Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

54

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-08-16

Day of Death

2021-09-19 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Bristol, England, UK

Also Known As

John Challis

Biography

John Challis was an English actor best known for portraying dodgy second hand car dealer Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC television comedy series Only Fools and Horses and its sequel/spin-off The Green Green Grass.

Known For

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

The Tichborne Claimant

The Tichborne Claimant

Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday

Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday

Acting

Drive Carefully, Darling

1975

Drive Carefully, Darling

as

Dracula

1974

Dracula

as

Stockton-on-Tees Clerk

Wicked Willie Rides Again!

1991

Wicked Willie Rides Again!

as

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

1976

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

as

Scorby

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?

1964

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?

as

Tim

The Tichborne Claimant

1999

The Tichborne Claimant

as

Rous the Landlord

Number on End

1980

Number on End

as

Victor Mintell

Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday

2018

Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday

as

Himself

The Story of Only Fools and Horses

2002

The Story of Only Fools and Horses

as

Before Water Lilies

1981

Before Water Lilies

as

Harry

A Turn for the Worse

1981

A Turn for the Worse

as

(voice)

Are you Being Served?

2016

Are you Being Served?

as

Captain Peacock

Boycie in Belgrade

2021

Boycie in Belgrade

as

Self/Boycie

Sleepwalker

1975

Sleepwalker

as

Peter

Scarfe's Follies

1988

Scarfe's Follies

as

Podshock

2010

Podshock

as

Who Killed Lamb?

1974

Who Killed Lamb?

as

Casson

Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses

as

The Sweeney

The Sweeney

as

Skef Warren

Thriller

Thriller

as

Peter

The Green Green Grass

The Green Green Grass

as

The Bill

The Bill

as

Softly, Softly

Softly, Softly

as

Z-Cars

Z-Cars

as

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

as

Jeremy

The Paul O'Grady Show

The Paul O'Grady Show

as

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

Stan Fraser

We Have Been Watching

We Have Been Watching

as

Self

C.A.T.S. Eyes

C.A.T.S. Eyes

as

Crown Court

Crown Court

as

Citizen Smith

Citizen Smith

as

Chief Inspector Humphreys

Play for Today

Play for Today

as

Victor Mintell

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as

Self

Then Churchill Said to Me

Then Churchill Said to Me

as

It's Only TV But I Like It

It's Only TV But I Like It

as

Self

Brett

Brett

as

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Scorby

Strippers: Cars for Cash

Strippers: Cars for Cash

as

Narrator (voice)

Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses

as

Boycie

Casualty

Casualty

as

Harry

Sooty

Sooty

as

Henry Witham-Smythe

The Story of Only Fools And Horses

The Story of Only Fools And Horses

as

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as

Self - Participant

The New Statesman

The New Statesman

as

Gen. Giray

Howards' Way

Howards' Way

as

Morris

Benidorm

Benidorm

as

Monty

Ready, Steady, Cook

Ready, Steady, Cook

as

Self - Guest

Loose Women

Loose Women

as

Self

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

as

(voice)

Brass Eye

Brass Eye

as

Self

The Legend of Robin Hood

The Legend of Robin Hood

as

Castle Guard

The Misfit

The Misfit

as

Lofty

In Sickness and in Health

In Sickness and in Health

as

The Doctor

Državni posao

Državni posao

as

Boycie

Production

Crew

Directing