John Turner (actor)
John Turner | |
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Born | London, England | 7 July 1932
Occupation | actor |
Years active | 1957–2000 |
Spouse | [1] |
John Turner (born 7 July 1932) is a British television and film actor.
Career
One of Turner's most recognisable roles was that of Roderick Spode (6 episodes, 1991–1993) in the ITV television series Jeeves and Wooster, based on the P. G. Wodehouse novels. He had performed the same role earlier in his career at Her Majesty's Theatre, London in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical flop Jeeves. In 1986, he returned to the West End playing Molokov in Tim Rice’s Chess.
Turner made his television debut in 1957, playing a hillbilly in Operation Fracture.
In 1963 he appeared in 5/13 episodes of The Sentimental Agent as Bill Randall and in four episodes replaced the lead character played by Carlos Thompson.
In a career that lasted more than 40 years, he also appeared in 36 episodes of Knight Errant Limited as Adam Knight (1959–1960), as well as in episodes of Z-Cars (1967), The Saint (1968), The Champions (1968), Fall of Eagles (1974), the TV mini series Lorna Doone (1976), Heartbeat (1992), The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (1999) and The Bill (2000).
Film roles include John in Behemoth the Sea Monster (1959), Lieutenant Pattinson in Petticoat Pirates (1961), Sir Richard Fordyke in The Black Torment (1964), Joab in Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969), The Major-domo in The Slipper and the Rose (1976), the Afrikaner Minister in The Power of One (1992), Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996) and Lord Lot in Merlin (1998).
Selected filmography
- Nowhere to Go (1958)
- The Giant Behemoth (1959)
- Petticoat Pirates (1961)
- The Black Torment (1964)
- Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
- The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
- The Power of One (1992)
- Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996)
- Merlin (1998)
References
- ^ "Barbara Jefford obituary". the Guardian. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
External links
- John Turner at IMDb
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