
Teddy Turner
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-06-13
Day of Death
1992-08-29 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Yorkshire, England, UK
Teddy Turner
Biography
Teddy Turner (June 13, 1917 - August 29, 1992) was a Yorkshire-born English actor and comedian known as dustbin man Chalky Whiteley in the soap opera Coronation Street. He also played the part of the similarly named farmer Bill Whiteley in Emmerdale from 1989 to 1990. Other roles include Mrs. Pumphrey's manservant Hodgekin in All Creatures Great and Small, Gordon in Open All Hours, and Banks in the popular 1980s sitcom Never the Twain. Turner also made occasional appearances in Last of the Summer Wine. He died of emphysema in 1992 at the age of 75.
Known For
Acting
(1982)
England's Greens and Peasant Land
as Old Tom
(1979)
Dracula
as Swales
(1979)
The Danedyke Mystery
as Warner Baxendale
(1979)
Golden Gordon
as Chairman
(1977)
The Mayor's Charity
as Councillor
(1976)
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Coach Driver
(1976)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
as Judge