

Acting
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, he toured with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in such productions as "The Emerald Isle" (1901)...
Highest rated appearances
as Peter

I Cover the Waterfront
as Eli Kirk (Julie's father)

Hypnotized
as Prof. Horace S. Limberly - Hypnotist

Sherlock Holmes
as Professor James Moriarty

The Cuban Love Song
as Romance

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Blackie Daw

Sporting Blood
as Mr. Jim Rellence

The Great Lover
as Potter

Shipmates
as Chief Bosuns Mate Scotty McTavish

Fighting Caravans
as Bill Jackson

Sweet Kitty Bellairs
as Sir Jasper Standish

Call of the Flesh
as Esteban

Strictly Unconventional
as Lord Porteous

Officer O'Brien
as John Patrick O'Brien

Untamed
as Uncle Ben Murchison

Speedway
as Jim MacDonald

The Unholy Night
as Dr. Ballou

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Uncle Pio

Desert Nights
as Steve

The Cossacks
as Ivan

Steamboat Bill, Jr.
as Steamboat Bill Sr.

Across to Singapore
as Captain Mark Shore

Twelve Miles Out
as Red McCue

Captain Salvation
as Captain of the 'Panther'

The King of Kings
as Peter

The Lady of the Harem
as Hassan

Mantrap
as Joe Easter

The Rainmaker
as Mike
The Blind Goddess
as Mr. Clayton

North of 36
as Jim Nabours

The American Venus
as King Neptune

The Pony Express
as 'Ascension' Jones

The Wanderer
as Tola

Night Life of New York
as John Bentley

The Dressmaker from Paris
as Angus McGregor

Peter Pan
as Captain James Hook

The Side Show of Life
as Andrew Lackady

The Fighting Coward
as Gen. Orlando Jackson

The Heritage of the Desert
as August Naab

West of the Water Tower
as Rev. Adrian Plummer

Ruggles of Red Gap
as Cousin Egbert Floud

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Clopin

The Brass Bottle
as Fakresh-el-Aamash

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as 'Devil' Jud Tolliver

The Covered Wagon
as Jackson
The Kingdom Within
as Kreig

Broken Chains
as Boyan Boone

Singed Wings
as Emilio

The Prodigal Judge
as Solomon Mahaffy

Tol'able David
as Luke Hatburn