John Challis

John Challis

Known for
Acting
Born
August 16, 1942
Died
September 19, 2021 (aged 79)
Birthplace
Bristol, England, UK

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

Filmography

2026
Only Fools and Horses: The Lost Archive poster

Only Fools and Horses: The Lost Archive

TV · as Boycie (archive footage) · 2 eps

2021
Boycie in Belgrade poster

Boycie in Belgrade

Movie · as Self/Boycie

2018
Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday poster

Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday

Movie · as Himself

2017
We Have Been Watching poster

We Have Been Watching

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2017
The Story of Only Fools and Horses poster

The Story of Only Fools and Horses

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2016
You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks poster

You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks

Movie · as Captain Peacock

2015
Tea for Two poster

Tea for Two

Movie · as Jim

2012
Strippers: Cars for Cash poster

Strippers: Cars for Cash

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 19 eps

2012
Government Job poster

Government Job

TV · as Boycie · 1 ep

2011
Sooty poster

Sooty

TV · as Henry Witham-Smythe · 1 ep

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2010
Podshock poster

Podshock

Movie · as Self

2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Benidorm poster

Benidorm

TV · as Monty · 15 eps

2006
The Impressionists poster

The Impressionists

TV · as Station Master · 1 ep

2005
The Green Green Grass poster

The Green Green Grass

TV · as Boycie · 32 eps

2004
The Paul O'Grady Show poster

The Paul O'Grady Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
More Great Comedy Moments poster

More Great Comedy Moments

Movie · as Boycie (archive footage)

2002
The Story of Only Fools and Horses poster

The Story of Only Fools and Horses

Movie · as Self

2001
Dream poster

Dream

Movie · as Toby

2000
Five Seconds to Spare poster

Five Seconds to Spare

Movie · as Shopping Centre Manager

2000
Doctors poster

Doctors

TV · as James Fletcher, Freddy Prenton · 1 ep

1999
The Tichborne Claimant poster

The Tichborne Claimant

Movie · as Rous the Landlord

1999
It's Only TV But I Like It

It's Only TV But I Like It

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Loose Women poster

Loose Women

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Brass Eye poster

Brass Eye

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer

TV · as DS Doughty · 1 ep

1994
Ready, Steady, Cook poster

Ready, Steady, Cook

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
Then Churchill Said to Me poster

Then Churchill Said to Me

TV · as Maj Harry Bouchet · 1 ep

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Stan Fraser · 1 ep

1992
Sitting Pretty poster

Sitting Pretty

TV · as Boris · 1 ep

1992
Get Back poster

Get Back

TV · as Monty · 1 ep

1991
Wicked Willie Rides Again! poster

Wicked Willie Rides Again!

Movie · as (voice)

1991
Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie poster

Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie

Movie · as Boycie

1991
Soldier Soldier poster

Soldier Soldier

TV · as Police Superintendent · 1 ep

1991
Noel's House Party poster

Noel's House Party

TV · as Boycie · 1 ep

1990
One Foot in the Grave poster

One Foot in the Grave

TV · as Jack the Burglar (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Scarfe's Follies poster

Scarfe's Follies

Movie

1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers poster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Wish Me Luck poster

Wish Me Luck

TV · as Victor Travussini · 5 eps

1987
The New Statesman poster

The New Statesman

TV · as Gen. Giray · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Harry · 1 ep

1986
Strike it Rich!

Strike it Rich!

