Teddy Turner
June 13, 1917 (107 years old) in Yorkshire, England, UK
Teddy Turner was a Yorkshire-born English actor and comedian who played 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. In the late 1970s (and all the way up to the final series in 1990) he played the part of Mrs. Pumphrey's manservant Hodgekin in All Creatures Great and Small, Gordon in Open All Hours and subsequently the part of Banks in the popular 1980s sitcom Never the Twain. He also made occasional appearances in Last of the Summer Wine. He died of emphysema in 1992 at the age of 75.
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Credits
- 1982 ยทEngland's Greens and Peasant Landas Old Tom
- 1981 ยทNever the Twainas Banks
- 1980 ยทFlickersas Eddy Marco
- 1979 ยทGolden Gordonas Chairman
- 1979 ยทDraculaas Swales
- 1979 ยทThe Danedyke Mysteryas Warner Baxendale
- 1978 ยทAll Creatures Great and Smallas Hodgekin
- 1977 ยทThe Mayor's Charityas Councillor
- 1977 ยทThis Year Next Yearas Ernest Shaw
- 1976 ยทIt Shouldn't Happen to a Vetas Judge
- 1976 ยทReady When You Are, Mr McGillas Coach Driver
- 1973 ยทLast of the Summer Wineas Postman
- 1973 ยทLast of the Summer Wineas Edgar