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Acting

John Challis

Titles: 20movies81TV shows

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
86/100

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

Nostalgia
7.3average 3.7
Situational Comedy
5.0average 2.7
Wit & Wordplay
5.6average 3.7
Wholesome
5.0average 3.3
Contemporary Realism
6.3average 5.4
Physical Comedy
3.3average 2.4
Family Dynamics
5.3average 4.8

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
2.6, average 4.9
Violence
2.1, average 4.2
Tension
4.2, average 6.0
Coming of Age
1.3, average 3.0

Main genres

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Comedy 5
TV Movie 4
Animation 2
Mystery 2

Recurring tags

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

88

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

2020s

1 title

Only Fools And Horses: The Lost Archive

TV show

2010s

5 titles · average score 70

You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks

as Captain Peacock

Tea for Two

as Jim

Government Job

TV show · as Boycie

Strippers: Cars for Cash

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Sooty

TV show · as Henry Witham-Smythe

2000s

6 titles · average score 55

Benidorm

TV show · as Monty

The Impressionists

TV show · as Station Master

The Green Green Grass

TV show · as Boycie

Dream

as Toby

Doctors

TV show · as Freddy Prenton / James Fletcher

Five Seconds to Spare

as Shopping Centre Manager

1990s

11 titles · average score 68

The Tichborne Claimant

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

TV show · as Stan Fraser

Get Back

TV show · as Monty

Sitting Pretty

TV show · as Boris

Soldier Soldier

TV show · as Police Superintendent

Noel's House Party

TV show · as Boycie

Wicked Willie Rides Again!

as (voice)

Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie

as Boycie

One Foot in the Grave

TV show · as Jack The Burglar

1980s

29 titles · average score 69

Wish Me Luck

TV show · as Victor Travussini

The New Statesman

TV show · as Gen. Giray

Casualty

TV show · as Harry

In Sickness and in Health

TV show · as The Doctor

Howards' Way

TV show · as Morris

C.A.T.S. Eyes

TV show · as Stark

The Bill

TV show · as Ian Gore

Alas Smith and Jones

TV show · as Mexican Hotel Receptionist

Ever Decreasing Circles

TV show · as Maintenance Man

Only Fools and Horses

TV show · as Boycie

Number on End

as Victor Mintell

Juliet Bravo

TV show · as Taylor

All 29 titles from the 1980s

1970s

20 titles · average score 72

Doctor Snuggles

TV show · as (voice)

Citizen Smith

TV show · as Chief Inspector Humphreys

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

as Scorby

Open All Hours

TV show · as Bread Man

The Cedar Tree

TV show · as Leonard Barnet

The Sweeney

TV show · as Skef Warren

The Legend of Robin Hood

TV show · as Castle Guard

Dracula

as Stockton-on-Tees Clerk

Last of the Summer Wine

TV show · as Jeremy

Thriller

TV show · as Peter

Crown Court

TV show · as Det Insp Stoddart

Play for Today

TV show · as Victor Mintell / Stutterer (voice)

All 20 titles from the 1970s

1960s

15 titles · average score 68

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Factory Guard

Strange Report

TV show · as Soldier

Big Breadwinner Hog

TV show · as 1st Operative

Virgin of the Secret Service

TV show · as Captain Raffles Kirby

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Carstairs

Mr. Rose

TV show · as Det Con Jackson

Softly, Softly

TV show · as Det Con Rankin

TV show · as Harry Kapper

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?

as Tim

Doctor Who

TV show · as Scorby

Z-Cars

TV show · as Det Con Armitage / Desk Sergeant

Coronation Street

TV show · as Det Con Phillips

All 15 titles from the 1960s

1950s

1 title · average score 64

Dixon of Dock Green

TV show · as Ray