924) Tiger Love
as Don Miguel Castelar
(1931) How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'
as ---
(1928) The Big Noise
as Managing Editor
(1922) Sherlock Holmes
as Count Von Stalburg
(1923) The Light That Failed
as Topenhow
(1928) The Cavalier
as Ramón Torreno
(1926) Forever After
as Mr. Clayton, Jennie's Father
(1921) The Inside of the Cup
as Eldon Parr
(1926) The Third Degree
as Howard Jeffries Sr.
(1943) The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
(1923) The Man Next Door
as Colonel Wright
(1925) What Fools Men
as Williamson
(1927) Rolled Stockings
as Mr. Treday
(1924) Idle Tongues
as Cyrenus Stone
(1927) The Midnight Watch
as Chief Callahan
(1926) The Man in the Shadow
as Robert Rodman