John Junkin

Born: 1930-01-29

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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A Hard Day's Night

as Shake
Released: 1964-07-07

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying...

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The Football Factory

as Albert Moss
Released: 2004-05-13

The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence,...

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The Wrong Box

as 1st Engine Driver
Released: 1966-06-19

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can...

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The Pumpkin Eater

as Undertaker
Released: 1964-07-16

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a...

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Brass Target

as Carberry
Released: 1978-12-22

General George S. Patton died in a car accident in 1945. But was his death actually a murder. ...

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A Handful of Dust

as Blenkinsop
Released: 1988-06-24

English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit...

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Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

as Mr. Dixon
Released: 1978-02-01

Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors...

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That Summer!

as Mr Swales
Released: 1979-07-06

A teenager gets out of reform school and heads to Torquay for a swimming contest, where he meets...

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Hot Enough for June

as Clerk in Opening Scene
Released: 1964-01-01

A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an...

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The Plank

as One Eyed Truck Driver
Released: 1967-05-18

A slapstick comedy about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with...

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How I Won the War

as Large Child
Released: 1967-10-18

An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa...

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Sparrows Can't Sing

as Bridge Operator
Released: 1963-03-26

Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife...

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Doctor in Love

as Policeman (uncredited)
Released: 1960-07-12

Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice,...

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The Sandwich Man

as Chauffeur
Released: 1966-07-01

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.

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Heavens Above!

as uncredited
Released: 1963-05-20

A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class...

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Confessions of a Driving Instructor

as Luigi
Released: 1976-09-01

Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest...

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Chica de Río

as Mr. Bigelow
Released: 2001-06-29

Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a...

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Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

as George Heath
Released: 1990-05-16

During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend...

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The Break

as Harry
Released: 1963-07-07

A group of inmates escape from Dartmoor prison. They hide out in the English country side but...

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Doctor in Clover

as Prison Warder (Uncredited)
Released: 1966-03-08

Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in...

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Kaleidoscope

as Dominion Porter
Released: 1966-07-01

Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer...

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Confessions from a Holiday Camp

as Whitemonk
Released: 1977-01-01

Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett are working as entertainment officers at...

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Simon Simon

as 2nd Workman - Driver
Released: 1970-06-01

A comedy short with very little speaking. Graham Stark and John Junkin have a new elevated...

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Wombling Free

as County Surveyor
Released: 1977-12-31

The adventures of The Wombles, strange creatures who live on Wimbledon Common and pick up the...

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Scully's New Year's Eve

as Jack
Released: 1978-01-03

Scully invites his mates to gatecrash his mum's New Year's Eve party.

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Down at the Hydro

as Businesman
Released: 1983-09-04

Diedre and The Colonel separately attend a health spa and find themselves falling in love.

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Journey to the Unknown

as Robert
Released: 1969-06-15

TV Movie consisting of two episodes of the UK TV series "Journey to the Unknown" (1968):...

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The Kenny Everett Naughty Joke Box

as Self
Released: 1981-01-01

Old school comics join Kenny Everett for some old school comedy. Stand up routines are...

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When Steptoe Met Son

as Self
Released: 2002-08-20

The difficult off-screen relationship between actors Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell who...

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Play for Today

as Jack
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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No Hiding Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...

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All Creatures Great and Small

as Luke Benson
First aired: 1978-01-08

All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...

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Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Jeffrey
First aired: 1965-10-07

Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television...

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The Avengers

as Sergeant
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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The Avengers

as Sheriff
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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The Professionals

as Hollis
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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Inspector Morse

as Chief Inspector Holroyd
First aired: 1987-01-06

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Dan Stuart
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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The Kenny Everett Television Show

as Self
First aired: 1982-02-25

Sketch comedy show starring Kenny Everett.

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The Human Jungle

as McCutcheon
First aired: 1963-03-30

The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the...

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Terry and June

as Sgt. Tucker
First aired: 1979-10-24

Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more...

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Coronation Street

as Bill Fielding
First aired: 1960-12-09

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them...

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Mr. Bean

as Maître D'
First aired: 1990-01-01

Mr Bean turns simple everyday tasks into chaotic situations and will leave you in stitches as he...

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Softly Softly: Task Force

as Norden
First aired: 1969-11-20

Softly, Softly: Task Force is a police based drama series which ran on BBC 1 from 1969 to 1976....

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Catweazle

as Sergeant Bottle
First aired: 1970-02-15

A medieval wizard (though not a very good one) Catweazle is transported to the modern age... A...

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The Sweeney

as Taxi Yard Proprietor
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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The Goodies

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-11-08

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...

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The Goodies

as Police Sergeant
First aired: 1970-11-08

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...

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Sykes

as Eye Consultant
First aired: 1972-09-14

Sykes is a British sitcom that aired on BBC 1 from 1972 to 1979. Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie...

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Juliet Bravo

as Les
First aired: 1980-08-30

Juliet Bravo was a drama that focused on two female police inspectors, neither of whom were...

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Jason King

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-09-15

Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world...

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Out

as Ralph Veneker
First aired: 1978-07-24

Frank Ross returns from an eight-year prison sentence for a robbery that was thwarted because...

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The Adventures of Black Beauty

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-17

Black Beauty is a pure black, thoroughbred horse in late 19th Century rural England who is...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Sins

as Archie Rogers
First aired: 2000-10-24

Len Green is a former bank robber and getaway driver who has retired from the criminal life and...

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Law and Disorder

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-01-17

Law and Disorder is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1994. Starring Penelope Keith, it was...

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Lord Peter Wimsey: Five Red Herrings

as Mr. Alcock
First aired: 1975-07-23

Dorothy L. Sayer's amateur detective, Lord Peter Wimsey investigates and solves murder cases.

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Countdown

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-11-02

The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.

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