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Acting

John Challis

Career: Active from 1964 to 2016, with a break from 1992 to 2004, busiest in 1991 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles: 7
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Challis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
2.6, average 4.8
Violence
2.1, average 4.1
Tension
4.2, average 6.0
Coming of Age
1.2, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

89

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

Only Fools and Horses: The Lost Archive

TV show · as Boycie (archive footage)

2010s

5 titles · average score 70

You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks

55

as Captain Peacock

Tea for Two

as Jim

Government Job

86

TV show · as Boycie

Strippers: Cars for Cash

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Sooty

TV show · as Henry Witham-Smythe

2000s

7 titles · average score 55

Benidorm

73

TV show · as Monty

The Impressionists

80

TV show · as Station Master

The Green Green Grass

45

TV show · as Boycie

More Great Comedy Moments

as Boycie (archive footage)

Dream

as Toby

Doctors

46

TV show · as Freddy Prenton / James Fletcher

Five Seconds to Spare

34

as Shopping Centre Manager

1990s

11 titles · average score 68

The Tichborne Claimant

74

as Rous the Landlord

Wing and a Prayer

TV show · as DS Doughty

Then Churchill Said to Me

TV show · as Maj Harry Bouchet

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Stan Fraser

Get Back

TV show · as Monty

Sitting Pretty

TV show · as Boris

Soldier Soldier

68

TV show · as Police Superintendent

Noel's House Party

68

TV show · as Boycie

Wicked Willie Rides Again!

as (voice)

Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie

as Boycie

One Foot in the Grave

52

TV show · as Jack the Burglar (voice)

1980s

29 titles · average score 69

Wish Me Luck

74

TV show · as Victor Travussini

The New Statesman

51

TV show · as Gen. Giray

Casualty

62

TV show · as Harry

Howards' Way

63

TV show · as Morris

In Sickness and in Health

75

TV show · as The Doctor

C.A.T.S. Eyes

62

TV show · as Stark

The Bill

77

TV show · as Ian Gore

Alas Smith and Jones

73

TV show · as Mexican Hotel Receptionist

Ever Decreasing Circles

74

TV show · as Maintenance Man

Only Fools and Horses

85

TV show · as Boycie

Number on End

as Victor Mintell

Juliet Bravo

66

TV show · as Taylor

1970s

20 titles · average score 72

Doctor Snuggles

71

TV show · as (voice)

Citizen Smith

68

TV show · as Chief Inspector Humphreys

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

87

as Scorby

Open All Hours

77

TV show · as Bread Man

The Cedar Tree

TV show · as Leonard Barnet

The Sweeney

80

TV show · as Skef Warren

Dracula

62

as Stockton-on-Tees Clerk

Last of the Summer Wine

67

TV show · as Jeremy

Thriller

74

TV show · as Peter

Whodunnit?

TV show · as Private Rhodes

Crown Court

65

TV show · as Det Insp Stoddart

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Stutterer (voice) / Harry

1960s

15 titles · average score 68

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Factory Guard

Strange Report

78

TV show · as Soldier

Big Breadwinner Hog

TV show · as 1st Operative

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Carstairs

Mr. Rose

TV show · as Det Con Jackson

TV show · as Hospital Doctor

Softly, Softly

TV show · as Det Con Rankin

TV show · as Harry Kapper

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?

63

as Tim

Doctor Who

76

TV show · as Scorby

Z-Cars

72

TV show · as Desk Sergeant / Sgt Culshaw

Coronation Street

54

TV show · as Det Con Phillips

1950s

1 title · average score 64

Dixon of Dock Green

64

TV show · as Ray