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John Junkin
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.
As actor
The Football Factory
When Steptoe Met Son
Chica de Río
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
A Handful of Dust
Down at the Hydro
The Kenny Everett Naughty Joke Box
Dancing Country
That Summer!
Licensed to Love and Kill
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
Scully's New Year's Eve
Brass Target
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
Wombling Free
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Slater's Day
Simon Simon
Journey to the Unknown
The Plank
How I Won the War
The Sandwich Man
The Wrong Box
Doctor in Clover
Kaleidoscope
A Hard Day's Night
The Pumpkin Eater
Hot Enough for June
Heavens Above!
Sparrows Can't Sing