John Junkin
Birthday: 1930-01-29
Place of Birth: Ealing, London, England, UK
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.
Movies
A Hard Day's Night
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element...
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Chica de Río
Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obses...
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The Plank
A slapstick comedy about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music a...
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Down at the Hydro
Diedre and The Colonel separately attend a health spa and find themselves falling in love....
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Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and r...
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Journey to the Unknown
TV Movie consisting of two episodes of the UK TV series "Journey to the Unknown" (1968): 'Matakitas ...
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Simon Simon
A comedy short with very little speaking. Graham Stark and John Junkin have a new elevated platform ...
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The Football Factory
The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's...
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When Steptoe Met Son
The difficult off-screen relationship between actors Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell who grew ...
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The Sandwich Man
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters....
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The Kenny Everett Naughty Joke Box
Old school comics join Kenny Everett for some old school comedy. Stand up routines are interspersed...
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Doctor in Love
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping...
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The Wrong Box
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be ma...
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Heavens Above!
A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, whe...
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Scully's New Year's Eve
Scully invites his mates to gatecrash his mum's New Year's Eve party....
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Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by a...
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The Pumpkin Eater
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful b...
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Hot Enough for June
A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionag...
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That Summer!
A teenager gets out of reform school and heads to Torquay for a swimming contest, where he meets a p...
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Brass Target
General George S. Patton died in a car accident in 1945. But was his death actually a murder. Is he...
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How I Won the War
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Eu...
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Sparrows Can't Sing
Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie ...
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Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest get-r...
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Confessions from a Holiday Camp
Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett are working as entertainment officers at Funfrall, a...
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A Handful of Dust
English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his...
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Wombling Free
The adventures of The Wombles, strange creatures who live on Wimbledon Common and pick up the litter...
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The Break
A group of inmates escape from Dartmoor prison. They hide out in the English country side but are do...
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Doctor in Clover
Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the ...
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Kaleidoscope
Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer bec...
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Dancing Country
The local country dancing team of old-age pensioners is forced to change its style when Jack, its le...
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The Wrong Arm of the Law
The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a ne...
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The Primitives
A group of night club entertainers supplement their income by being international jewel thieves...
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