John Turner

John Turner born 7 July 1932 is a British television and film actor One of Turners most recognisable roles was that of Roderick Spode 6 episodes 19911993 in the ITV television series Jeeves and Wooster based on the P G Wodehouse novels He had performed the same role earlier in his career at Her Majestys Theatre London in Andrew Lloyd Webbers musical flop Jeeves At the Prince Edward Theatre he performed in the role of Juan Perón in the musical theatre show Evita He later returned to the West End playing Molokov in Tim Rices Chess He also portrayed Charlemagne in the original West End cast of Pippin at His Majestys Theatre Turner made his television debut in 1957 playing a hillbilly in Operation Fracture In 1963 he appeared in 513 episodes of The Sentimental Agent as Bill Randall and in four episodes replaced the lead character played by Carlos Thompson In a career that lasted more than 40 years he also appeared in 36 episodes of Knight Errant Limited as Adam Knight 19591960 as well as in episodes of ZCars 1967 The Saint 1968 The Champions 1968 Fall of Eagles 1974 the TV mini series Lorna Doone 1976 Heartbeat 1992 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones 1999 and The Bill 2000 Film roles include John in Behemoth the Sea Monster 1959 Lieutenant Pattinson in Petticoat Pirates 1961 Sir Richard Fordyke in The Black Torment 1964 Joab in Captain Nemo and the Underwater City 1969 The Majordomo in The Slipper and the Rose 1976 the Afrikaner Minister in The Power of One 1992 Rasputin Dark Servant of Destiny 1996 and Lord Lot in Merlin 1998