Frank C. Turner

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Frank C. Turner
Born
Francis Charles Turner

(1951-06-02) June 2, 1951 (age 73)
Occupation(s)Actor, iconographer
Years active1975–present
PartnerJan Turner
Children4

Francis Charles Turner (born June 2, 1951) is a Canadian actor and iconographer born in Wainwright, Alberta and now living in British Columbia. He has appeared in numerous films, made-for-television films, television shows, and plays. [1]

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Biography

He received his theatrical training at the University of Alberta, graduating in 1975 with a BFA in acting. For the first few years after graduation he acted in theatres across western Canada and Ontario. In 1983 he moved to Vancouver, BC and has worked mainly in film since then. In 2003 he appeared as George Bernard Shaw in debate with G. K. Chesterton on G. K. CHESTERTON: THE APOSTLE OF COMMON SENSE with EWTN, a performance previously given in Calgary, and St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1991 he began studying iconography under Vladislav Andreyev. A frequent attendee of the Mount Angel Iconography Institute where he studied with Charles Rohrbacher, Mary Katsilometes, Claudia Coos, and Cathy Sievers; more recently he studied in Cottonwood, Idaho with Father Gianluca Busi from Bologna. In 2007, he spent six weeks in Bologna painting and being immersed in Catholic iconography. Along with Chris Kielsinki and Michal Janek, Frank was a founding member of Epiphany Sacred Arts Guild, and served as its president for ten years. He also served on the curriculum advisory board of Living Water College of the Arts. Married in 1976, he has four children. [2] [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Silence of the North Young Man
1981 A War Story Peter SeedCredited as Frank Turner
1982 The Grey Fox Hotel Clerk
1982Harry Tracy: Dead or AliveEddie Hoyt
1984 Finders Keepers Elvis, Railway WaiterUncredited
1984 Draw! Poker PlayerTV movie
1985 Certain Fury DimitriCredited as Frank Turner
1985 The Journey of Natty Gann Farmer
1985Into Thin AirMotel ManagerTV movie
1985 Love Is Never Silent Mr. FrankTV movie
1987A Stranger WaitsStation AttendantTV movie
1987 Stone Fox Emil JanssenTV movie
1987 Malone Andy
1988Deadly PursuitCrilly
1988 The Red Spider Salvation ArmyTV movie
1988Higher GroundJack SimonTV movie
1988The People Across the LakeEliTV movie
1988 Watchers Salesclerk
1988Family ReunionTicket Agent
1989 The Experts Sheriff
1989 The Fly II ShepardCredited as Frank Turner
1989 Dead Bang Cottonwood Officer
1989 We're No Angels Shopkeeper
1991 And the Sea Will Tell Kansas RockTV movie
1991 The Legend of Kootenai Brown Emaciated Man
1991 Bingo Prison Guard
1991 Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus Produce KeeperTV movie
1992Miles from NowhereDr. MoranisTV movie
1992 Knight Moves Doctor
1992 Unforgiven "Fuzzy"
1992ShameBill RossTV movie
1992 Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster Biologist, State of AlaskaTV movie
1993 This Boy's Life Truck Driver
1993Call of the WildOld TimerTV movie
1993 Another Stakeout "Unlucky"
1993 Needful Things Pete Jerzyck
1993 Look Who's Talking Now DaveCredited as Frank Turner
1993 Ernest Rides Again Van Driver
1994 Andre John Miller
1994 Crackerjack Oliver Green
1994Incident at Deception RidgeHomeless ManTV movie
1994 Flinch The Coroner
1995Johnny's Girl"Bear"TV movie
1996 In Cold Blood Clarence EwaltTV movie
1996 The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue Hiram Wingate
1997 Air Bud The Bailiff
1997 Northern Lights WillardTV movie
1997 The Diary of Evelyn Lau Minister In VanTV movie
1997TricksDr. OlsenTV movie
1997 Mr. Magoo Ralston, The Stage Manager
1998 Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure PrattTV movie
1998 Air Bud: Golden Receiver Official
1998 Rupert's Land Hunter
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars Juror
1999 The Duke Parsnip
2000Navigating the HeartAlanTV movie
2000 Mr. Rice's Secret Thin Man
2000 Beautiful Joe Frank
2000 MVP: Most Valuable Primate Bart
2000 High Noon Station MasterTV movie
2000 Christy: Return to Cutter Gap Ozias HoltTV movie
2000By Dawn's Early LightDoctorTV movie
2001 Black River FarmerTV movie
2001 3000 Miles to Graceland Impound Shop Man
2001 Cats & Dogs The Farmer
2001 Air Bud: World Pup Referee #2
2002 Snow Dogs Neely
2002 Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch Carlton
2002 Try Seventeen The Custodian
2002Killer Bees!Skinny FarmerTV movie
2003 Scary Movie 3 Mr. Meek's Brother
2004 Love on the Side Wilbur
2005 Are We There Yet? Amish Man
2005 Alone in the Dark Sam Fischer
2005 Missing in America "Dinky"
2005 The Big White Dave
2005The Engagement RingAbe, In The PresentTV movie
2007 Kickin' It Old Skool Carl, The Crazy Homeless Man
2007Post MortemThe Photographer
2007 Hot Rod The Fisherman
2009 2012 Preacher
2010Mea Maxima CulpaThe MasterShort film
2011Crash SiteTerrence
2011 Spooky Buddies Sheriff Jim
2011Good Morning, KillerWillie John BlackTV movie
2012 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Troop Master Barrett
2013 Letter to a Priest Father BonifaceShort film based on the book of the same name by French philosopher Simone Weil
2015 The Driftless Area Vacuum Salesman
2015Accidental ObsessionBillTV movie
2015My One Christmas WishHomeless ManTV movie
2016 Warcraft Prizon Mage #2
2020 Sonic the Hedgehog Crazy Carl

