---
name: "David Torrence"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-torrence"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 January 1864"
died: "26 December 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-19T23:32:37.694846+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Torrence

Actor. Born 17 January 1864 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Died 26 December 1951.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 January 1864, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 26 December 1951
- **Active:** 1929–1935
- **Also known as:** David Tayson
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 5 acting, 2 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 68 (1), 1930s 71 (6)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Adventure 2, History 2, Crime 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Torrence_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018900, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868456/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32139

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Disraeli*](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md) (68)

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## Biography

David Torrence (born David Tayson) was a Scottish film actor. He was born on 17 January 1864 in Edinburgh and died on 26 December 1951 in Los Angeles. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1913 and 1939, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the brother of actor Ernest Torrence.

His film credits include the role of Lord Michael Probert in *Disraeli* (1929). Other appearances encompass *City Girl* (1930), *Queen Christina* (1934), *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), *Captain Blood* (1935), *The Mask of Fu Manchu* (1932) and *Mary of Scotland* (1936).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, walkoffame.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (5) — the average rests on these

- *Captain Blood* (1935), Fi1m 80, as Andrew Baynes — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)
- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), Fi1m 83, as Lord Hood — [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty.md)
- *Smilin' Through* (1932), Fi1m 67, as Gardener — [page](https://film.one/film/smilin-through.md)
- *Five Star Final* (1931), Fi1m 70, Actor — [page](https://film.one/film/five-star-final.md)
- *Disraeli* (1929), Fi1m 68, as Lord Michael Probert — [page](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Lost Horizon* (1937), Fi1m 68, as Prime Minister (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/lost-horizon.md)
- *Cavalcade* (1933), Fi1m 57, as Man at Disarmament Conference (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)

