# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-challis
# Generated: 2026-09-03T00:45:39.833Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-challis"
name: "John Challis"
slug: "john-challis"
description: "John Spurley Challis 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."
tagline: "English actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Challis_at_Shrewsbury_2013_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1942-08-16"
deathDate: "2021-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.07
  momentum:             2.587887740029542
  historical:           11.660188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149998/"
    handle:    "nm0149998"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.john-challis.com"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "John Challis"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Challis"
    title: "John Challis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%86%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Challis (acteur)"
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    title: "John Challis"
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    title: "John Challis"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump