John Challis
Actor

John Challis Net Worth

John Challis is an accomplished actor, writer, and soundtrack artist who has had a long and varied career. He began his career in regional repertory theatre and made his television debut in 1965. He was cast in a recurring role in the BBC's long-running police drama Z Cars and was also cast in The Sweeney and Doctor Who. He worked with David Jason for the first time in the sitcom Open All Hours and was cast as Boycie in the first series of Only Fools and Horses. He later starred in the spin-off The Green Green Grass and released two autobiographies. He currently tours a one-man show, "Only Fools and Boycie".
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
Birth Day August 16, 1942
Birth Place  Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Age 81 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Virgo
Residence Hereford, Herefordshire
Occupation Actor
Years active 1964–present
Spouse(s) Jean Challis (1964–1966) (divorced) Debbie Arnold (1981–1985) (divorced) Sabina Franklyn (1987–1988) (divorced) Carol Davies (1993–present)

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1969

An only child, Challis was born in Bristol but brought up in South East London. His father James Alec, from Sheffield, was a Civil Servant. Challis attended the state boarding Ottershaw School near Woking, Surrey. Upon leaving school he worked as a trainee estate agent before becoming a professional actor. An early television role, in 1969, was in the controversial gangster drama Big Breadwinner Hog, and between 1971 and 1975 he made regular appearances in Z-Cars as Sergeant Culshaw.

1973

Challis appeared on the Channel 4 mockumentary television programme Brass Eye, where he was tricked into believing Clive Anderson had been shot by Noel Edmonds. On BBC radio, he played an interrogator in the play Rules of Asylum by James Follett, broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 1973. He also played Dibden Purlew in Getting Nowhere Fast from 2001 to 2004.

1993

Challis is currently married to his fourth wife Carol. They married in 1993 and live in the former grange house of Wigmore Abbey, Wigmore, Herefordshire. Challis has no children.

2005

The outdoor scenes of The Green Green Grass were filmed at his then home, surrounding fields and local villages. Four series were broadcast by BBC One from 2005–2009. In the 2008 series of Last of the Summer Wine he guest-starred as a fake jewel thief, trying to impress the ladies.

2011

Challis has had a number of stage roles. He starred in pantomime at the Plaza Theatre in Stockport as Captain Hook in Peter Pan. He also appeared in pantomime at Weston Playhouse in winter 2011–12 playing Ebenezer in Aladdin and as King Rat in Dick Whittington at the Plaza Theatre in Stockport over Christmas 2013 and New Year 2014. In 2006 he took a cameo role in BBC's The Impressionists as Station Master Garre Saint Lézasr. He appeared alongside Christmas enthusiasts Paul Toole and Chris Elliott in the Channel 4 documentary King Of Christmas Lights, which aired on 19 December 2011, switching on the Christmas Lights at Manning Close in Wells, Somerset, on 30 November. He also flicked the switch in Weston Super Mare on 1 December 2011. In 2013 Challis occasionally contributed to the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Live Tour as the narrator.

2012

Challis has written two volumes of autobiography, Being Boycie and Boycie & Beyond. From April 2012 he embarked on a book tour to promote Being Boycie, starting at Waterstones in Uxbridge, and the same year became the narrator of the National Geographic Channel series Strippers: Cars for Cash.

2014

In 2014, Challis began a theatre tour of his one-man show titled Only Fools and Boycie, which charted his life before, during and after his time as 'Boycie'.

2016

On 19 February 2016 Challis was cast in the role of Captain Peacock taking over the role originally played by the late Frank Thornton in a remake of Are You Being Served? The episode aired on BBC in August 2016.

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