John Junkin

Born: 1930-01-29, Ealing, London, England, UK

Died: 2006-03-07

Biography

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.

Filmography

• Coronation Street (1960)
• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
• The Professionals (1977)
• Inspector Morse (1987)
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)
• Playhouse (1974)
• All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
• The Goodies (1970)
• Sergeant Cork (1963)
• The Human Jungle (1963)
• Terry and June (1979)
• Jason King (1971)
• Only When I Laugh (1979)
• The Odd Man (1960)
• The Queen's Nose (1995)
• The Football Factory (2004)
• The Sins (2000)
• Hello Cheeky (1976)
• That Summer! (1979)
• The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
• The Wrong Box (1966)
• How I Won the War (1967)
• Brass Target (1978)
• Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)
• Lord Peter Wimsey: Five Red Herrings (1975)
• Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)
• Licensed to Love and Kill (1979)
• Doctor in Clover (1966)
• Chica de Río (2001)
• Simon Simon (1970)