Ernest Torrence
Acting
Born June 24, 1878 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
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) and…
Known For · 40 titles
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Broken Chains
The King of Kings
The Tingler
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Speedway
Hypnotized
Twelve Miles Out
Across to Singapore
Tol'able David
Mantrap
The Kingdom Within
The Dressmaker from Paris
The Covered Wagon
Peter Pan
The Fighting Coward
Fighting Caravans
The Unholy Night
Officer O'Brien
The American Venus
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Strictly Unconventional
The Cuban Love Song
I Cover the Waterfront
Untamed
Call of the Flesh
The Wanderer
Captain Salvation
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Lady of the Harem
The Blind Goddess
The Cossacks
Sherlock Holmes
Desert Nights
West of the Water Tower
The Great Lover
The Rainmaker
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford