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John Turnbull (I) (1880–1956)

Actor

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Scottish-born former medical student. Heavy-set, serious-looking character actor of authority figures, invariably playing policemen, military types or schoolmasters.

Born:

in Dunbar, Scotland, UK

Died:

(age 75) in London, England, UK
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1950 The Happiest Days of Your Life
Conrad Matthews
 
1948 Daybreak
Superintendent
 
1947 So Well Remembered
Morris
 
1947 The Hangman Waits
Inspector
 
1945 A Place of One's Own
Sir Roland Jervis
 
1945 Man of Evil
Magistrate (uncredited)
 
1944 Don't Take It to Heart
Police Sergeant
 
1943 The Shipbuilders
Baird
 
1943 There's a Future in It (short)
Father
 
1942 Hard Steel
Mr. Rowlandson
 
1941 The Common Touch
Father at School Cricket Match
 
1941 Old Mother Riley's Circus
Cinema Manager
 
1940 Spare a Copper
Inspector Richards
 
1940 Three Silent Men
Inspector Gill
 
1940 Spies of the Air
Sir Andrew Hamilton
 
1940 Return to Yesterday
Stationmaster
 
1939 Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
Chief Constable
 
1939 The Little Father of the Wilderness (TV movie)
Chevalier de Frontenac
 
1939 Dangerous Masquerade
Inspector Roberts
 
1939 The Tempest (TV movie)
Gonzalo
 
1939 Middle-Class Murder (TV movie)
Mr. West
 
1938 London Wall (TV movie)
Mr. Walker
 
1938 Libel! (TV movie)
 
1938 Laburnum Grove (TV movie)
Inspector Stack
 
1938 Julius Caesar (TV movie)
Decius Brutus / Messala
 
1938 Strange Boarders (uncredited)
 
1938 The Terror
Superintendent Hallick
 
1938 The Hidden Menace
Tenzler
 
1938 Night Alone
Superintendent
 
1938 Stepping Toes
Representative
 
1937 Death Croons the Blues
 
1937 Saturday Night Revue
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1937 The Song of the Road
Bristow
 
1937 Murder at the Baskervilles
Inspector Lestrade
 
1937 Make-Up
Karo
 
1937 It's a Grand Old World
Auctioneer
 
1937 Talking Feet
Lord Mayor (uncredited)
 
1937 The Angelus (uncredited)
 
1936 Conquest of the Air
Von Zeppelin
 
1936 Man of Affairs
Stevenson
 
1936 Rembrandt
Minister
 
1936 The Limping Man
Insp. Potts
 
1936 Where There's a Will
Detective Collins
 
1936 The Amazing Adventure
Masters
 
1936 Nine Days a Queen
Arundel (uncredited)
 
1936 Soft Lights and Sweet Music
Gramophone Factory Director (uncredited)
 
1936 Hearts of Humanity (uncredited)
 
1936 Shipmates
Captain Roberts
 
1935 The Black Mask
Inspector Murray
 
1935 Line Engaged
Supt. Harrison
 
1935 The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Major Tomkin
 
1935 The Murder Party
Insp. Ramage
 
1935 The 39 Steps
Scottish Police Inspector (uncredited)
 
1935 A Real Bloke (uncredited)
 
1935 Radio Pirates
 
1935 The Lad
Inspector Martin
 
1935 Music Hath Charms (uncredited)
 
1935 Once in a New Moon
Capt. Crump
 
1935 Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor
Inspector Donnell
 
1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel
Jellyband
 
1934 The Case for the Crown
Prof. Lawrence
 
1934 Badger's Green
Thomas Butler
 
1934 Lord Edgware Dies
Inspector Japp
 
1934 What Happened to Harkness?
Inspector Marlow
 
1934 The Lady Is Willing
Butler
 
1934 Music Hall
Collins
 
1934 The Girl in the Flat
Inspector Grice
 
1934 Passing Shadows
Inspector Goodall
 
1934 Warn London
Inspector Frayne
 
1934 It's a Cop
Inspector Gray
 
1934 Tangled Evidence
Moore
 
1934 The Black Abbot
Inspector Lockwood
 
1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII.
Hans Holbein (uncredited)
 
1933 The Shadow
Det. Inspector Carr
 
1933 Ask Beccles
Inspector Daniels
 
1933 Matinee Idol
Inspector North
 
1933 Wolves of the Underworld
Supt. Desabine
 
1933 The Iron Stair
Major Gordon
 
1933 The Man Outside
Inspector Jukes
 
1933 The Medicine Man
Police Inspector
 
1933 The Umbrella
Governor
 
1933 Too Many Wives (uncredited)
 
1932 Midshipmaid Gob
Officer
 
1932 A Voice Said Goodnight (short)
Inspector Lavory
 
1932 Lloyd of the C.I.D.
Barclay - Scotland Yard Superindendant
 
1932 Murder on the Second Floor
Inspector
 
1931 The Gables Mystery
Inspector Dawford
 
1931 77 Park Lane
Superintendent
 
1931 Rodney Steps In (short)
Inspector
 
1931 Keepers of Youth
Gordon Duff
 
1931 The Wickham Mystery
Howard Clayton
 
1930 Tons of Money
Sprules
 
1920 The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss
Willie Mott (as Stanley Turnbull)
 

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The Terror -- A mysterious criminal mastermind plots a spectacular gold robbery, then after the robbery is completed he makes sure his gang is caught by the police... Where There's a Will -- An incompetent solicitor unwittingly becomes party to a bank robbery. The Passing of the Third Floor Back -- The tenants of an old boarding house are terrorized by an evil slumlord. One day a strange man arrives at the house and begins to help them with their problems.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1934) He acted in James Bridie and Claude Guerney's play, "Mary Read-Dragoon and Pirate", at His Majesty's Theatre in London, England with Robert Donat, Flora Robson, Iris Hoey, Claud Allister, Beatrice Wilson, Betty Hardy, Wilfred Walter, Marie Dainton, Charles Farrell,... See more »

Alternate Names:

Stanley Turnbull
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Trivia:

Scottish-born former medical student. Heavy-set, serious-looking character actor of authority figures, invariably playing policemen, military types or schoolmasters. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio