Ernest Torrence was one of the screen’s noted character actors. The giant Scot was known to millions around the world for both his comedy and drama: as the villainous mountaineer in "Tol’able David" (1921); the scout in "The Covered Wagon" (1923); alongside Lon Chaney in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1923); as Captain Hook in "Peter Pan" (1924) opposite Betty Bronson; with Clara Bow in "Mantrap" (1926); and in silent classics such as "The King of Kings" (1927) and "Steamboat Bill, Jr." (1928) with Buster Keaton.
Before going to Hollywood, Torrence won recognition as a concert pianist, a musical comedy favorite, a grand opera singer and a character actor on Broadway.
Before leaving California a month before a Scotland vacation that ended in his death, Torrence completed his work in the 1933 film "I Cover the Waterfront."
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