Ernest Torrence

Acting

Ernest Torrence

Born 1878-06-24 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 53 films

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 scholars…

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Filmography

53 films
The Tingler poster

A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die o…

The Tingler

★ 6.4 1959

Hypnotized poster

A Gypsy violinist searches for her missing fiance, a circus worker who recently won a sweepstakes p…

Hypnotized

★ 7.0 1932

Sporting Blood poster

A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through multip…

Sporting Blood

★ 5.4 1931

Shipmates poster

A sailor falls in love with the admiral's daughter but finds they can't marry because of his lowly…

Shipmates

★ 5.8 1931