## Complete filmography (88)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rulers of the Sea* (1939), as Donald Fenton
- *Stanley and Livingstone* (1939), as Mr. Cranston
- *Bulldog Drummond's Bride* (1939), as Bank Official
- *Ebb Tide* (1937), as Tapena Tom
- *Lost Horizon* (1937), as Prime Minister (uncredited) — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/lost-horizon.md)
- *Beloved Enemy* (1936), as Alroyd
- *Annie Laurie* (1936), as Sir Robert Laurie
- *Mary of Scotland* (1936), as Lindsay
- *The Country Doctor* (1936), as Governor General
- *Captain Blood* (1935), as Andrew Baynes — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)
- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), as Lord Hood — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty.md)
- *Harmony Lane* (1935), as Mr. Pentland
- *Bonnie Scotland* (1935), as Mr. Miggs the Lawyer
- *Black Sheep* (1935), as Captain Savage
- *What Every Woman Knows* (1934), as Alick Wylie
- *Charlie Chan in London* (1934), as Home Secretary
- *Jane Eyre* (1934), as Mr. Brocklehurst
- *Mandalay* (1934), as Capt. McAndrews
- *Madame Spy* (1934), as Seerfeldt
- *Queen Christina* (1934), as Archbishop
- *Berkeley Square* (1933), as Lord Stanley
- *The Masquerader* (1933), as Fraser
- *Voltaire* (1933), as Dr. Tronchin
- *Horse Play* (1933), as Uncle Percy
- *Cavalcade* (1933), as Man at Disarmament Conference (uncredited) — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)
- *The Mask of Fu Manchu* (1932), as McLeod
- *Smilin' Through* (1932), as Gardener — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/smilin-through.md)
- *A Successful Calamity* (1932), as Partington
- *Five Star Final* (1931), Actor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/five-star-final.md)
- *How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 9: 'The Driver'* (1931), Actor
- *East Lynne* (1931), as Sir Richard Hare
- *The Bachelor Father* (1931), as Frank "Mac" MacDonald
- *The Devil to Pay!* (1930), as Mr. Hope
- *River's End* (1930), as McDowell
- *Scotland Yard* (1930), as Captain Graves
- *Raffles* (1930), as Inspector McKenzie
- *City Girl* (1930), as Lem's Father
- *Disraeli* (1929), as Lord Michael Probert — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md)
- *Hearts in Exile* (1929), as Governor
- *The Black Watch* (1929), as Field Marshal
- *Strong Boy* (1929), as Railroad President
- *Silks and Saddles* (1929), as Judge Clifford
- *The Cavalier* (1928), as Ramón Torreno
- *Undressed* (1928), as Martin Stanley
- *The Big Noise* (1928), as Managing Editor
- *Rolled Stockings* (1927), as Mr. Treday
- *The World At Her Feet* (1927), as Client
- *Annie Laurie* (1927), as Sir Robert Laurie
- *The Mysterious Rider* (1927), as Mark King
- *The Midnight Watch* (1927), as Chief Callahan
- *The Third Degree* (1926), as Howard Jeffries Sr.
- *The Unknown Cavalier* (1926), as Peter Gaunt
- *Forever After* (1926), as Mr. Clayton, Jennie's Father
- *The Man in the Shadow* (1926), as Robert Rodman
- *Laddie* (1926), as Paul Stanton
- *The Auction Block* (1926), as Robert Wharton Sr
- *Brown of Harvard* (1926), as Mr. Brown
- *The Isle of Retribution* (1926), as Godfrey Cornet
- *Sandy* (1926), as Angus McNeil
- *Oh! What a Nurse!* (1926), as Big Tim Harrison
- *The King of the Turf* (1926), as Martyn Selsby
- *The Other Woman's Story* (1925), as Judge
- *The Tower of Lies* (1925), as Eric
- *The Mystic* (1925), as James Bradshaw
- *What Fools Men* (1925), as Williamson
- *Fighting the Flames* (1925), as Judge Horatio Manly
- *Her Husband's Secret* (1925), as Ross Brewster
- *The Reckless Sex* (1925), as Robert Lanning
- *Idle Tongues* (1924), as Cyrenus Stone
- *Love's Wilderness* (1924), as The Governor
- *The Sawdust Trail* (1924), as Jonathan Butts
- *Tiger Love* (1924), as Don Miguel Castelar
- *Which Shall It Be?* (1924), as Robert Moore
- *The Dawn of a Tomorrow* (1924), as Sir Oliver Holt
- *The Drums of Jeopardy* (1923), as Cutty
- *The Light That Failed* (1923), as Topenhow
- *Railroaded* (1923), as Judge Garbin
- *The Man Next Door* (1923), as Colonel Wright
- *Abysmal Brute* (1923), as Mortimer Sangster
- *Trimmed in Scarlet* (1923), as Charles Knight
- *The Power of a Lie* (1923), as John Hammond
- *Forsaking All Others* (1922), as Mr. Morton
- *Tess of the Storm Country* (1922), as Elias Graves
- *A Virgin's Sacrifice* (1922), as David Sherrill
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1922), as Count Von Stalburg
- *The Inside of the Cup* (1921), as Eldon Parr
- *Tess of the D'Urbervilles* (1913), as Alec D'Urberville
- *The Prisoner of Zenda* (1913), as Michael, Duke of Strelsau

## Gallery

- ![David Torrence](https://film.one/media/person/1224823/gallery-6dcbd2e5c273.jpg) David Torrence — Universal Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/David_Torrence_-_Dec_1922_UW.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![David Torrence, stage actor Subjects: actors (1912)](https://film.one/media/person/1224823/gallery-b105fc819d89.jpg) David Torrence, stage actor Subjects: actors (1912) — Gilbert and Bacon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/David_Torrence%2C_stage_actor_%28SAYRE_10355%29.jpg/1280px-David_Torrence%2C_stage_actor_%28SAYRE_10355%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lobby card for the 1923 film Trimmed in Scarlet with David Torrence.](https://film.one/media/person/1224823/gallery-dd3d56e4fbaa.jpg) Lobby card for the 1923 film Trimmed in Scarlet with David Torrence. — Universal Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Trimmed_in_Scarlet_lobby_card.jpg/1280px-Trimmed_in_Scarlet_lobby_card.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Torrence](https://film.one/media/person/1224823/gallery-c0a8560e6f81.jpg) David Torrence — Image via TMDB

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