Dan Turpin
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| Dan Turpin | |
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| Family | Suzie Turpin (wife), son |
| Occupation | Police officer |
| Played By | David Paetkau |
| Status | Alive |
| Appeared In | Bulletproof |
Daniel "Danny" Turpin is a Metropolis police officer.
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[edit] Season Eight
Dan Turpin is first seen helping detective John Jones catch a recently escaped convict. When Jones is shot, Turpin investigates with Clark Kent disguised as officer "Joe Fordmen". With Clark's help, Turpin apprehends yet another escaped convict. Later, Dan invites Clark to a barbecue where Clark meets Turpin's son and his wife Susan. Talbert hatches a plan to take down Green Arrow with Dan pulling the trigger. Talbert sits on a nearby roof with his sniper rifle when Dan arrives with the thug who robbed the Pharmacy and start beating the crap out of him. The thug screams for help and Green Arrow arrives and saves that day. Dan get the drop on Green Arrow but hesitates to kill him, finally Ollie talks Dan out trying to kill, Talbert aims for Dan but Green Arrow pushes him out of the way and they take cover. Clark arrives and disarms Talbert but he pulls a gun from his back pocket and shoots Clark only for the Bullet to ricochet off Clark and hit his hand, injuring Talbert.
[edit] In The Comics
Dan Turpin
Dan was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He was also a member of the Boy Commandos during War World II. During this time Dan (now having the nickname "Brooklyn) was trained in combat. Later, he becomes a member of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit. Dan became partner to Maggie Sawyer. Dan often helped Superman in tough situations. Dan also had a wife named Masie (who is deceased). Dan's last appearance in the Superman comics was in the 1970s.
Dan returned in the Final Crisis (May 2008) where he was the new body for Darkseid.
[edit] Notes
- This is Dan Turpin's second appearance in television, his first appearance was in Superman: The Animated Series, where he was portrayed by voice actor Joseph Bologna.
- In the comics, Dan Turpin was often known as Daniel "Dan the Terrible" Turpin. He also had an alias "Brooklyn".
- His 4 year old son is an admirer of the Red-Blue Blur.
- In the comics, Dan's cop partner was Maggie Sawyer who has also appeared on Smallville in Insurgence, Exile, Exposed and Descent.
- This was actor, David Paetkau, second appearance in Smallville. He also played Trevor in Season One's Hothead.
