Teddy Turner

Born: 1917-06-13

Teddy Turner was a Yorkshire-born English actor and comedian who played 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. In the late 1970s (and all the way up to the final series in 1990) he played the part of Mrs. Pumphrey's manservant Hodgekin in All Creatures Great and Small, Gordon in Open All Hours and subsequently the part of Banks in the popular 1980s sitcom Never the Twain. He also made occasional appearances in Last of the Summer Wine. He died of emphysema in 1992 at the age of 75.


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Dracula

as Swales
Released: 1979-07-20

Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic. Count Dracula is a subject of fatal...

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The Mayor's Charity

as Councillor
Released: 1977-11-29

Olive Major is determined that her year of office as Mayor will be a happy and successful one....

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England's Greens and Peasant Land

as Old Tom
Released: 1982-01-05

A planning decision must be made, and the motorway extension must go through on either the Golf...

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Last of the Summer Wine

as Edgar
First aired: 1973-01-04

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...

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Last of the Summer Wine

as Postman
First aired: 1973-01-04

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...

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All Creatures Great and Small

as Hodgekin
First aired: 1978-01-08

All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...

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Never the Twain

as Banks
First aired: 1981-09-07

Never the Twain is a British sitcom that ran for eleven series from 7 September 1981 to 9...

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Flickers

as Eddy Marco
First aired: 1980-09-17

Arnie Cole (Hoskins) and his wife Maud (de la Tour) are an odd couple, having entered into the...

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