John Turnbull (actor)

John Turnbull (5 November 1880 – 23 February 1956) was a British stage and film actor. He was married to Eve Marchew and Beatrice Alice Scott (actress).

John Turnbull
in The Night of the Party (1934)
Born	5 November 1880 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Died	23 February 1956 (1956-02-24) (aged 75) Marylebone, West London, England
Years active	1920–1950

Selected filmography

• The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss (1920) - Willie Mott
• Tons of Money (1930) - Sprules
• Rodney Steps In (1931, Short) - Inspector
• 77 Park Lane (1931) - Superintendent
• The Man at Six (1931) - Inspector Dawford
• Keepers of Youth (1931) - Gordon Duff
• Detective Lloyd (1932, Serial) - Barclay - Scotland Yard Superindendant
• Murder on the Second Floor (1932) - Inspector
• The Wickham Mystery (1932) - Howard Clayton
• A Voice Said Goodnight (1932, Short) - Inspector Lavory
• The Midshipmaid (1932) - Officer
• The Iron Stair (1933) - Major Gordon
• The Shadow (1933) - Det. Inspector Carr
• The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) - Hans Holbein (uncredited)
• Too Many Wives (1933) - (uncredited)
• The Umbrella (1933) - Governor
• The Medicine Man (1933) - Police Inspector
• The Man Outside (1933) - Inspector Jukes
• Puppets of Fate (1933) - Supt. Desabine
• Matinee Idol (1933) - Inspector North
• Ask Beccles (1933) - Inspector Daniels
• The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934) - Angry Director of Insurance Company (uncredited)
• The Black Abbot (1934) - Detective Inspector Lockwood
• The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934) - Rumyantsev (uncredited)
• The Lady Is Willing (1934) - Butler (uncredited)
• Tangled Evidence (1934) - Moore
• It's a Cop (1934) - Inspector Gray
• Passing Shadows (1934) - Inspector Goodall
• Warn London (1934) - Inspector Frayne
• Music Hall (1934) - Collins
• The Girl in the Flat (1934) - Inspector Grice
• Lord Edgware Dies (1934) - Inspector Japp
• What Happened to Harkness? (1934) - Inspector Marlow
• Badger's Green (1934) - Thomas Butler
• The Case for the Crown (1934) - Prof. Lawrence
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) - Jellyband
• Once in a New Moon (1934) - Capt. Crump
• The Lad (1935) - Inspector Martin
• A Real Bloke (1935) - (uncredited)
• Radio Pirates (1935) - Senior Police Officer (uncredited)
• The 39 Steps (1935) - Scottish Police Inspector (uncredited)
• The Night of the Party (1935) - Insp. Ramage
• The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) - Major Tomkin
• Line Engaged (1935) - Supt. Harrison
• The Black Mask (1935) - Inspector Murray
• Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor (1935) - Inspector Donnell
• Excuse My Glove (1936) - Boxing Promoter (uncredited)
• Soft Lights and Sweet Music (1936) - Gramophone Factory Director (uncredited)
• Music Hath Charms (1936) - Barrister
• Tudor Rose (1936) - Arundel (uncredited)
• The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936) - Masters
• Where There's a Will (1936) - Detective Collins
• The Limping Man (1936) - Insp. Potts
• Hearts of Humanity (1936) - Mr. Willis
• Rembrandt (1936) - Minister
• His Lordship (1936) - Stevenson
• Conquest of the Air (1936) - Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
• Shipmates o' Mine (1936) - Captain Roberts
• The Song of the Road (1937) - Bristow
• The Angelus (1937) - (uncredited)
• Make-Up (1937) - Karo
• Silver Blaze (1937) - Inspector Lestrade
• Talking Feet (1937) - Lord Mayor (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Revue (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• Death Croons the Blues (1937)
• It's a Grand Old World (1937) - Auctioneer
• Star of the Circus (1938) - Tenzler
• Stepping Toes (1938) - Representative
• Strange Boarders (1938) - (uncredited)
• The Terror (1938) - Superintendent Hallick
• Night Alone (1938) - Superintendent
• The Gaunt Stranger (1938) - Prison Governor (uncredited)
• Dead Men are Dangerous (1939) - Inspector Roberts
• Spies of the Air (1939) - Sir Andrew Hamilton
• Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939) - Chief Constable
• Return to Yesterday (1940) - Station-master
• Three Silent Men (1940) - Inspector Gill
• Spare a Copper (1940) - Inspector Richards
• Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941) - Cinema Manager
• The Common Touch (1941) - Father at School Cricket Match
• Hard Steel (1942) - Mr. Rowlandson
• The Shipbuilders (1943) - Baird
• Fanny by Gaslight (1944) - Magistrate (uncredited)
• Don't Take It to Heart (1944) - Police Sergeant
• A Place of One's Own (1945) - Sir Roland Jervis
• The Hangman Waits (1947) - Inspector
• So Well Remembered (1947) - Morris
• Daybreak (1948) - Superintendent
• The Man from Yesterday (1949) - Judge
• The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) - Conrad Matthews (final film role)

External links

• John Turnbull at IMDb