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John Turnbull is a Actor British born on 5 november 1880 at Dunbar (United-kingdom)

John Turnbull

John Turnbull
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 5 november 1880 at Dunbar (United-kingdom)
Death 23 february 1956 (at 75 years) at London (United-kingdom)

John Turnbull (November 5, 1880 - February 23, 1956) was a British film actor.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Turnbull (71 films)

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Actor

The Happiest Days of Your Life
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
, 1h21
Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education, Films based on plays
Actors Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, John Turnbull, Guy Middleton, Joyce Grenfell, Edward Rigby
Roles Conrad Matthews: Staff of Nutbourne
Rating71% 3.5887853.5887853.5887853.5887853.588785
Set in 1949, confusion reigns when St Swithin's Girls' School is accidentally billeted at Nutbourne College: a boys' school. The two heads, Wetherby Pond (Alastair Sim) and Muriel Whitchurch (Margaret Rutherford), try to cope with the ensuing chaos, as the children and staff attempt to live in the newly cramped conditions (it being impossible to share dormitories or other facilities), and seek to prevent the children taking advantage of their new opportunities.
Daybreak
Daybreak (1948)
, 1h15
Directed by Compton Bennett
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Eric Portman, Ann Todd, Maxwell Reed, Bill Owen, Edward Rigby, Jane Hylton
Roles Superintendent
Rating65% 3.279443.279443.279443.279443.27944
Eddie (Portman) owns a London barber's shop and leads an apparently everyday life. However, under an assumed name he has a secret second identity known to no-one but his assistant Ron (Bill Owen) – he is also one of England's public hangmen, called on periodically to travel to prisons around the country to perform judicial executions.
So Well Remembered
So Well Remembered (1947)
, 1h54
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors John Mills, Martha Scott, Trevor Howard, Patricia Roc, Richard Carlson, Reginald Tate
Roles Morris
Rating69% 3.473913.473913.473913.473913.47391
At the end of World War II in the Lancashire mill town of Browdley, town councillor, newspaper editor, and zealous reformer George Boswell (John Mills) recalls the past 26 years of his life. In 1919, he defends Olivia Channing (Martha Scott) when she applies for a library job. Her cotton mill owner father John Channing (Frederick Leister) had been sent to prison for almost 20 years for speculating with and losing many people's money.
A Place of One's Own
A Place of One's Own (1945)
, 1h32
Directed by Bernard Knowles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors James Mason, Margaret Lockwood, Barbara Mullen, Dennis Price, Dulcie Gray, Helen Haye
Roles Sir Roland Jervis
Rating61% 3.0942453.0942453.0942453.0942453.094245
(The plot summary is copied verbatim from the website "Britmovie".) Mr and Mrs Smedhurst (James Mason and Barbara Mullen) are a business couple wanting to retire. They find a mansion in the country, Bellingham House, at a bargain price. They move in along with their servants and soon learn the house is supposedly haunted – but Mr Smedhurst in particular is sceptical of the paranormal myth. They invite a young companion, Annette (Margaret Lockwood), to join them but within days of arriving she steadily begins hearing strange voices. The new owners learn that a young invalid girl was believed to have been murdered 40 years previously in the house – and their preconceptions of the supernatural are challenged.
Fanny by Gaslight
Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
, 1h47
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Stewart Granger, Wilfrid Lawson, John Laurie, Jean Kent
Roles Magistrate (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.242723.242723.242723.242723.24272
Fanny (Phyllis Calvert) finishes at boarding school in 1880 and returns to London, where she witnesses Lord Manderstoke (James Mason) fight and kill her supposed father. She soon learns that her family has run a brothel next door to her home and (on her mother's death) that he was not her real father. She goes to meet her real father – a respected politician – and falls in love with Harry Somerford (Stewart Granger), his advisor. Manderstoke continues to thwart her happiness.
Old Mother Riley's Circus
Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
, 1h20
Directed by Thomas Bentley
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors John Longden, Edgar Driver, Roy Emerton, O. B. Clarence, Syd Crossley, Hector Abbas
Roles Cinema Manager
Rating49% 2.464392.464392.464392.464392.46439
Old Mother Riley is the ringmaster after taking over a big top with flagging fortunes. Although the circus is plagued by the disappearance of its owner, and the bailiffs are at the door, the show somehow manages to go on. Money starts to pour in, financial disaster is avoided, and Mother Riley discovers her long-lost daughter is in fact the star of the show.
The Common Touch
The Common Touch (1941)
, 1h44
Directed by John Baxter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Greta Gynt, Joyce Howard, Edward Rigby, Eliot Makeham, George Carney, Raymond Lovell
Roles Father at School Cricket Match
Rating64% 3.234323.234323.234323.234323.23432
An eccentric, wealthy young man disguises himself as a tramp in order to save a dosshouse, which is due to be condemned.
Return to Yesterday
Return to Yesterday (1940)
, 1h9
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clive Brook, Anna Lee, May Whitty, Hartley Power, Milton Rosmer, Olga Lindo
Roles Station-master
Rating62% 3.139993.139993.139993.139993.13999
A British Hollywood star disappears and returns to the small seaside town where he had once worked as a struggling actor at the local theatre. Without anyone realising who he is, he agrees to appear in the theatre's latest production and falls in love with the leading lady.
Spare a Copper
Spare a Copper (1940)
, 1h17
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Musical films, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors George Formby, Dorothy Hyson, Warburton Gamble, Bernard Lee, John Turnbull, George Merritt
Roles Inspector Richards
Rating61% 3.051663.051663.051663.051663.05166
Formby plays a bumbling War Reservist police officer called George Carter who aspires to become a member of the flying squad. The film is set in Merseyside where the battleship HMS Hercules is being built. A group of saboteurs are planning to destroy HMS Hercules by blowing it up. George manages to foil the saboteurs' attempts to destroy HMS Hercules, saving the battleship from being blown up by saboteurs. One of the saboteurs, called "Jake", is played by Bernard Lee.
The Gaunt Stranger
The Gaunt Stranger (1939)
, 1h14
Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Sonnie Hale, Wilfrid Lawson, Louise Henry, Alexander Knox, George Merritt, Patrick Barr
Roles Prison Governor
Rating61% 3.0946553.0946553.0946553.0946553.094655
A notorious killer, long believed to have died in Australia, returns to England seeking revenge for the death of his sister. The "Ringer" threatens to murder the criminal mastermind Maurice Meister. Detective Inspector Alan Wembury is assigned to the case and despite his strong dislike for Meister attempts to protect him with the reluctant assistance of another criminal, Sam Hackett, who has been released from prison as he is the only man able to identify the "Ringer". Even with his help Wembury struggles to unmask their target before the time at which Meister is due to be killed.