John Challis

John Spurley Challis (born 16 August 1942) is an English actor. He has had an extensive television career but is best known for portraying Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC Television sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He also starred in its sequel/spin-off The Green Green Grass. Since 2015, he has made guest appearances as Monty Staines from the seventh series onwards in the hit ITV comedy Benidorm, later becoming a regular from series 10 in 2018.
==Career==
Challis is best known for playing Herman Terrance Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in Only Fools and Horses (1981—2003). The series' writer, John Sullivan, also created a spin-off for Challis called The Green Green Grass (2005—2009). The outdoor scenes of The Green Green Grass were filmed at his then home, surrounding fields and local villages.
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.
==External links==
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*The Manning Close Christmas Light Show
Category:1942 births
Category:Living people