John Turner
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).
The Power of One
as Afrikaner MinisterPK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only...
Movie pageCaptain Nemo and the Underwater City
as JoabSurvivors of a sinking ship are rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine crew. They are taken...
Movie pageRasputin
as Grand Duke SergeInto an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a...
Movie pageThe Slipper and the Rose
as Major DomoPrince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the kingdom of Euphrania are...
Movie pageThe Giant Behemoth
as JohnMarine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of...
Movie pageThe Black Torment
as Sir Richard FordykeA lord returns to his manor with his new wife, to hear rumours that he had already secretly...
Movie pageGirls School Screamers
as BruceSeven girls from the local Catholic school are chosen to go inventory the Wells estate. It...
Movie pageNumber One
as Car RepossessorA down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.
Movie pageSammy Going South
as HenekerAfter he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to...
Movie pagePetticoat Pirates
as Lt. Michael PattinsonUndistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive...
Movie pageThe Ten Gladiators
as uncreditedRoccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to...
Movie pageThe Return of Sam McCloud
as McFarlandEx-Marshal McCloud now is senator of New Mexico, fighting for a new environment law. His enemy...
Movie pageA Place to Die
as BartDoctor Bruce Nelson takes over the medical practice of a village general-practitioner. Upon...
Movie pageThe Spirit of Man
as MondorIn pursuit of faith, God and the Devil, spells are cast, buckets of water thrown and men with...
Movie pageWhen The Bell Tolls
as TegoItalian World War II flick direted by Luigi Batzella.
Movie pageThe Saint
as Cord ThrandelSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
TV Show pageThe Bill
as uncreditedThe daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...
TV Show pageThe Champions
as Lt. Cmdr. StreetThe Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series...
TV Show pageHeartbeat
as HunterSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
TV Show pageJustice
as Greg CarsonJustice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long...
TV Show pageBugs
as uncreditedBugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August...
TV Show pageThriller
as BartThriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is...
TV Show pageThe Main Chance
as Acting Supt. GroverThe Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...
TV Show pageJeeves and Wooster
as SpodeJeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's...
TV Show pageFall of Eagles
as Prince Mirsky"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series...
TV Show pageThe Sentimental Agent
as uncreditedThe Sentimental Agent is a television drama series spin-off from Man of the World. It was...
TV Show pageKnight Errant Limited
as Adam KnightAdam Knight is a young man who, having tried several jobs, decides to set up an agency, 'Knight...
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