Tim Turner

Tim Turner

Born: September 7, 1924
Died: January 1, 1987
in Bexley, Kent, England, UK

Movies for Tim Turner...

Look at Life: Goodbye, Piccadilly
Title: Look at Life: Goodbye, Piccadilly
Character: Narrator
Released: November 13, 1967
Type: Movie
This documentary in the Look At Life series – made by the Rank Organisation for screening in Odeon and Gaumont cinemas – was released in 1967 and anticipated a radical redevelopment of Piccadilly Circus, which never actually happened.
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Look at Life: Eating High
Title: Look at Life: Eating High
Character: Self - Commentator
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
An examination of the 60's trend of top-of-skyscraper revolving restaurants. First an overview of Europe's best then it's a detailed look at the problems involved in running the restaurant at the top of London's Post Office Tower.
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Look at Life: Fire over London
Title: Look at Life: Fire over London
Character: Self - Commentator
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
The film Fire Over London is about the operation of the London Fire Brigade. In an office's switchboard room we see one of the hideous T&N green and ivory telephones supplied by General Telephone Systems. Another shot deep in the bowels of St Paul's Cathedral gives a glimpse of a two-tone grey ATE 'Coffin Phone' as used on Communications Systems private exchange systems.
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The Blue Streak Rocket
Title: The Blue Streak Rocket
Character: Narrator & Commentator
Released: December 31, 1964
Type: Movie
The building and launch of the British-made Blue Streak rocket.
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Jason and the Argonauts
Title: Jason and the Argonauts
Character: Jason (voice) (uncredited)
Released: June 19, 1963
Type: Movie
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
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Look at Life: Report on a River
Title: Look at Life: Report on a River
Character: Commentator
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A look at the River Thames, its past and present, from source to the sea. An examination of what has been done and is being done to modernize port services and to keep traffic moving—from holiday pleasure seekers to bustling commerce.
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Look at Life: Rising to High Office
Title: Look at Life: Rising to High Office
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A fascinating look at 1963 mod-looking corporate office technology. Punched card data processing centers. The complex infrastructure that supports London's biggest office that attracts visitors from all over the world, not just to see the view, but to study a mid-20th century development.
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Look at Life: Figure It Out
Title: Look at Life: Figure It Out
Character: Self - Commentator
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
The story of computers: from electronic tape and punched cards, to austere-looking robots.
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Look at Life: Eagle's Nest
Title: Look at Life: Eagle's Nest
Character: Self - Commentator
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A look at Hitler's 'Eagle's Nest' in the Bavarian Alps; a construction which survived World War II, that has now become a popular tourist attraction.
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Look at Life: Everything Stops for Tea
Title: Look at Life: Everything Stops for Tea
Character: Commentator
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A short documentary about the tea drinking culture in the UK and the industry behind it.
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Title: Stryker of the Yard
Released: November 2, 1961
Type: TV
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Look at Life: The Cinema Steps Out
Title: Look at Life: The Cinema Steps Out
Character: Self - Commentator
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A look cinema and its evolution regarding comfort and the different types of films that drew audiences in during the 1950's.
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Jackpot
Title: Jackpot
Character: Peter
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Back in London after serving time, an ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return to him. He plans to crack a safe at a club.
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Title: International Detective
Character: David Ross
Released: December 26, 1959
Type: TV
The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star Arthur---later Art---Fleming, who hosted the original `Jeopardy!'
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Operation Amsterdam
Title: Operation Amsterdam
Character: Dutch Lieutenant
Released: January 12, 1959
Type: Movie
When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.
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Title: Look at Life
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: TV
Look at Life was a regular British series of short documentary films of which 507 were produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation for screening in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. The films always preceded the main feature film that was being shown in the cinema that week. It replaced the circuit's newsreel, Universal News, which had become increasingly irrelevant in the face of more immediate news media, particularly on television with the launch of ITN on the Independent Television service, which began broadcasting in parts of the United Kingdom in 1955.
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Title: The Invisible Man
Character: Nick
Released: September 14, 1958
Type: TV
British scientist Peter Brady, while working on an invisibility formula, suffers a tragic accident which turns himself invisible. Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so, while working on a method to regain his visibility, he undertakes missions for his government stopping bad guys.
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Title: The Invisible Man
Character: Dr. Peter Brady / Invisible Man (voice) (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1958
Type: TV
British scientist Peter Brady, while working on an invisibility formula, suffers a tragic accident which turns himself invisible. Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so, while working on a method to regain his visibility, he undertakes missions for his government stopping bad guys.
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A Night to Remember
Title: A Night to Remember
Character: Third Officer Charles Groves
Released: July 3, 1958
Type: Movie
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
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Grip of the Strangler
Title: Grip of the Strangler
Character: Dr. Kenneth McColl
Released: May 11, 1958
Type: Movie
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
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Dunkirk
Title: Dunkirk
Character: Officer (line of men in sea) (uncredited)
Released: March 20, 1958
Type: Movie
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.
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Title: The Errol Flynn Theatre
Character: Lieutenant John Wynham
Released: September 15, 1956
Type: TV
The Errol Flynn Theatre is a short-lived anthology series presented by Errol Flynn, who would also play the lead in every fourth show. His then-wife Patrice Wymore and son Sean also made appearances. It was shot in England at Bray Studios but was made for the American market.
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A Town Like Alice
Title: A Town Like Alice
Character: British Sergeant
Released: March 1, 1956
Type: Movie
In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
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The Dam Busters
Title: The Dam Busters
Character: Flight Lieutenant J. F. Leggo, D.F.C.
Released: May 16, 1955
Type: Movie
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
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Police Dog
Title: Police Dog
Character: Frank Mason
Released: May 1, 1955
Type: Movie
When his colleague is killed during a chase in Kentish Town, London bobby Frank volunteers to become a dog-handler.
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Mask of Dust
Title: Mask of Dust
Character: Alvarez - racer
Released: December 10, 1954
Type: Movie
An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whether to continue in the Grand Prix, or make peace with his adversary. Featuring race car greats Stirling Moss, Reg Parnell, John Cooper, Alan Brown, Geoffrey Taylor and Leslie Marr.
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The Red Beret
Title: The Red Beret
Character: Rupert
Released: August 11, 1953
Type: Movie
Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer. Wanting to serve in the war, he enlists as a Canadian in the British 1st Parachute Brigade. He proves himself exceptionally skilled for a recruit, arousing the suspicion of his commanding officer who starts an investigation. He redeems himself during combat. The film was titled "Paratrooper" in the US.
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Moulin Rouge
Title: Moulin Rouge
Character: Artist (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1952
Type: Movie
Born into aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec moves to Paris to pursue his art as he hangs out at the Moulin Rouge where he feels like he fits in being a misfit among other misfits. Yet, because of the deformity of his legs from an accident, he believes he is never destined to experience the true love of a woman. But that lack of love in his life may change as he meets two women
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Top Secret
Title: Top Secret
Character: 1st Reporter
Released: November 10, 1952
Type: Movie
A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russians find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes). He accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And then discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying...
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Hindle Wakes
Title: Hindle Wakes
Character: Tommy Dykes
Released: November 10, 1952
Type: Movie
During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but disaster strikes during a boating accident. It is soon discovered Jenny was not with Mary. When the parents find out the truth they pressure the couple to get married, but Jenny thinks otherwise.