Ernest Torrence

Ernest Torrence

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…

Filmography

Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928 · Movie
as William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923 · Movie
as Clopin
The King of Kings
The King of Kings
1927 · Movie
as Peter
Peter Pan
Peter Pan
1924 · Movie
as Captain James Hook
The Tingler
The Tingler
1959 · Movie
as Luke Hatburn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Speedway
Speedway
1929 · Movie
as Jim MacDonald
Broken Chains
Broken Chains
1922 · Movie
as Boyan Boone
Hypnotized
Hypnotized
1932 · Movie
as Prof. Horace S. Limberly - Hypnotist
Tol'able David
Tol'able David
1921 · Movie
as Luke Hatburn
The Covered Wagon
The Covered Wagon
1923 · Movie
as Jackson
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 · Movie
as Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
I Cover the Waterfront
I Cover the Waterfront
1933 · Movie
as Eli Kirk (Julie's father)
Sporting Blood
Sporting Blood
1931 · Movie
as Mr. Jim Rellence
The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker
1926 · Movie
as Mike
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
1932 · Movie
as Professor James Moriarty
Untamed
Untamed
1929 · Movie
as Uncle Ben Murchison
Desert Nights
Desert Nights
1929 · Movie
as Steve
The Cossacks
The Cossacks
1928 · Movie
as Ivan
Mantrap
Mantrap
1926 · Movie
as Joe Easter
Officer O'Brien
Officer O'Brien
1930 · Movie
as John Patrick O'Brien
The Dressmaker from Paris
The Dressmaker from Paris
1925 · Movie
as Angus McGregor
Twelve Miles Out
Twelve Miles Out
1927 · Movie
as Red McCue
The Unholy Night
The Unholy Night
1929 · Movie
as Dr. Ballou
Fighting Caravans
Fighting Caravans
1931 · Movie
as Bill Jackson