Person
John Junkin
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 29, 1930
- Died
- Mar 7, 2006
- From
- Ealing, London, England, UK
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.
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Mr. Bean
A Hard Day's Night
The Football Factory
The Avengers
Inspector Morse
Coronation Street
The Wrong Box
The Pumpkin Eater
All Creatures Great and Small
The Wrong Arm of the Law
The Bill
The Professionals
A Handful of Dust
Brass Target
How I Won the War
The Plank
Heavens Above!
The Sweeney