Tim Turner

John Freeman Turner, known by the stage name Tim Turner (7 September 1924 – 1987), was an English actor who performed during the 1950s and 1960s.

Life and career Turner was born in Bexley, Kent. Before becoming a film and television actor, Turner was a popular leading young man in the theatre. One of his roles was as the love interest of Stella Linden's Sadie Thompson in the 1949 tour of Rain, adapted from the short story by W. Somerset Maugham.

Uncredited, Turner provided the voice of the title character in the TV series The Invisible Man (1958–59), a loose adaptation of the 1897 novel by H. G. Wells. He appeared in person in one episode as a foreign-accented villain. Later, Turner dubbed the voice of actor Todd Armstrong for the 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts.

He was married to actress Patricia Plunkett from 1951 until her death in 1974. He later married in Gibraltar to Mercia Dunkley. Turner died in Spain in 1987.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1952 Gift Horse Crewman Uncredited Top Secret 1st Reporter Moulin Rouge Artist Uncredited Hindle Wakes Tommy Dykes 1953 The Red Beret Rupert 1954 Mask of Dust Alvarez Night of the Silvery Moon George Companions in Crime Philip Marsden 1955 Police Dog Frank Mason The Dam Busters Lieutenant J. F. Leggo 1956 A Town Like Alice British Sergeant 1958 Dunkirk Officer Uncredited A Tale of Two Cities Charles Darnay Voice A Night to Remember Third Officer Charles Groves Grip of the Strangler Dr. Kenneth McColl 1959 Operation Amsterdam Dutch Lieutenant 1960 Jackpot Peter Not a Hope in Hell Cy Hallam 1963 Jason and the Argonauts Jason Voice, Uncredited1964 First Men in the Moon 1967 The Mummy's Shroud Narrator Voice, Uncredited