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John Spurley Challis (16 August 1942 – 17 September 2021) was an English actor. He had an extensive theatre and television career but is best known for portraying Terrance Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC Television sitcom Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003) and its sequel/spin-off The Green Green Grass (2005–2009), as well as Monty Staines from the seventh series onwards in the ITV sitcom Benidorm (2015–2018). Challis was an established stage actor, making appearances for companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
John Spurley Challis was born on 16 August 1942 at St Andrews Nursing Home Clifton, Bristol, England. An only child, his family moved to southeast London when he was a year old. He grew up in Epsom, after the family moved to Tadworth in Surrey. Challis attended the state boarding Ottershaw School near Woking, Surrey. His father, Alec, was a civil servant at the Admiralty; his mother, Joan (née Harden), was a drama teacher and keen participant in amateur dramatics.
After leaving school, he worked as a trainee estate agent, before he "ran away with the Argyle Theatre for Youth".
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Latest News about John Challis
From Peckham to Benidorm: John Challis relishes conman role in TV comedy (02/02/2015): John Challis, who starred as dodgy car dealer Boycie in the nation’s favourite sitcom, will star on ITV this Friday – as another disreputable character. 
Boyce of the people: John Challis aka Boycie to appear at Fairfields Halls (22/01/2015): Best known for a high-pitched over-exaggerated yell “Marlene” in Only Fools and Horses, Boycie entertained millions for more than two decades, writes Danielle Lowe.'Because of Boycie people think I know about cars. I'm clueless' John Challis gi (14/12/2014): We ask a celebrity a set of probing questions – and only accept THE definitive answer. This week: Only Fools And Horses star John Challis John Challis: New plans will see country life change forever (01/12/2014): Only Fools and Horses star John Challis is the 'Boycie' of a nation. John Challis: Bound to make a good impression as panto season creeps up again (17/11/2014): Only Fools and Horses star John Challis is the 'Boycie' of a nation.
Older News Stories about John Challis
John Challis: My friend Lynda Bellingham: loved by so many and gone too soon (10/2014): I was deeply upset by the death of Lynda Bellingham, who had so hoped to spend a last Christmas with her family. John Challis: Showbiz isn't all glamour - Marlene and me had to grin and bear it (09/2014): Only Fools and Horses star John Challis is the 'Boycie' of a nation. John Challis: Celebrity Big Brother is excruciating (08/2014): Only Fools and Horses star John Challis is the 'Boycie' of a nation. Only Fools and Horses star John Challis appears in a Shakespeare... (06/2014): JOHN Challis has always loved the variety an actor's life brings, which is just as well because in the last week he has been from the sublime to the ridiculous.He took a break from rehearsals for the forthcoming Stafford Festival Shakespeare production of As You Like It to fly to Spain to record twoJohn Challis fears following Dad into Alzheimer’s hell (03/2014): ONLY Fools And Horses star John Challis last night spoke of the heartbreak of nursing his violent and bullying father who suffered with Alzheimer’s. Interview: John Challis on why he'll always be Boycie (02/2014): John Challis missed out on working with the Fab Four but went to Anfield with Alan Bleasdale, he tells Arts Editor Catherine jones Interview: John Challis talks to The Observer about life as alter ego Boycie (01/2014): TO most John Challis IS Boycie from Only Fools and Horses. His iconic role as a second hand car dealer in the hugely popular BBC series is his most famous, but just one from a career on stage and screen that has spanned 50 years.County-based tale for John Challis' debut novel (11/2013): Former Only Fools and Horses star John Challis met fans in a town centre book store to sign copies of his Shropshire-based debut novel.
