Joseph Edward Turner (13 June 1917 – 29 August 1992) was a Yorkshire-born
English actor and
comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing
Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or a ...
who played dustbin man Chalky Whiteley in the soap opera ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Origi ...
''. He also played the part of the similarly named farmer Bill Whiteley in ''
Emmerdale'' from 1989 to 1990. In the late 1970s he played the part of Mrs. Pumphrey's manservant Hodgekin in ''
All Creatures Great and Small,'' Gordon in ''
Open All Hours'' and subsequently the part of Banks in the popular 1980s sitcom ''
Never the Twain''. He also made occasional appearances in
Last of the Summer Wine. He died of
emphysema
Emphysema, or pulmonary emphysema, is a lower respiratory tract disease, characterised by air-filled spaces ( pneumatoses) in the lungs, that can vary in size and may be very large. The spaces are caused by the breakdown of the walls of the alve ...
in 1992 at the age of 75.
Filmography
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1917 births
1992 deaths
20th-century English comedians
20th-century English male actors
Deaths from cancer in England
Deaths from emphysema
English male comedians
English male soap opera actors
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