John Turner

Known for ActingBorn 1932-07-07 (age 93)London, England, UK

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).Read more

Movies & web series

The Spirit of Man

When The Bell Tolls

Stork Talk

A Place to Die

Jeeves and Wooster

The Main Chance

Frank Stubbs Promotes

The Power of One

Heartbeat

International Detective

Justice

The Saint

The Return of Sam McCloud

Theatre 625

Bugs

Fall of Eagles

ITV Playhouse

The Slipper and the Rose

Thriller

The Bill

Rasputin

Number One

Petticoat Pirates

The Champions

The Sentimental Agent

New Scotland Yard

Sammy Going South

Zero One

The Black Torment

The Giant Behemoth

Girls School Screamers

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

The Ten Gladiators

Churchill's People

Doubting Thomas

Lorna Doone

Nana

Corrigan Blake

Knight Errant Limited