Acting

Michael Turner

Born 1921-07-19 · Tabankulu, East Province, South Africa

Michael Pierce Turner (19 July 1921 — 14 July 2012) was a South African character actor, known for Cry Freedom (1987), Cranford (1972), and The Black Arrow (1951).

Acting credits

Cry Freedom poster
7.0

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.

Cry Freedom

1987

Drake's Venture poster
5.8

Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the world in search of adventure and treasure.

Drake's Venture

1980

Othello poster
6.4

General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.

Othello

1965

No artwork available
9.0

1997 indie about friendship and soul music, starring Bill Cobbs, Zachary Throne, and Christine Cavanaugh.

Soulmates

1997

No artwork available
NR

Mr. Pye is a missionary whose mission to spread God's love on the tiny English Channel island of Sark faces supernatural setbacks in this comic fantasy from the author of Gormenghast.

Mr. Pye

1986

Crosstrap poster
4.9

In this thriller, two gangs of jewel thieves battle it out in a deserted cottage. Murder ensues when the owners of the cabin show up.

Crosstrap

1962

No Visible Scar poster
NR

A wounded member of a rebel terrorist organisation is tended by an English nurse. She is imprisoned, interrogated, then released to face another form of interrogation.

No Visible Scar

1981

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space poster
5.8

The Second Doctor and Jamie arrive on what appears to be a space station called the "Wheel in Space" it's here that they meet Zoe Herriot a young parapsychology librarian, The Doctor hits his head concussing him leaving Jamie and Zoe to defend off the Cybermen from taking over "The Wheel in Space."

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space

1968

Chariot of Fire poster
9.0

A prison visitor becomes involved with a convicted sex offender.

Chariot of Fire

1970

Judge the Bloody City poster
7.0

British soldiers are captured and interrogated in post-World War 2 Palestine.

Judge the Bloody City

1975

Drums Along Balmoral Drive poster
NR

'I don't think at first I thought at all. I had a nice house, lovely kids. I didn't think about blacks at all. I should've done, but I didn't. They were just there.'

Drums Along Balmoral Drive

1986