Joseph Edward Turner (13 June 1917 – 29 August 1992) was a Yorkshire-born English actor and comedian who played dustbin man Chalky Whiteley in the soap opera Coronation Street. He also played the part of the similarly named farmer Bill Whiteley in Emmerdale from 1989 to 1990. In the late 1970s (and all the way up to the final series in 1990) 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 in 1992 at the age of 75.
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes1975Coronation StreetCaretaker1 episode1976HadleighFirst ManEpisode: "Favours" It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet Judge FilmYanks Go HomeMr. Clegg2 episodes1977Crown CourtCharles Hunt3 episodesPlay for TodayCouncillorEpisode: "The Mayor's Charity"This Time Next YearErnest Shaw9 episodes (mini-series)1978EmmerdaleTom Hawker3 episodesLast of the Summer WineEdgar/ Postman2 episodesOh No It's Selwyn FroggittPostman3 episodesThe Onedin LineBarnabusEpisode: "No Smoke Without Fire"StrangersJess GreenEpisode: "Paying Guests"1978 – 1990All Creatures Great and SmallHodgkin13 episodes1979 Dracula Swales FilmRipping YarnsChairmanEpisode: "Golden Gordon"1980Flickers Eddie Marco2 episodesSounding BrassFrank Oldfield6 episodes1981 – 1982Open All HoursGordon Stackpool2 episodes1981 – 1988Never the TwainBanks35 episodes1982Play for TodayOld TomEpisode: "England's Green and Pleasant Land"1982 – 1983Coronation StreetChalkie Whiteley60 episodes1985The PracticeWillie Wilson4 episodes1986Screen TwoOld ManEpisode: "The Insurance Man"1987BulmanBlind JackEpisode: "W.C. Fields Was Right"1989 – 1990EmmerdaleBill Whiteley31 episodes
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