
John Turner
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-07-07 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
John Turner
Biography
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).
Known For
Acting
(1996)
Rasputin
as Grand Duke Serge
(1992)
The Power of One
as Afrikaner Minister
(1989)
The Return of Sam McCloud
as McFarland
(1989)
The Spirit of Man
as Mondor
(1986)
Girls School Screamers
as Bruce
(1985)
Number One
as Car Repossessor
(1983)
Doubting Thomas
as Pontius Pilate
(1976)
The Slipper and the Rose
as Major Domo
(1973)
A Place to Die
as Bart
(1970)
When The Bell Tolls
as Tego
(1969)
(1964)
The Black Torment
as Sir Richard Fordyke
(1963)
Sammy Going South
as Heneker
(1963)
(1962)
(1961)
Petticoat Pirates
as Lt. Michael Pattinson
(1959)
The Giant Behemoth
as John