John Turner ( born John Turner ) - British actor. Known for the role of Roderick Spoud in all seasons of the series " Jeeves and Worcester ."
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Biography
John was born on July 7, 1932 in London. On May 13, 1967, he was married to British actress Barbara Jefford [1] .
Acting career
Turner began his acting career in 1957, starring in one of the episodes of the American military film " ". In 1958, he played the role of a policeman in the British crime film " ." A year later, he received one of the main roles in the thriller " Hippo, sea monster ."
During his career, which lasted about 43 years, John starred in more than 60 films, including the films “ Personality Strength ” and “ Rasputin ”, the television series “The Great Merlin ”, “ Electronic Bugs ”, “ Purely English Killing ” and others [ 1] .
Turner received particular fame for the role of amateur fascist Sir Roderick Spoud in the television series Jeeves and Worcester . Critics praised the British actor’s play in this movie [2] . It is noteworthy that John had previously played the same role in the musical Jeeves , staged in 1975 at Her Majesty's Theater in London [3] .
Selected Filmography
| Year | Russian name | original name | Role | |
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| 1957 | with | Office of Strategic Services | OSS | Hillbilly |
| 1958 | f | Nowhere to go | Nowhere to go | Policeman |
| 1959 | f | Hippo, sea monster | The giant behemoth | John |
| 1959 - 1960 | with | Wandering knight | Knight errant limited | Adam |
| 1961 | with | International detective | International detective | Tony stanton |
| 1961 | f | Pirates in skirts | Petticoat pirates | Michael Pattinson |
| 1963 | f | Sammy is heading south | Sammy going south | Henecker |
| 1963 | with | Corrigan Blake | Corrigan blake | Corrigan Blake |
| 1963 | with | Sentimental agent | The sentimental agent | Bill Randall |
| 1964 | f | Dark flour | The black torment | Sir Richard Fordick |
| 1967 | with | Champion House | Champion house | Richie |
| 1967 | with | Z cars | Z-cars | |
| 1968 | with | Saint | The saint | Cord Trandel |
| 1969 | f | Captain Nemo and the Underwater City | Captain nemo and the underwater city | Job |
| 1973 | with | New Scotland Yard | New scotland yard | Sam Abbott |
| 1974 | with | Eagles fall | Fall of eagles | Prince of Mir |
| 1975 | with | Churchill's people | Churchill's people | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| 1976 | f | Shoe and rose | The slipper and the rose | Major Domo |
| 1989 | with | Scenario | Screenplay | Mondor |
| 1992 | f | Personality strength | The power of one | Minister Afrikanerov |
| 1991 - 1993 | with | Jeeves and Worcester | Jeeves and wooster | Roderick Spode |
| 1995 | with | Great Five | The famous five | Mr. Andrews |
| 1996 | tf | Rasputin | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Grand Duke Sergey |
| 1997 | with | New adventures of Robin Hood | The new adventures of robin hood | Captain delouch |
| 1997 | with | Electronic bugs | Bugs | Andrew |
| 1997 | with | Great merlin | Merlin | |
| 1999 | with | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones | General Liote |
| 1994 - 2000 | with | Purely English murder | The bill | Bob Warner / Terry Pincham |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 John Turner . IMDb
- ↑ BFI Screenonline: Jeeves and Wooster (1990-93) . www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ↑ John Turner . prabook.com.