John Turner

John Turner was born on Jul 07, 1932 in UK. John Turner's big-screen debut came with Nowhere to Go directed by Seth Holt in 1958, strarring Policeman (uncredited). John Turner is known for Merlin directed by Steve Barron, Sam Neill stars as Merlin and Helena Bonham Carter as Morgan Le Fey. The upcoming new tvshow John Turner plays is Merlin - Season 1 which will be released on Apr 26, 1998.

Born in London he was brought up in Nottingham where his father taught interior design at the College of Art. An early interest in the theatre found him taking part in the school dramatic society plays at High Pavement School in Nottingham and later with 3 Nottingham Dramatic Societies at the same time and spending all his evenings at one or other of them. This resulted in him winning a scholarship to RADA then to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford for a season then in 1953 he toured Australia and New Zealand in Shakespeare productions. In 1955 he joined Peter Brooks Hamlet company for a Russian and Moscow tour. He married a girl from Stratford upon Avon.