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John Turner
Born: 7th Jul 1932 London, England, UK
Dept: Acting
John Turner (born 7 July 1932) is a British television and film actor. 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. At the Prince Edward Theatre he performed in the role of Juan Perón in the musical theatre show Evita. He later returned to the West End playing Molokov in Tim Rice’s Chess. He also portrayed Charlemagne in the original West End cast of Pippin at His Majesty's Theatre.
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).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 38
Film: 17 (45%)
Television: 21 (55%)
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Filmography
1996
Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of ... view
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Grand Duke Serge
Apr 1995 (first aired)
Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jul 1993 (first aired)
Frank Stubbs (Timothy Spall) is a down-at-heel ticket tout with grand ideas.
He has an ambition to become a 'high class' promoter of famous and talen ... view
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Peter Dagenham (1 ep.)
Apr 1992 (first aired)
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines. ... view
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Hunter (1 ep.)
1992
PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel ... view
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Afrikaner Minister
Apr 1990 (first aired)
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories.
It aired on the ITV network from 1 ... view
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Spode (6 ep.)
1989
Ex-Marshal McCloud now is senator of New Mexico, fighting for a new environment law. His enemy is Maitland, unscrupulous owner of Chemtel, the world's ... view
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McFarland
1989
In pursuit of faith, God and the Devil, spells are cast, buckets of water thrown and men with black beards dance and sing. ... view
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Mondor
1986
Seven girls from the local Catholic school are chosen to go inventory the Wells estate. It sounds like a fun weekend until the girls hold a séance to ... view
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Bruce
1985
A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money. ... view
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Car Repossessor
Oct 1984 (first aired)
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and d ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1983
Musical exploring the events between the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. ... view
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Pontius Pilate
1976
Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the Kingdom of Euphrania are anxious for the Prince to wed no matter what. When the P ... view
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Major Domo
Dec 1974 (first aired)
Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britai ... view
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Sir Walter Raleigh (1 ep.)
Mar 1974 (first aired)
"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with ... view
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Prince Mirsky (1 ep.)
1973
Doctor Bruce Nelson takes over the medical practice of a village general-practitioner. Upon arriving in their new home, the doctor and his wife, Tessa ... view
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Bart
Apr 1973 (first aired)
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-containe ... view
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Bart (1 ep.)
Oct 1971 (first aired)
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margare ... view
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Greg Carson (1 ep.)
Original title: Quando suona la campana
1970
Italian World War II flick direted by Luigi Batzella. ... view
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Tego
1969
Survivors of a sinking ship are rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine crew. They are taken to an underwater city where they may spend the rest of ... view
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Joab
Jun 1969 (first aired)
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformatio ... view
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Acting Supt. Grover (1 ep.)
Sep 1968 (first aired)
After a plane carrying three Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enh ... view
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Lt. Cmdr. Street (1 ep.)
Aug 1968 (first aired)
Nana is a five-part British television miniseries based on Émile Zola's 1880 novel of the same name about the rise of Nana Coupeau, a young woman fro ... view
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Auguste Mignon (5 ep.)
Sep 1967 (first aired)
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhy ... view
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Jimmy Fitch (1 ep.)
1964
A lord returns to his manor with his new wife, to hear rumours that he had already secretly returned and had committed several murders. Has he lost hi ... view
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Sir Richard Fordyke
May 1964 (first aired)
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first reg ... view
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Dave (1 ep.)
Original title: I dieci gladiatori
1963
Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henchman, Tigelinus), with a ... view
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Sep 1963 (first aired)
The Sentimental Agent is a television drama series spin-off from Man of the World. Produced in the United Kingdom in 1963 by Associated Television and ... view
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Bill Randall (5 ep.)
1963
After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South ... view
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Heneker
1962
A gynecologist's wife leaves him, but returns when she finds out she's pregnant; but so is someone her husband's been very friendly with in her absenc ... view
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Oct 1962 (first aired)
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in ... view
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Cord Thrandel (1 ep.)
Oct 1962 (first aired)
'Zero One' is the call sign of the International Air Security Board, an international security network dedicated to the safety of air travel all aroun ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1961
Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine Audl ... view
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Lt. Michael Pattinson
Dec 1959 (first aired)
The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star Arthur- ... view
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Tony Stanton (1 ep.)
Oct 1959 (first aired)
Adam Knight is a young man who, having tried several jobs, decides to set up an agency, 'Knight Errant '59', to solve other people's problems - whatev ... view
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Adam Knight (37 ep.)
Original title: Behemoth, the Sea Monster
1959
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which ... view
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John