
Acting
Tim Turner
Born — Died
1924-09-07 — 1987-01-01
Place of birth
Bexley, Kent, England, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
67 titles
Known for
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!'
International Detective
1959
7.2Jason, 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.
Jason and the Argonauts
1963
8.0Look 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.
Look at Life
1959
7.3British 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.
The Invisible Man
1958
7.7The 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.
A Night to Remember
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Stryker of the Yard
1961
Film credits
1960s · 45 titles
7.2Jason, 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.
Jason and the Argonauts
1963
6.0Back 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.
Jackpot
1960
NRThe building and launch of the British-made Blue Streak rocket.
The Blue Streak Rocket: Britain's Part in Europe's Space Plan
1964
NRThis 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.
Look at Life: Goodbye, Piccadilly
1967
A look at how Merseybeat groups revolutionised pop music in Britain and across the world.
Look at Life: Sound of a City
1964
A look at Britain's promising railway preservation scene, featuring a trip with the locomotive Flying Scotsman on one of its last mainline runs.
Look at Life: Playing Trains
1968
A look at reworking of the travel system in the Hyde Park area, including Marble Arch.
Look at Life: Hyde Park Corner
1960
A visit to the Isle of Wight, with glimpses of the stunning coast, picturesque towns, and magnificent countryside.
Look at Life: The Needles Point the Way
1965
NRA 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.
Look at Life: Eagle's Nest
1962
An interesting look at the many and varied do-it-yourself jobs going on all over Britain.
Look at Life: Do It Yourself
1964
A look at the role women play in the British Police Force.
Look at Life: A Fair Cop
1966
A look at Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, and a more detailed examination of the Berlin Wall in Germany.
Look at Life: The Wall
1962
A look at the popularity of music, both classical and electronic, in the mid-sixties.
Look at Life: Calling the Tune
1964
NRA look cinema and its evolution regarding comfort and the different types of films that drew audiences in during the 1950's.
Look at Life: The Cinema Steps Out
1962
An entertaining look at the role mud plays in all of our lives.
Look at Life: Glorious Mud
1964
NRAn 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.
Look at Life: Eating High
1966
A look at an auction of a Victoria Cross, with a glimpse at what VC holders are currently doing.
Look at Life: The Price of Valour
1964
Exploring the effect of soot on our lives, especially on the erosion of buildings.
Look at Life: A Clean Sweep
1962
A visit to the outdoor festival at Cleethorpes which hosts twelve top jazz bands.
Look at Life: Jazz All the Way
1963
A look at the cities and towns that are constructed for the world of cinema, including those for The Three Lives of Thomasina, The Victors, and 55 Days at Peking.
Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting
1963
NRA look into the organisation behind London's taxis, their maintenance, regulation of meters, training for the 'knowledge' to picking up passengers and driver welfare.
Look at Life: Taxi! Taxi!!
1960
A peek behind the scenes at the business of the comedian and how it is being expanded for film and television.
Look at Life: Funny Business Is No Joke
1967
Ascension Island is home to many families, who sometimes work there for up to two years.
Look at Life: Living on a Volcano
1967
A spotlight on the Junior Guardsmen's Company, which teaches drumming among other trades.
Look at Life: Drummers of the Queen
1964
A look at the methane gas ships that come to the UK from the Sahara Desert.
Look at Life: Treading on the Gas
1966
A look at what is being done to ensure that Britain doesn't face a water shortage.
Look at Life: Will Taps Run Dry?
1965
A look at the production of gold and its journey through London, the world's most important gold market.
Look at Life: As Good as Gold
1963
A look into the trials and tribulations that confront drivers as parking is one of the major problems today in Britain's big cities.
Look at Life: Prison on Wheels
1961
A look at the popularity of perfume and its many newer uses: from scented wrappings as an aid to sales, to scented fur coats and men's suits.
Look at Life: On the Scent
1967
A look at the world of one of Britain's most respected establishments: the seaside landlady.
Look at Life: Lady by the Sea
1961
NRA look at Fair Isle, situated halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney Islands, and famous for its distinctive woollens. It faces a problem, two-thirds of the inhabitants are men.
Look at Life: Island of Men
1960
Exploring the world of lighting, including a glimpse of the famous Blackpool Illuminations.
Look at Life: Lights Up!
1961
How research into the golfer's swing is progressing.
Look at Life: How Do You Swing?
1964
Exploring the world of student's rags in Manchester, Hull, Sheffield, and Leeds.
Look at Life: Rag Time
1963
A look at the educational centres where training in technical subjects is aiming to keep pace with the demands of this scientific age.
Look at Life: The Key of the Door
1963
A look at Britain's nursery schools.
Look at Life: Early Starters
1964
NRA look at the origins of man-powered flight, focusing on John Wimpenny, the first man to pedal himself through the air for more than half a mile.
Look at Life: Birdmen
1963
A look at the boy's clubs across Britain, with a glimpse at what their future is likely to be.
Look at Life: Boys Without Girls
1962
A look at Europe's increasing need for electricity in the mid-1960s and how the challenge was being solved.
Look at Life: Power Needs No Passport
1964
A look at how the Post Office Tower, now called the BT Tower, was built - and what goes on inside it.
Look at Life: The Tower of Babble
1966
NRA look at the arguments for and against building bypasses, and their effects on small towns and villages.
Look at Life: The Village Sleeps Again
1962
NRA look at the reasons as to why we throw away 200 million bottles every year.
Look at Life: Bottle Party
1960
Beneath our feet is a little-seen world. This film reveals the labyrinth of London's sewers, an Aladdin's cave of silver, and the GPO's unique tube railway.
Look at Life: Under Your Feet
1962
Every May, Gypsies flock to the French seaside town of Saintes-Maries in the Camargue, for a festival in honour of a black Madonna (Sara) - the Gitan Pilgrimage.
Look at Life: Gypsy Holiday
1963
A look into the world of muscle men in the army, wrestling and weightlifting.
Look at Life: Muscle Men
1961
1950s · 15 titles
7.7The 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.
A Night to Remember
1958
6.6Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.
Gift Horse
1952
6.9The 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'.
The Dam Busters
1955
6.9A 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.
Dunkirk
1958
6.6In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for him to find true love.
Moulin Rouge
1952
6.4In 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.
A Town Like Alice
1956
6.0A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
Grip of the Strangler
1958
5.4During 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.
Hindle Wakes
1952
6.1When 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.
Operation Amsterdam
1959
6.7When his colleague is killed during a chase in Kentish Town, London bobby Frank volunteers to become a dog-handler.
Police Dog
1955
6.7Steve 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.
The Red Beret
1953
8.0A 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...
Top Secret
1952
4.2An 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.
Mask of Dust
1954
A look at the developments in farming in the late 1950s.
Look at Life: Down on the Farm
1959
NRA look at the motor coach, with a view from the back of a coach during a tour of Italy.
Look at Life: Talking of Coaches...
1959
Series credits
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!'
International Detective
1959
8.0Look 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.
Look at Life
1959
7.3British 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.
The Invisible Man
1958
7.3British 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.
The Invisible Man
1958
7.3British 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.
The Invisible Man
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Stryker of the Yard
1961
9.0The 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.
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