TV · as Big John · 1 ep

1986
Lenny Henry Tonite

Lenny Henry Tonite

TV · as Actor · 1 ep

1986
Roland Rat: The Series poster

Roland Rat: The Series

TV · as Policeman · 1 ep

1985
C.A.T.S. Eyes poster

C.A.T.S. Eyes

TV · as Stark · 1 ep

1985
Howards' Way poster

Howards' Way

TV · as Morris · 2 eps

1985
In Sickness and in Health poster

In Sickness and in Health

TV · as The Doctor · 1 ep

1985
Relative Strangers

Relative Strangers

TV · as CID Man · 1 ep

1985
Late Starter

Late Starter

TV · as Policeman · 1 ep

1985
And There's More

And There's More

TV · 25 eps

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · as Ian Gore · 1 ep

1984
Chance in a Million poster

Chance in a Million

TV · as Policeman · 1 ep

1984
The Laughter Show

The Laughter Show

TV · as Actor · 1 ep

1984
Alas Smith and Jones poster

Alas Smith and Jones

TV · as Mexican Hotel Receptionist · 1 ep

1984
Ever Decreasing Circles poster

Ever Decreasing Circles

TV · as Maintenance Man · 1 ep

1983
Storyboard poster

Storyboard

TV · as Billy Cato · 1 ep

1983
Don't Wait Up poster

Don't Wait Up

TV · as Man in Jewellery Store · 1 ep

1982
Beau Geste poster

Beau Geste

TV · as Corporal Dupré · 1 ep

1982
Murphy's Mob

Murphy's Mob

TV · as Harry Bradshaw · 2 eps

1981
Before Water Lilies poster

Before Water Lilies

Movie · as Harry

1981
A Turn for the Worse poster

A Turn for the Worse

Movie · as (voice)

1981
Burning an Illusion poster

Burning an Illusion

Movie · as Man in Car

1981
Only Fools and Horses poster

Only Fools and Horses

TV · as Boycie · 20 eps

1980
Number on End poster

Number on End

Movie · as Victor Mintell

1980
Sink or Swim poster

Sink or Swim

TV · as Man at Door · 1 ep

1980
Juliet Bravo poster

Juliet Bravo

TV · as Taylor · 1 ep

1979
Doctor Snuggles poster

Doctor Snuggles

TV · as (voice) · 13 eps

1979
Bloomers poster

Bloomers

TV · as 2nd Policeman · 1 ep

1978
The Law Centre

The Law Centre

TV · as Det Sgt Sharp · 1 ep

1977
Citizen Smith poster

Citizen Smith

TV · as Chief Inspector Humphreys · 1 ep

1976
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom poster

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

Movie · as Scorby

1976
Open All Hours poster

Open All Hours

TV · as Bread Man · 1 ep

1976
The Cedar Tree poster

The Cedar Tree

TV · as Leonard Barnet · 2 eps

1975
Sleepwalker poster

Sleepwalker

Movie · as Peter

1975
The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney

TV · as Skef Warren · 1 ep

1975
The Legend of Robin Hood poster

The Legend of Robin Hood

TV · as Castle Guard · 1 ep

1975
Nightingale's Boys poster

Nightingale's Boys

TV · as Pete · 1 ep

1974
Dracula poster

Dracula

Movie · as Stockton-on-Tees Clerk

1974
Who Killed Lamb? poster

Who Killed Lamb?

Movie · as Casson

1973
Thriller poster

Thriller

TV · as Peter · 1 ep

1973
Last of the Summer Wine poster

Last of the Summer Wine

TV · as Jeremy · 1 ep

1973
Whodunnit? poster

Whodunnit?

TV · as Private Rhodes · 1 ep

1972
Crown Court poster

Crown Court

TV · as Det Insp Stoddart · 1 ep

1971
Brett

Brett

TV · as Riordan · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Victor Mintell, Harry, Stutterer (voice) · 1 ep

1970
The Misfit poster

The Misfit

TV · as Lofty · 1 ep

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as Factory Guard · 1 ep

1969
Big Breadwinner Hog poster

Big Breadwinner Hog

TV · as 1st Operative · 1 ep

1969
Who-Dun-It

Who-Dun-It

TV · as Rev. Lindsay Whittaker · 1 ep

1969
Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales

TV · as Farmhand · 1 ep

1969
Strange Report poster

Strange Report

TV · as Soldier · 1 ep

1968
Virgin of the Secret Service poster

Virgin of the Secret Service

TV · as Captain Raffles Kirby · 1 ep

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as Carstairs · 1 ep

1967
City '68

City '68

TV · as Hospital Doctor · 1 ep

1967
Mr. Rose poster

Mr. Rose

TV · as Det Con Jackson · 1 ep

1966
Softly, Softly poster

Softly, Softly

TV · as Det Con Rankin · 1 ep

1965
The Newcomers

The Newcomers

TV · as Harry Kapper · 2 eps

1964
Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? poster

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?

Movie · as Tim

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Scorby · 6 eps

1962
Z-Cars poster

Z-Cars

TV · as Det Con Armitage, Desk Sergeant, Sgt Culshaw · 4 eps

1960
Coronation Street poster

Coronation Street

TV · as Det Con Phillips · 3 eps

1955
Dixon of Dock Green poster

Dixon of Dock Green

TV · as Ray · 1 ep