
Person
Teddy Turner
Acting · 1917–1992 · Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Known for

Last of the Summer Wine
Postman

All Creatures Great and Small
Hodgekin

Strangers
Jess Green

Never the Twain
Banks
The Sunday Drama
Head Waiter

Open All Hours
Gordon Stackpool

This Year Next Year
Ernest Shaw
Sounding Brass
Frank Oldfield

Dracula
Swales

Flickers
Eddy Marco
Filmography
- 1982England's Greens and Peasant LandOld Tom
- 1981Brother to the OxJack
- 1981Never the TwainBanks
- 1980FlickersEddy Marco
- 1980Sounding BrassFrank Oldfield
- 1979Golden GordonChairman
- 1979DraculaSwales
- 1979The Danedyke MysteryWarner Baxendale
- 1978StrangersJess Green
- 1978All Creatures Great and SmallHodgekin
- 1977The Mayor's CharityCouncillor
- 1977The Sunday DramaHead Waiter
- 1977This Year Next YearErnest Shaw
- 1976It Shouldn't Happen to a VetJudge
- 1976Open All HoursGordon Stackpool
- 1976Ready When You Are, Mr McGillCoach Driver
- 1973Last of the Summer WinePostman
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