Teddy Turner

Teddy Turner

Known for

Acting

Born

June 13, 1917

Birthplace

Yorkshire, England, UK

Died

August 29, 1992 (aged 75)

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.

Best known work

Dracula

Dracula

1979

Open All Hours

Open All Hours

1976

All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small

1978

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

1973

Never the Twain

Never the Twain

1981

Flickers

Flickers

1980

Strangers

Strangers

1978

Yanks Go Home

Yanks Go Home

1976

Golden Gordon

Golden Gordon

1979

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

1976

Filmography

1982
England's Greens and Peasant Land
as Old Tom
1981
Brother to the Ox
as Jack
1981
Never the TwainTV
as Banks (64 episodes)
1981
Coming HomeTV
as Ernest (1 episode)
1980
FlickersTV
as Eddy Marco (2 episodes)
1980
Sounding BrassTV
as Frank Oldfield (6 episodes)
1979
Golden Gordon
as Chairman
1979
Dracula
as Swales
1979
The Danedyke Mystery
as Warner Baxendale
1978
StrangersTV
as Jess Green (1 episode)
1978
All Creatures Great and SmallTV
as Hodgekin (12 episodes)
1977
The Mayor's Charity
as Councillor
1977
The Sunday DramaTV
as Head Waiter (1 episode)
1977
This Year Next YearTV
as Ernest Shaw (13 episodes)
1976
Yanks Go HomeTV
as Mr Clegg (2 episodes)
1976
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
as Judge
1976
Open All HoursTV
as Gordon Stackpool (2 episodes)
1976
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Coach Driver
1973
Last of the Summer WineTV
as Postman (1 episode)