Actor profile

John Challis

16th August 1942 Bristol, England, UK Acting

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.

21 Movies 69 TV Shows 106 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Boycie in Belgrade poster

Boycie in Belgrade 7th June 2021 as Self/Boycie

Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday poster

Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday 20th February 2018 as Himself

You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks poster

You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks 28th August 2016 as Captain Peacock

Tea for Two poster

Tea for Two 3rd October 2015 as Jim

Podshock poster

Podshock 25th October 2010 as Self

The Story of Only Fools and Horses poster

The Story of Only Fools and Horses 20th December 2002 as Self

Dream poster

Dream 26th August 2001 as Toby

Five Seconds to Spare poster

Five Seconds to Spare 30th October 2000 as Shopping Centre Manager

The Tichborne Claimant poster

The Tichborne Claimant 12th November 1999 as Rous the Landlord

Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie poster

Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie 25th December 1991 as Boycie

Wicked Willie Rides Again! poster

Wicked Willie Rides Again! 1st January 1991 as (voice)

Scarfe's Follies poster

Scarfe's Follies 28th January 1988

Burning an Illusion poster

Burning an Illusion 13th November 1981 as Man in Car

A Turn for the Worse poster

A Turn for the Worse 28th April 1981 as (voice)

Before Water Lilies poster

Before Water Lilies 24th March 1981 as Harry

Number on End poster

Number on End 1st January 1980 as Victor Mintell

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom poster

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom 31st January 1976 as Scorby

Sleepwalker poster

Sleepwalker 7th October 1975 as Peter

Dracula poster

Dracula 13th June 1974 as Stockton-on-Tees Clerk

Who Killed Lamb? poster

Who Killed Lamb? 4th February 1974 as Casson

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? poster

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? 4th October 1964 as Tim

The Story of Only Fools And Horses poster

The Story of Only Fools And Horses 29th August 2017 as Self

We Have Been Watching poster

We Have Been Watching 4th January 2017 as Self

Strippers: Cars for Cash poster

Strippers: Cars for Cash 8th October 2012 as Narrator (voice)

Government Job poster

Government Job 24th September 2012 as Boycie

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 24th October 2011 as Self - Participant

Sooty poster

Sooty 5th September 2011 as Henry Witham-Smythe

Benidorm poster

Benidorm 1st February 2007 as Monty

The Impressionists poster

The Impressionists 30th April 2006 as Station Master

The Green Green Grass poster

The Green Green Grass 9th September 2005 as Boycie

The Paul O'Grady Show poster

The Paul O'Grady Show 11th October 2004 as Self

Doctors poster

Doctors 27th March 2000 as James Fletcher

Doctors poster

Doctors 27th March 2000 as Freddy Prenton

Loose Women poster

Loose Women 6th September 1999 as Self

Brass Eye poster

Brass Eye 29th January 1997 as Self

Ready, Steady, Cook poster

Ready, Steady, Cook 24th October 1994 as Self - Guest

Then Churchill Said to Me poster

Then Churchill Said to Me 1st March 1993 as Maj Harry Bouchet

Sitting Pretty poster

Sitting Pretty 19th November 1992 as Boris

Get Back poster

Get Back 26th October 1992 as Monty

Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat 10th April 1992 as Stan Fraser

Noel's House Party poster

Noel's House Party 23rd November 1991 as Boycie

Soldier Soldier poster

Soldier Soldier 10th June 1991 as Police Superintendent

One Foot in the Grave poster

One Foot in the Grave 4th January 1990 as Jack The Burglar

Wish Me Luck poster

Wish Me Luck 17th January 1988 as Victor Travussini

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers poster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers 10th January 1988 as (voice)

The New Statesman poster

The New Statesman 13th September 1987 as Gen. Giray

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Harry

Roland Rat: The Series poster

Roland Rat: The Series 6th September 1986 as Policeman

Howards' Way poster

Howards' Way 1st September 1985 as Morris

In Sickness and in Health poster

In Sickness and in Health 1st September 1985 as The Doctor

C.A.T.S. Eyes poster

C.A.T.S. Eyes 12th April 1985 as Stark

The Bill poster

The Bill 16th October 1984 as Ian Gore

Chance in a Million poster

Chance in a Million 10th September 1984 as Policeman

Alas Smith and Jones poster

Alas Smith and Jones 31st January 1984 as Mexican Hotel Receptionist

Ever Decreasing Circles poster

Ever Decreasing Circles 29th January 1984 as Maintenance Man

Don't Wait Up poster

Don't Wait Up 25th October 1983 as Man in Jewellery Store

Storyboard poster

Storyboard 26th July 1983 as Billy Cato

Beau Geste poster

Beau Geste 31st October 1982 as Corporal Dupré

Only Fools and Horses poster

Only Fools and Horses 8th September 1981 as Boycie

Sink or Swim poster

Sink or Swim 4th December 1980 as Man at Door

Juliet Bravo poster

Juliet Bravo 30th August 1980 as Taylor

Doctor Snuggles poster

Doctor Snuggles 1st October 1979 as (voice)

Bloomers poster

Bloomers 27th September 1979 as 2nd Policeman

Citizen Smith poster

Citizen Smith 12th April 1977 as Chief Inspector Humphreys

The Cedar Tree poster

The Cedar Tree 20th September 1976 as Leonard Barnet

Open All Hours poster

Open All Hours 20th February 1976 as Bread Man

The Legend of Robin Hood poster

The Legend of Robin Hood 23rd November 1975 as Castle Guard

Nightingale's Boys poster

Nightingale's Boys 14th January 1975 as Pete

The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney 2nd January 1975 as Skef Warren

Whodunnit? poster

Whodunnit? 25th June 1973 as Private Rhodes

Thriller poster

Thriller 14th April 1973 as Peter

Last of the Summer Wine poster

Last of the Summer Wine 4th January 1973 as Jeremy

Crown Court poster

Crown Court 18th October 1972 as Det Insp Stoddart

Play for Today poster

Play for Today 15th October 1970 as Victor Mintell

Play for Today poster

Play for Today 15th October 1970 as Harry

Play for Today poster

Play for Today 15th October 1970 as Stutterer (voice)

The Misfit poster

The Misfit 3rd March 1970 as Lofty

Strange Report poster

Strange Report 21st September 1969 as Soldier

Big Breadwinner Hog poster

Big Breadwinner Hog 11th April 1969 as 1st Operative

ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre 11th January 1969 as Factory Guard

Virgin of the Secret Service poster

Virgin of the Secret Service 28th March 1968 as Captain Raffles Kirby

ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse 25th September 1967 as Carstairs

Mr. Rose poster

Mr. Rose 17th February 1967 as Det Con Jackson

Softly, Softly poster

Softly, Softly 5th January 1966 as Det Con Rankin

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 23rd November 1963 as Scorby

Z-Cars poster

Z-Cars 2nd January 1962 as Det Con Armitage

Z-Cars poster

Z-Cars 2nd January 1962 as Desk Sergeant

Z-Cars poster

Z-Cars 2nd January 1962 as Sgt Culshaw

Coronation Street poster

Coronation Street 9th December 1960 as Det Con Phillips

Dixon of Dock Green poster

Dixon of Dock Green 9th July 1955 as Ray