Acting

Martin Turner

Born December 20, 1882 · Texas, USA

Died May 14, 1957 · aged 74

Martin Turner was born on 20 December 1882 in Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Midnight Faces (1926), The Winner (1926) and Super Speed (1925). He died on 14 May 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Known For

Imitation of LifeImitation of Life · 1934
Imitation of Life
7.01934
MovieDramaRomance
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
The Last GangsterThe Last Gangster · 1937
The Last Gangster
6.41937
MovieCrimeDrama
A crime boss goes searching for his ex-wife and son after a ten-year prison stint. His old gang has other plans though, and use the child to try and make him disclose the location of the loot he hid before going to the slammer.
In Old ChicagoIn Old Chicago · 1938
In Old Chicago
6.71938
MovieDramaHistory
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
Anthony AdverseAnthony Adverse · 1936
Anthony Adverse
5.71936
MovieDramaHistory
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
CavalryCavalry · 1936
Cavalry
7.01936
MovieWestern
Just after the Civil War, Captain Thorn is sent west to help protect the new telegraph line that is under construction. Leeds is out to establish an independent nation in the west and tries stop its construction and also incoming wagon trains by inciting the Indians to attack both of them.
Girl OverboardGirl Overboard · 1937
Girl Overboard
9.01937
MovieMystery
A beautiful girl on a passenger ship is suspected of murder.
The Live WireThe Live Wire · 1935
The Live Wire
8.71935
MovieRomanceAction
A sailor (Richard Talmadge) journeys to a remote island in search of a rare urn. The film also stars Alberta Vaughn, Charles K. French and Martin Turner.
Operator 13Operator 13 · 1934
Operator 13
5.91934
MovieDramaRomance
American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress Gail Loveless to become one of his operators and infiltrate enemy territory.

Filmography

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The Family SecretThe Family Secret · 1924
The Family Secret
6.41924
MovieDramaComedy
The daughter of a wealthy man secretly marries a man below her station— one whom her father violently disapproves of. The father, in an excess of parental concern, separates the lovers by sending his daughter away so that she might forget her lover, unaware of their married state. During this time, she gives birth to a daughter. After some months, the young mother returns to her family manor and presents her father with his new granddaughter, which causes a most unfortunate scene. Unbeknownst to the young woman, her enraged father falsely accuses his son-in-law of theft and has him incarcerated in order to separate the lovers in an irrational attempt to force his daughter to forget this "unworthy" young man.

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