
John Junkin
John Francis Junkin (29 January 1930 – 7 March 2006) was an English actor and scriptwriter who had a long career in radio, television and film, specialising in comedy. In 1960, Junkin joined Joan Littlewood's Stratford East Theatre Workshop and played the lead in the original production of Sparrers Can't Sing. A few years later, he joined the Royal Court Theatre company, and was the foil to Tony Hancock in some of Hancock's last work for British television. In 2006, he passed away from lung cancer in Aylesbury.
91 acting credits
Acting · 91

The Avengers
1961

Coronation Street
1960

Play for Today
1970

The Professionals
1977

Playhouse
1974

Inspector Morse
1987

The Sweeney
1975

The Bill
1984

Mr. Bean
1990

No Hiding Place
1959

All Creatures Great and Small
1978

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962

The Goodies
1970
Drama 61-67
1961

Catweazle
1970

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965

Sykes
1972

The Human Jungle
1963

Softly Softly: Task Force
1969

Terry and June
1979

The Troubleshooters
1965

Jason King
1971

Dixon of Dock Green
1955

Juliet Bravo
1980

Till Death Us Do Part
1966

Dick Turpin
1979

The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
Harry
1993

Sergeant Cork
1963

The Queen's Nose
1995

Up Pompeii!
1969

The Sins
2000

Countdown
1982

The Odd Man
1960

Only When I Laugh
1979

A Hard Day's Night
1964

Out
1978
The World of Wodehouse
1967

The Company of Five
1968

The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963
Odd One Out
1982
Looking for Clancy
1975
Noel's Telly Years
1996

The Football Factory
2004

Brass Target
1978
On the House
1970

A Handful of Dust
1988
Sam and Janet
1967

Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977

Confessions of a Driving Instructor
1976
The Last Salute
1998

Kaleidoscope
1966

The Pumpkin Eater
1964

The Wrong Box
1966

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
1990

Hot Enough for June
1964
It's Marty
1968

Law and Disorder
1994
Sharon and Elsie
1984
Both Ends Meet
1972

Chica de Río
2001

The Brain
1962

How I Won the War
1967

Lord Peter Wimsey: Five Red Herrings
1975

Hello Cheeky
1976

Licensed to Love and Kill
1979

That Summer!
1979

The Plank
1967

Simon Simon
1970

Doctor in Clover
1966

The Sandwich Man
1966
Scoop
1972
A Slight Case Of...
1965
A World Of His Own
1964

Doctor in Love
1960

Sparrows Can't Sing
1963

Heavens Above!
1963
Cooperama
1966

Journey to the Unknown
1969
Hello Cheeky
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Wombling Free
1977
Thingumybob
1968

The Break
1963

Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978

Scully's New Year's Eve
1978

When Steptoe Met Son
2002

The Primitives
1962

Dancing Country
1981

Down at the Hydro
1983

The Kenny Everett Naughty Joke Box
1981
Slater's Day
1974