Teddy Turner
Born: 1917-06-13 in Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: 1992-08-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
Teddy Turner (June 13, 1917 - August 29, 1992) was a Yorkshire-born English actor and comedian known as 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. Other roles include Mrs. Pumphrey's manservant Hodgekin in All Creatures Great and Small, Gordon in Open All Hours, and Banks in the popular 1980s sitcom Never the Twain. Turner also made occasional appearances in Last of the Summer Wine. He died of emphysema in 1992 at the age of 75.
Filmography
1982
- England's Greens and Peasant Land as Old Tom
1981
- Never the Twain as Banks
- Brother to the Ox as Jack
1980
- Flickers as Eddy Marco
1979
- Dracula as Swales
- Golden Gordon as Chairman
- The Danedyke Mystery as Warner Baxendale
1978
- All Creatures Great and Small as Hodgekin
- Strangers as Jess Green
1977
- The Sunday Drama as Head Waiter
- This Year Next Year as Ernest Shaw
- The Mayor's Charity as Councillor
1976
- Open All Hours as Gordon Stackpool
- Ready When You Are, Mr McGill as Coach Driver
- It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet as Judge
1973
- Last of the Summer Wine as Postman