John Junkin

John Francis Junkin (29 January 1930 – 7 March 2006) was an English actor and scriptwriter who had a long career in radio, television and film, specialising in comedy. In 1960, Junkin ed Joan Littlewood's Stratford East Theatre Workshop and played the lead in the original production of Sparrers Can't Sing. A few years later, he ed the Royal Court Theatre company, and was the foil to Tony Hancock in some of Hancock's last work for British television.

In 2006, he ed away from lung cancer in Aylesbury.