Tim Turner

Tim Turner (7 September 1924 – 1987) was an English actor who performed during the 1950s and 1960s.[1]

For other uses, see Timothy Turner (disambiguation).

Tim Turner
Born
John Freeman Turner

(1924-09-07)7 September 1924
Bexley, Kent, United Kingdom
Died1987 (aged 62–63)
Spain
Occupation(s)Film, television and stage actor
Years active1940s–1968
TelevisionThe Invisible Man (1958–59)
Spouse
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(m. 1951⁠–⁠1974)​
(her death)

Life and career

He was born John Freeman Turner in Bexley, Kent. Before becoming a film and television actor, Turner was a popular leading young man in the theatre. One of his roles was as the love interest of Stella Linden's Sadie Thompson in the 1949 tour of Rain, adapted from the short story by W. Somerset Maugham.

Uncredited, Turner provided the voice of the title character in the TV series The Invisible Man (1958–59), a loose adaptation of the 1897 novel by H.G. Wells.[2] He appeared in person in one episode as a foreign-accented villain.[3] Later, Turner dubbed the voice of actor Todd Armstrong for the 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts.[2]

Between 1959 and 1963, Turner narrated most of the Look at Life series of short documentary films produced by the Rank Organisation.[4][5]

He was married to actress Patricia Plunkett from 1951 until her death in 1974.[6] He later married in Gibraltar to Mercia Dunkley. Turner died in Spain in 1987.[4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1952Gift HorseCrewmanUncredited
1952Top Secret1st Reporter
1952Moulin RougeArtistUncredited
1952Hindle WakesTommy Dykes
1953The Red BeretRupert
1954Mask of DustAlvarez - racer
1954Night of the Silvery MoonGeorge
1954Companions in CrimePhilip Marsden
1955Police DogFrank Mason
1955The Dam BustersFlight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C.
1956A Town Like AliceBritish Sergeant
1958DunkirkOfficer (line of men in sea)Uncredited
1958A Tale of Two CitiesVoice, of Charles Darnay
1958A Night to RememberThird Officer Charles Groves - Californian
1958Grip of the StranglerDr. Kenneth McColl
1959Operation AmsterdamDutch Lieutenant
1960JackpotPeter
1960Not a Hope in HellCy Hallam
1963Jason and the ArgonautsJasonVoice, Uncredited
1964First Men in the MoonVoice, Uncredited
1967The Mummy's ShroudNarratorVoice, Uncredited, (final film role)

References
  1. BFI.org
  2. "Tim Turner | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
  3. "Man in Disguise (1959)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020.
  4. "Tim Turner · British Universities Film & Video Council". bufvc.ac.uk.
  5. McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Manchester University Press. p. 2093. ISBN 978-1-5261-1196-8.
  6. Lorraine Greenslade "Patricia Plunkett - My Sister", Herne Hill Society Newsletter, No. 102, Spring 2008, p. 12–13.
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