Biography
Short, stout Scottish actor David Thursby came to Hollywood at the dawn of the talkie era. Thursby was indispensable to American films with British settings like
Werewolf of London and
Mutiny on the Bounty (both 1935). He spent much of his career at 20th Century Fox, generally in unbilled cameos. Often as not, he was cast as a London bobby (vide the 1951
Fred Astaire musical
Royal Wedding, in which he was briefly permitted to sing). David Thursby remained active until the mid-60s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide