John Francis Junkin Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
John Francis Junkin (29 January 1930 – 7 March 2006) was an English radio, television and film actor and scriptwriter.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. He played a diverse range of roles on the small screen; however he is best remembered for his comedy roles, and his appearances as a television quiz master. Worldwide filmgoers will remember him best for playing "Shake", the assistant to Norman Rossington, in the Beatles film A Hard Day's Night. In comedy roles, Junkin was rarely short of work, on account of his outstanding ability to play the stony-faced symbol of low level, petty-minded and unquestioning authority, whether the army sergeant, police constable or site foreman.One of his rare leading roles was in the BBC series The Rough with the Smooth, in which he and Tim Brooke-Taylor played comedy writers (with both actors contributing scripts to the series as well). He also hosted his own afternoon television series in the mid-1970s. Entitled simply Junkin, it was produced by Southern Television for the ITV network.Junkin has an entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the voice of "Mr Shifter", one of the chimps in the PG Tips tea advertisement, the longest-running series of commercials on television.Junkin lived in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, where he was a popular regular at the Red Lion pub. He married Jenny Claybourn in 1977 and had one daughter. He died on 7 March 2006 in the Florence Nightingale House, Stoke Mandeville, several miles from his home. He had been suffering from lung cancer, emphysema and asthma. His life and work were honoured at the British Academy Television Awards in 2006.
May I confess to not being quite as upset as many people at the loss of first-class cricket by BBC Television, principally because it will give viewers a chance to see the three new series I have devised. These consist of 26 programmes on gardening, 26 on travel and 26 on cooking, with a Christmas special in which a well-known gardener is invited to take a celebrity chef to some glamorous location and cook him.
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"Television now seems to be made for people who sit in the Groucho Club rubbing each other's egos with a Nivea bar. It's certainly not what people want to watch. That's why they still enjoy the old comedies like Dad's Army (1968), Morecambe and Wise and Steptoe and Son (1962) . . . It strikes me that the new generation running television today has forgotten how to make people laugh.
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Briefly worked as a disc-jockey for the offshore pirate Radio Caroline. He never visited the ship, recording his shows in London.
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He worked as a teacher, lift attendant and laborer before turning to writing professionally.
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Has an entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the voice of "Mr Shifter", one of the monkeys in the P.G. Tips tea advertisement, the longest running commercial on television.
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Scrabble enthusiast.
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Worked as a teacher before writing took over his life.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
1990
George Heath
The Return of Shelley
1989
TV Series
Don
Jade
1988
Short
Bookseller
All Creatures Great and Small
1988
TV Series
Luke Benson
A Handful of Dust
1988
Blenkinsop
News at Twelve
1988
TV Series
Arnold Gaunt
Langley Bottom
1986
TV Series
Sergeant
Sharon and Elsie
1984-1985
TV Series
Tommy Wallace
Sorry!
1985
TV Series
Commentator
Blott on the Landscape
1985
TV Mini-Series
Waiter
All for Love
1983
TV Series
Businessman
Jemima Shore Investigates
1983
TV Series
Tupper
The Professionals
1983
TV Series
Hollis
Juliet Bravo
1982
TV Series
Les
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1981-1982
TV Series
Various
BBC2 Playhouse
1981
TV Series
Jack
Smuggler
1981
TV Mini-Series
Dick Cross
Coronation Street
1981
TV Series
Bill Fielding
Act V
1981
Short voice
Terry and June
1980
TV Series
Sgt. Tucker
Dick Turpin
1980
TV Series
Dr. Mandragola
The Jim Davidson Show
1980
TV Series
Rushton's Illustrated
1980
TV Series
The Ravelled Thread
1979-1980
TV Series
Dobbs
Only When I Laugh
1979
TV Series
Landlord
Sykes
1979
TV Series
Eye Consultant
Penmarric
1979
TV Series
John Henry Roslyn
The Man from S.E.X.
1979
Helicopter Mechanic
That Summer!
1979
Mr. Swales
Brass Target
1978
Carberry
Wombling Free
1978
County Surveyor
The Sweeney
1978
TV Series
Taxi Yard Proprietor
The Morecambe & Wise Show
1978
TV Series
Eric Morecambe Lookalike
Out
1978
TV Series
Ralph Veneker
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978
Mr. Dixon
Play for Today
1978
TV Series
Jack
Confessions of a Summer Camp Councillor
1977
Whitemonk
Z Cars
1962-1977
TV Series
Spence / Clarrie Enwright / Sharkey / ...
The Howerd Confessions
1976
TV Series
The Sergeant
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
1976
Luigi
Hello Cheeky
1976
TV Series
Various Roles
Raffles
1975
TV Series
Crawshay
Softly Softly: Task Force
1975
TV Series
Norden
The Rough with the Smooth
1971-1975
TV Series
Harold King
Five Red Herrings
1975
TV Mini-Series
Mr. Alcock
Looking for Clancy
1975
TV Series
Jim Clancy
A Legacy
1975
TV Series
Capt. von Koppen
Slater's Day
1974
TV Movie
Freddy Slater
The Adventures of Black Beauty
1974
TV Series
Teapot
The Moon Shines Bright on Charlie Chaplin
1973
TV Movie
Sergeant
The View from Daniel Pike
1973
TV Series
Apricot
Scoop
1972
TV Series
Baldwin
The Fenn Street Gang
1972
TV Series
Don
Madigan
1972
TV Series
Rawlins
Queenie's Castle
1972
TV Series
Det. Insp. Hardacre
Jason King
1972
TV Series
Capitano Jascheroni
Both Ends Meet
1972
TV Series
Pip Pepper
The Liver Birds
1972
TV Series
Mr. Belshaw
The Shadow of the Tower
1972
TV Mini-Series
Master John
The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine
1971-1972
TV Series
Various Characters
The Goodies
1972
TV Series
Police Sergeant
On the House
1970-1971
TV Series
Charlie Cattermole
Comedy Playhouse
1965-1971
TV Series
Harold King / Ernie Babcock / Odius / ...
Marty Abroad
1971
TV Short
Various Characters
Simon Simon
1970
Short
2nd Workman - Driver
W. Somerset Maugham
1970
TV Series
Don Agosto
Catweazle
1970
TV Series
Sergeant Bottle
The Morecambe & Wise Show
1970
TV Series
Award Presenter in Nose Blowing Sketch / Man in Whispering Joke sketch
Marty Amok
1970
TV Movie
Various Characters
A Christmas Night with the Stars
1969
TV Series
Various - Marty segment
Up Pompeii!
1969
TV Series
Odius
Journey to the Unknown
1969
TV Movie
Robert (episode 'Matakitas is Coming'
According to Dora
1969
TV Series
Various
Marty
1968-1969
TV Series
Various Characters
Journey to the Unknown
1968
TV Series
Robert
The Company of Five
1968
TV Series
Dave
Broaden Your Mind
1968
TV Series
Various Characters
Thingumybob
1968
TV Series
Bert Ryding
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1968
TV Series
Jeffrey
Sam and Janet
1967-1968
TV Series
Sam Marshall
The Plank
1967
One Eyed Truck Driver
How I Won the War
1967
Large Child
Love Story
1963-1967
TV Series
Jim / The provost sargeant
Spotlight
1967
TV Series
Mickey Dunne
1967
TV Series
Laslo
George and the Dragon
1967
TV Series
Leonard
The Avengers
1963-1967
TV Series
Sergeant / Sheriff
Hooray for Laughter
1967
TV Movie
Blandings Castle
1967
TV Series
Harry Barber
Emergency-Ward 10
1965-1967
TV Series
Edwin Firbank / Bill Bowman
Drama 61-67
1967
TV Series
Till Death Us Do Part
1966-1967
TV Series
Wally the Milkman
The Dark Number
1966
TV Mini-Series
Bill Ferguson
Blackmail
1966
TV Series
Malcolm
Mogul
1966
TV Series
Macann
Cooperama
1966
TV Series
Public Eye
1966
TV Series
Marty Rose
Sergeant Cork
1963-1966
TV Series
Jacko / Perryman
Kaleidoscope
1966
Dominion Porter
The Sandwich Man
1966
Chauffeur
Watch the Birdies
1966
TV Mini-Series
Kendall
No Hiding Place
1962-1966
TV Series
Jim Donovan / Harry Matters / Jack Kedge / ...
The Wrong Box
1966
First Engine Driver
Redcap
1966
TV Series
Sgt. Burns
Carnaby, M.D.
1966
Prison Warder (uncredited)
Hugh and I
1962-1966
TV Series
Dixon of Dock Green
1966
TV Series
Dan Stuart
Sykes and A...
1965
TV Series
A Slight Case of...
1965
TV Series
R3
1965
TV Series
Fred
Six of the Best
1965
TV Series
Sid
The Human Jungle
1964
TV Series
McCutcheon
World of His Own
1964
TV Series
The Hidden Truth
1964
TV Series
Denis Stonier
A Hard Day's Night
1964
Shake
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
Undertaker
Agent 8 3/4
1964
Clerk in Opening Scene
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962-1964
TV Series
John Grieve / Dougal Todd
The Break
1963
Harry
The Plane Makers
1963
TV Series
Dusty Miller
First Night
1963
TV Series
Ned
Suspense
1963
TV Series
A.B. Jason / Smiler Harris
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1962-1963
TV Mini-Series
The Detective / Dick Partridge / Taplow
Heavens Above!
1963
Reporter at Space Launch Site (uncredited)
24-Hour Call
1963
TV Series
Police Inspector
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963
Bridge Operator (uncredited)
Hancock
1963
TV Series
Jerry Spring
The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963
Maurice (uncredited)
Ghost Squad
1963
TV Series
Johnson
Winning Widows
1962
TV Series
The Brain
1962
Frederick (uncredited)
The Primitives
1962
Arthur
Trial and Error
1962
Dock brief barrister (uncredited)
The Odd Man
1962
TV Series
Male Nurse
The Benny Hill Show
1961
TV Series
Various Roles
Doctor in Love
1960
Policeman (uncredited)
The Football Factory
2004
Albert Moss
Doctors
2002
TV Series
George Briggs
The Queen's Nose
2002
TV Series
Bert
Holby City
2002
TV Series
Mike Newton
EastEnders
2001-2002
TV Series
Ernie
McCready and Daughter
2001
TV Series
Chica de Río
2001
Mr. Bigelow
The Sins
2000
TV Mini-Series
Archie Rogers
The Thing About Vince
2000
TV Mini-Series
Frankie
The Last Salute
1999
TV Series
Norman
The Bill
1995-1999
TV Series
Mr. Davies / Mr. Pritchard
Picking up the Pieces
1998
TV Series
Vinny
Law and Disorder
1994
TV Series
Steven
Harry
1993
TV Series
Mal
Inspector Morse
1992
TV Series
Chief Inspector Holroyd
Mr. Bean
1990
TV Series
The Maitre D'
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bob's Your Uncle
1992
TV Series script - 1 episode
Langley Bottom
1986
TV Series writer - 6 episodes
The Val Doonican Music Show
1983
TV Series special material - 8 episodes
The Allan Stewart Show
1980
TV Movie
The Jim Davidson Show
1980
TV Series script - 6 episodes
The Morecambe & Wise Show
1978
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Paradise Island
1977
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Hello Cheeky
1976
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
The Rough with the Smooth
1975
TV Series writer - 6 episodes
Man at the Top
1973
additional material
The Morecambe & Wise Show
1972
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Queenie's Castle
1972
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Comedy Playhouse
1971
TV Series script - 1 episode
Hark at Barker
1969
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Marty
TV Series additional material - 7 episodes, 1968 - 1969 writer - 3 episodes, 1968
According to Dora
1968
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Hugh and I Spy
1968
TV Series additional material
The World of Beachcomber
1968
TV Series writer
Mr. Aitch
1967
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Hooray for Laughter
1967
TV Movie
Hugh and I
1962
TV Series additional material - 7 episodes
Show Train
1961
TV Series script - 1 episode
The Army Game
1960
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Jimmy Logan Show
1959-1960
TV Series script - 8 episodes
And the Same to You
1960
additional material
A Christmas Night with the Stars
1959
TV Series 1 episode
Hi, Summer!
1959
TV Series script - 14 episodes
The Ted Ray Show
1958-1959
TV Series script - 7 episodes
Friday the 13th
1957
TV Movie
Son of Fred
1956
TV Series additional material - 1 episode
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
1956
TV Series
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chain Letters
1996-1997
TV Series script associate - 2 episodes
Wipeout
1994
TV Series program associate - 1 episode
Gladiators
1993
TV Series programme associate - 12 episodes
Opportunity Knocks
TV Series programme associate - 1 episode, 1989 script associate - 1 episode, 1988