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980–1982 Harriet's Magic Hats Ralph the ParrotSeasons 1 and 2
1986 Danger Bay Mr. ShepherdEpisode: "Fish Forgery"
1986 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Sad Sack SantaEpisode: "The Christmas Star"
1987 Deadly Nightmares Old Billy BaltimoreEpisode: "The Legendary Billy B."; credited as Frank Turner
1987 Airwolf CullyEpisode: "Flowers of the Mountain"
1988 Earth Star Voyager WillyTV mini-series
1988 21 Jump Street "Cherry"Episode: "Cory and Dean Got Married"
1989 The Ray Bradbury Theatre John WebleyEpisode: "Hail and Farewell"
1989 The Ray Bradbury Theatre Roger WillisEpisode: "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!"
1989 Booker BumEpisode: "Someone Stole Lucille"
1990 Mom P.I. "Goggles"Episode: "Gumshoe"
1987–1990 Wiseguy Reverend Adams / Manager5 episodes
1987–1990 MacGyver News / Milt Bozer / PriestEpisodes: "MacGyver's Women" (News), "Halloween Knights" (Milt Bozer), and "Back from the Dead" (Priest)
1990 It Al MarshTV mini-series
1991 Palace Guard UnknownEpisode: "Simian Enchanted Evening"
1992 Street Justice Homeless ManEpisode: "Feet of Clay"
1992 The Commish Fred PhillipsEpisode: "The Frame"
1994 The X-Files Dr. Del Hakkie / Dr. CollinsEpisodes: "Duane Barry" (Hakkie) and "Tooms" (Collins)
1993–1994 Highlander Official / HarryEpisodes: "Shadows" (Official) and "The Darkness" (Harry)
1995 Sliders Kenny "Crazy Kenny" / Senator CandidateEpisode: "Pilot"
1995–1996 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years Unbob Finch14 episodes
1996 The Sentinel Brother FrederickEpisode: "Vow of Silence"
1996 Poltergeist: The Legacy Reverend Josiah BloodEpisode: "Thirteenth Generation"
1998 Dead Man's Gun Roscow KnowlsEpisode: "Stage Coach Marty"
1998 The Adventures of Shirley Holmes Harvey MillstoneEpisode: "The Case of the Golden Cave"
1999 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy Jack KrogerEpisode: "Charades"
1999 The Net Matt JoadEpisode: "Chem Lab"
1999 The New Addams Family GeezerEpisode: "Addams Family Feud"
2000 Call of the Wild Frank Palmer / Miner / Frak Palmer8 episodes
2000 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show Cowpoke #1Episode: "Honey, I'm Spooked"
2000Hollywood Off-RampUnknownEpisode: "Cell Phone"
2001 Mysterious Ways ManagerEpisode: "Wonderful"
1995–2001 The Outer Limits Old Man / Mikulak / Elder / LutherEpisodes: "Rule of Law" (Old Man), "Desent" (Mikulak), "The Camp" (Elder), and "If These Walls Could Talk" (Luther)
2001 Stargate SG-1 Homeless ManEpisode: "Desperate Measures"
2002 Wolf Lake Drycleaner OwnerEpisode: "If These Wolves Could Talk"
2002 The Chris Isaak Show FarmerEpisode: "Farm Boys"
2004 Kingdom Hospital Store KeeperEpisode; "Finale"
2004 Dead Like Me Arthur "Montana" SimmsEpisode: "Ashes to Ashes"
2004 Earthsea FarmerTV mini-series
2004–2005 Andromeda PrieusEpisodes: "The Test" and "Phear Phactor Phenom"
2002–2005 Smallville The Mechanic / Eddie ColeEpisodes: "Ageless" (Mechanic) and "Obscura" (Eddie Cole)
2007 The 4400 Stewart HanleyEpisode: "The Marked"
2008 The Guard GrimsbyEpisode: "Waheguru"
2008 The Guard Restaurant GuyEpisodes: "Coming Through Fog"
2009Theater of the Word, Inc.Israel GowEpisode: "The Honor of Israel Gow"
2009 G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense Professor Thaddeus GorgonusEpisodes: "The Problem of Evil"
2009 G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense MichaelEpisodes: "The Exception Proves the Rule"
2011 Supernatural ElkinsEpisode: "Frontierland"
2013 Arctic Air Hoover FitzgeraldEpisode: "There's Gold in Them Thar Hills"
2013 Spooksville The MayorEpisodes: "The Haunted Cave"
2014 Spooksville The MayorEpisodes: "The Maze"
2014 Strange Empire Reverend Titus LeachEpisode: "The Hunting Party"
2014 Strange Empire Titus LynchEpisode: "Lonely Hearts"
2015 The Man in the High Castle Jim McCarthyEpisodes: "A Way Out" and "Kindness"
2016 Legends of Tomorrow Ancient PrisonerEpisode: "Fail-Safe"

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