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John Turner
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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 telev…
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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).
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1996
Rasputin
Movie Grand Duke Serge
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1995
Bugs
TV show
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1993
Frank Stubbs Promotes
TV show Peter Dagenham
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Hunter
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1992
The Power of One
Movie Afrikaner Minister
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1990
Jeeves and Wooster
TV show Spode
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1989
The Return of Sam McCloud
Movie McFarland
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1989
The Spirit of Man
Movie Mondor
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1986
Girls School Screamers
Movie Bruce
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1985
Number One
Movie Car Repossessor
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1984
The Bill
TV show
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1983
Doubting Thomas
Movie Pontius Pilate
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1976
Lorna Doone
TV show
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1976
The Slipper and the Rose
Movie Major Domo
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1974
Churchill's People
TV show Sir Walter Raleigh
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1974
Fall of Eagles
TV show Prince Mirsky
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1973
A Place to Die
Movie Bart
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1973
Thriller
TV show Bart
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1972
New Scotland Yard
TV show Sam Abbott
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1971
Justice
TV show Greg Carson
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1970
When The Bell Tolls
Movie Tego
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1969
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Movie Joab
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1969
Christ Recrucified
TV show Panayotaros
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1969
Codename: Portcullis
Movie Roger Cooper
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1969
The Main Chance
TV show Acting Supt. Grover
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1968
The Champions
TV show Lt. Cmdr. Street
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1968
Nana
TV show Auguste Mignon
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Jimmy Fitch
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1964
The Black Torment
Movie Sir Richard Fordyke
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1964
Theatre 625
TV show Dave
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1963
The Ten Gladiators
Movie
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1963
The Sentimental Agent
TV show Bill Randall
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1963
Sammy Going South
Movie Heneker
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1962
Stork Talk
Movie
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1962
The Saint
TV show Cord Thrandel
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1962
Zero One
TV show
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1962
Corrigan Blake
TV show
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1961
Petticoat Pirates
Movie Lt. Michael Pattinson
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1959
International Detective
TV show Tony Stanton
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1959
Knight Errant Limited
TV show Adam Knight
