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John Turnbull(1880-1956)

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Lewis Dayton, Shayle Gardner, Tracy Holmes, and John Turnbull in Detective Lloyd (1932)
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John Turnbull was born on 5 November 1880 in Dunbar, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950), Murder at the Baskervilles (1937) and Lord Edgware Dies (1934). He was married to Eve Marchew and Beatrice Alice Scott (actress). He died on 22 February 1956 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
BornNovember 5, 1880
DiedFebruary 22, 1956(75)
BornNovember 5, 1880
DiedFebruary 22, 1956(75)
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Margaret Rutherford and Alastair Sim in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
The Happiest Days of Your Life
7.2
  • Conrad Matthews
  • 1950
Arthur Goullet and Lyn Harding in Murder at the Baskervilles (1937)
Murder at the Baskervilles
5.7
  • Inspector Lestrade
  • 1937
Austin Trevor in Lord Edgware Dies (1934)
Lord Edgware Dies
6.0
  • Inspector Japp
  • 1934
Janice Adair, Muriel Angelus, Lewis Dayton, Emily Fitzroy, Wallace Geoffrey, Tracy Holmes, Jack Lloyd, and Humberston Wright in Detective Lloyd (1932)
Detective Lloyd
3.8
  • Barclay - Scotland Yard Superindendant
  • 1932

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  • Margaret Rutherford and Alastair Sim in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
    The Happiest Days of Your Life
    7.2
    • Conrad Matthews
    • 1950
  • Temptations (1949)
    Temptations
    5.0
    • Judge
    • 1949
  • Daybreak (1948)
    Daybreak
    6.7
    • Superintendent
    • 1948
  • Gas Light
    TV Movie
    • Sergeant Rough
    • 1948
  • Richard Carlson, John Mills, and Martha Scott in So Well Remembered (1947)
    So Well Remembered
    7.0
    • Morris
    • 1947
  • The Hangman Waits (1947)
    The Hangman Waits
    5.1
    • Inspector
    • 1947
  • A Place of One's Own (1945)
    A Place of One's Own
    6.2
    • Sir Roland Jervis
    • 1945
  • Richard Greene and Patricia Medina in Don't Take It to Heart! (1944)
    Don't Take It to Heart!
    6.5
    • Police Sergeant
    • 1944
  • Man of Evil (1944)
    Man of Evil
    6.5
    • Magistrate (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • There's a Future in It
    Short
    • Father
    • 1943
  • The Shipbuilders (1943)
    The Shipbuilders
    6.2
    • Baird
    • 1943
  • Wilfrid Lawson in Hard Steel (1942)
    Hard Steel
    6.4
    • Mr. Rowlandson
    • 1942
  • The Common Touch (1941)
    The Common Touch
    6.5
    • Father at School Cricket Match
    • 1941
  • Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
    Old Mother Riley's Circus
    4.8
    • Cinema Manager
    • 1941
  • Spare a Copper (1940)
    Spare a Copper
    6.1
    • Inspector Richards
    • 1940

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  • Alternative name
    • Stanley Turnbull
  • Born
    • November 5, 1880
    • Dunbar, Scotland, UK
  • Died
    • February 22, 1956
    • Marylebone, London, England, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Eve Marchew1925 - ? (divorced)
  • Other works
    He acted in James Bridie and Claud Gurney'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, Evan Thomas and George Benson in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was the director.

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    Scottish-born former medical student, who began his stage career in 1901. Heavy-set and of no-nonsense demeanour, he specialised in authority figures, on screen invariably as policemen, military types or schoolmasters. During World War II, he directed and produced plays for ENSA.

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