Birthday
1935/03/18
Day of death
2022/09/21 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Ash, Surrey, England, UK
Also know as
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John Reginald Hamblin (18 March 1935 - 21 September 2022) was a British-born Australian children's television presenter and actor of stage and screen who appeared in theatre productions, soap operas and made-for-TV films. He was known affectionately as "Funny John" or "Naughty John". Hamblin began his time on the iconic children's show, Play School, in 1970s and soon became a fan favourite. He would go on to star in more than 350 episodes of the program, across a 30-year period. After his reti...Read more
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(1985) On the Loose
as Noel Poulson
(1984) Crime of the Decade
as Ian Henderson
(1983) Who Killed Baby Azaria?
as Michael Chamberlain
(1983) Pavane
as Real Estate Agent
(1967) The Prisoner
as Woodland Man
(1987) Rafferty's Rules
as Tom Herman
(1974) Class of...
as Donald Blair
(1998) All Saints
as Alan Knight