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John Challis (born 16 August 1942) is an English actor. He played Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC television comedy series ''Only Fools and Horses'', and its spin-off ''The Green Green Grass''. ==Career== An only child, Challis was born in Bristol but brought up in South East London. His father James Alec, from Sheffield, was a Civil Servant. Challis attended the state boarding Ottershaw School near Woking, Surrey. Upon leaving school in 1960 at the age of 18, he worked as a trainee estate agent before becoming a professional actor. An early television role, in 1969, was in the controversial gangster drama ''Big Breadwinner Hog'', and between 1971 and 1975 he made regular appearances in ''Z-Cars'' as Sergeant Culshaw. He played Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce for many years in ''Only Fools and Horses'' and its spin-off ''The Green Green Grass''. His other television appearances include ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''The Sweeney'', ''Doctor Who'' (''The Seeds of Doom''), ''Dracula'', ''Beau Geste'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Bloomers'', ''Citizen Smith'', ''Ever Decreasing Circles'', ''Doctor Snuggles'', ''Chance in a Million'', ''The Bill'', ''One Foot in the Grave'', ''Open All Hours'', ''The New Statesman'', ''Don't Wait Up'', ''Soldier Soldier'', ''Brass Eye'', ''My Family'', ''In Sickness and in Health'' and ''Heartbeat''. The outdoor scenes of ''The Green Green Grass'' were filmed at his then home, surrounding fields and local villages. Four series were broadcast by BBC One from 2005–2009. In the 2008 series of ''Last of the Summer Wine'' he guest-starred as a fake jewel thief, trying to impress the ladies. Challis appeared on the Channel 4 mockumentary television programme ''Brass Eye'', where he was tricked into believing Clive Anderson had been shot by Noel Edmonds. On BBC radio, he played an interrogator in the play ''Rules of Asylum'' by James Follett, broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in 1973. He also played Dibden Purlew in ''Getting Nowhere Fast'' from 2001 to 2004. Challis has had a number of stage roles. He starred in pantomime at the Plaza Theatre in Stockport as Captain Hook in ''Peter Pan''. He also appeared in pantomime at Weston Playhouse in winter 2011–12 playing Ebenezer in ''Aladdin'' and as King Rat in ''Dick Whittington'' at the Plaza Theatre in Stockport over Christmas 2013 and New Year 2014. In 2006 he took a cameo role in BBC's ''The Impressionists'' as Station Master Garre Saint Lézasr. He appeared in the Channel 4 documentary ''King Of Christmas Lights'', which aired on 19 December 2011, switching on the Christmas lights at Manning Close in Wells, Somerset, on 30 November. He also flicked the switch in Weston Super Mare on 1 December 2011. In 2013 Challis occasionally contributed to the ''Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Live Tour'' as the narrator. Challis has written two volumes of autobiography, ''Being Boycie'' and ''Boycie & Beyond''. From April 2012 he embarked on a book tour to promote ''Being Boycie'', starting at Waterstones in Uxbridge, and the same year became the narrator of the National Geographic Channel series ''Strippers: Cars For Cash''. In 2014, Challis began a theatre tour of his one-man show titled ''Only Fools and Boycie'', which charted his life before, during and after his time as 'Boycie'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Challis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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