For other people named John Challis, see John Challis (disambiguation).
John Challis
Challis in 2013
Born
John Spurley Challis
(1942-08-16)16 August 1942
Clifton, Bristol, England
Died
17 September 2021(2021-09-17) (aged 79)
England
Education
Ottershaw School
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1964–2021
Spouses
Jean Robertson
(m. 1966, divorced)
Debbie Arnold
(m. 1981; div. 1985)
Sabina Franklyn
(m. 1987; div. 1988)
Carol Davies
(m. 1995)
John Spurley Challis (16 August 1942 – 17 September 2021) was an English actor. He had an extensive theatre and television career but is best known for portraying Herman Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC Television sitcom Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003) and its sequel/spin-off The Green Green Grass (2005–2009), as well as Monty Staines from the seventh series onwards in the ITV sitcom Benidorm (2015–2018). Challis was an established stage actor, making appearances for companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
John Spurley Challis (16 August 1942 – 17 September 2021) was an English actor. He had an extensive theatre and television career but is best known for...
series 8, will make his return as Sammy Valentino for four episodes. JohnChallis will become a series regular, after making on-off appearances for the...
sequel/spin-off of the long-running sitcom Only Fools and Horses and stars JohnChallis, Sue Holderness, and Jack Doolan. Four series and three Christmas specials...
show. Arnold has been married twice. In 1981, she married the actor JohnChallis, known for playing Boycie in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. They...
fictional character in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, played by JohnChallis. His story is continued in the spin-off series The Green Green Grass...
Time and Time Again, and How the Other Half Loves) she toured with JohnChallis. Holderness played the role of Annie in the 2010 & 2011 UK Tours of Calendar...
three of the cast had previously appeared in Benidorm, Sherrie Hewson, JohnChallis and Niky Wardley. It was poorly received by critics. Litten studied acting...
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May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015. "Jason Watkins, Sherrie Hewson and JohnChallis confirmed for Are You Being Served? reboot". Radio Times. 22 February...
correspondence and publications, Challis repeatedly disagreed with Stokes's conclusions from his research. Challis was referee for Thomson and for Stokes...
farmers.[citation needed] The ruins themselves were sold to British actor JohnChallis (best known as Boycie from Only Fools and Horses), who lived in the abbot's...
the voice of an animated Del Boy on an 2023 edition of The Apprentice. JohnChallis made appearances as Boycie in a few adverts for UK Gold and an advert...
was narrated by veteran actor Peter Ustinov, with Olwen Griffiths and JohnChallis. The show debuted in 1980 and consisted of thirteen half-hour episodes...
1954) is an English actress, and the daughter of William Franklyn and Margo Johns. Franklyn attended the independent Queen's Gate School and acted on stage...
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Beckley) is also interested, and has sent his violent henchman Scorby (JohnChallis) and the botanist Arnold Keeler (Mark Jones) to acquire the malignant...
allowed for the establishment of the Challis Professorships. Challis was born in England, the son of John Henry Challis, sergeant in the 9th Regiment, and...
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