Ernest Torrence

Actor

Born: June 24, 1878
Died: May 15, 1933 (age 54)
From: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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…

Filmography (53)

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl (1999)
Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
The Tingler (1959)
Luke Hatburn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
Self (archive footage)
I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
Eli Kirk (Julie's father)
Hypnotized (1932)
Prof. Horace S. Limberly - Hypnotist
Sherlock Holmes (1932)
Professor James Moriarty
The Cuban Love Song (1931)
Romance
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)
Blackie Daw
Sporting Blood (1931)
Mr. Jim Rellence
The Great Lover (1931)
Potter
Shipmates (1931)
Chief Bosuns Mate Scotty McTavish
Fighting Caravans (1931)
Bill Jackson
Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930)
Sir Jasper Standish
Call of the Flesh (1930)
Esteban
Strictly Unconventional (1930)
Lord Porteous
Officer O'Brien (1930)
John Patrick O'Brien
Untamed (1929)
Uncle Ben Murchison
Speedway (1929)
Jim MacDonald
The Unholy Night (1929)
Dr. Ballou
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
Uncle Pio
Desert Nights (1929)
Steve
The Cossacks (1928)
Ivan
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
William 'Steamboat Bill' Canfield Sr.
Across to Singapore (1928)
Captain Mark Shore
Twelve Miles Out (1927)
Red McCue
Captain Salvation (1927)
Captain of the 'Panther'
The King of Kings (1927)
Peter
The Lady of the Harem (1926)
Hassan
Mantrap (1926)
Joe Easter
The Rainmaker (1926)
Mike