John Hamblin, the Glossary
John Reginald Hamblin (18 March 1935 – 21 September 2022), known affectionately as "Funny John" or "Naughty John", was a British-born Australian children's television presenter and actor of stage and screen who appeared in theatre productions, soap operas and made-for-TV films.[1]
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78 relations: A Change of Mind, A Street to Die, All Saints (TV series), Ash, Surrey, AusStage, Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Away (play), Benita Collings, Blithe Spirit (play), British Film Institute, Canberra Theatre Centre, Case for the Defence, Class of '74, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Conversations (radio program), Crime of the Decade, Crown Matrimonial, Crown Matrimonial (play), Cyprus, Edward VIII, Glen Street Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Love My Way, Melbourne Athenaeum, Michael Chamberlain, Myocardial infarction, National Amphitheatre, Sydney, National Institute of Dramatic Art, New South Wales, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Noni Hazlehurst, Number 96 (TV series), Phillip Street Theatre, Pilbeam Theatre, Pizza (TV series), Play School (Australian TV series), ProQuest, Quatermass and the Pit, Rafferty's Rules, Regal Theatre, Perth, Riptide (Australian TV series), Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Royal Flying Corps, Run Chrissie Run!, Run for Your Wife (play), Scotland Yard (TV series), Secret Valley, Seymour Centre, ... Expand index (28 more) »
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A Change of Mind
"A Change of Mind" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner.
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A Street to Die
A Street to Die is a 1985 Australian film directed by Bill Bennett and starring Chris Haywood, Jennifer Cluff, Arianthe Galani.
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All Saints (TV series)
All Saints is an Australian medical drama television series that first screened on the Seven Network on 24 February 1998.
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Ash, Surrey
Ash is a village and civil parish in the far west of the borough of Guildford, Surrey.
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AusStage
AusStage: The Australian Live Performance Database is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia, providing records of productions from the first recorded performance in Australia (1789, by convicts) up until the present day.
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.
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Away (play)
Away is a play written by Australian playwright Michael Gow.
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Benita Collings
Benita Collings (born 1940) is an Australian theatre, television and film character actress and children's television presenter best known for her role on ABC TV's Play School. John Hamblin and Benita Collings are Australian children's television presenters.
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Blithe Spirit (play)
Blithe Spirit is a comic play by Noël Coward, described by the author as "an improbable farce in three acts".
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British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.
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Canberra Theatre Centre
Canberra Theatre Centre (CTC), also known as the Canberra Theatre, is the Australian Capital Territory’s central performing arts venue and Australia's first performing arts centre, the first Australian Government initiated performing arts centre to be completed.
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Case for the Defence
Case for the Defence is a 1978 Australian legal TV series.
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Class of '74
Class of '74 (and subsequently Class of '75) was a secondary school-based, daily soap opera screened on the Seven Network in Australia and produced by Reg Grundy Organisation in black-and-white starting March 1974.
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Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
The Comedy Theatre is a 1003-seat theatre in Melbourne's East End Theatre District.
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Conversations (radio program)
Conversations, formerly Conversations with Richard Fidler, is an Australian radio program broadcast on the ABC's local radio stations (except in Victoria) and Radio National every weekday.
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Crime of the Decade
Crime of the Decade is a 1984 Australian TV movie.
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Crown Matrimonial
In Scots law, the Crown Matrimonial is a person's right to co-reign equally with his or her spouse.
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Crown Matrimonial (play)
Crown Matrimonial is a 1972 play by Royce Ryton about the 1936 abdication crisis.
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Cyprus
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.
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Glen Street Theatre
Glen Street Theatre is a 400-seat proscenium arch auditorium located in the Forest Community Centre, at the corner of Glen Street and Blackbutts Road in Belrose in the northern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane
Her Majesty's Theatre was a theatre in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, between 1888 and 1983.
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His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
His Majesty's Theatre is an Edwardian Baroque theatre in Perth, Western Australia.
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Love My Way
Love My Way is an Australian television drama series created by John Edwards and Claudia Karvan, which premiered on Fox8 on 22 November 2004, before moving to W. for its second season, and Showtime for its third and final season, concluding on 19 March 2007.
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Melbourne Athenaeum
The Athenaeum or Melbourne Athenaeum at 188 Collins Street is an art and cultural hub in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Michael Chamberlain
Michael Leigh Chamberlain (27 February 1944 – 9 January 2017) was a New Zealand-Australian writer, teacher and pastor falsely implicated in the August 1980 death of his missing daughter Azaria, which was later demonstrated to be the result of a dingo attack while the family was camping near Uluru (then usually called Ayers Rock) in the Northern Territory, Australia.
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Myocardial infarction
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle.
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National Amphitheatre, Sydney
The National Amphitheatre was a boxing stadium and entertainment venue at 73–75 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales.
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National Institute of Dramatic Art
The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts based in the South-Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales.
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New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.
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Newcastle Civic Theatre
The Newcastle Civic Theatre, also known as The Civic, is a heritage-listed building located on Hunter Street, Newcastle, Australia.
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Noni Hazlehurst
Leonie Elva "Noni" Hazelhurst, (born 17 August 1953) is an Australian actress, director, writer, presenter and broadcaster who has appeared on television and radio, in dramas, mini-series and made for television films, as well also on stage and in feature films since the early 1970s. John Hamblin and Noni Hazlehurst are Australian children's television presenters.
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Number 96 (TV series)
Number 96 is an Australian primetime soap opera that aired on 0-10 Network (the forerunner of what is now Network Ten) from 13 March 1972 to 11 August 1977, originally broadcast in the primetime slot of 8:30 pm for 5 x half-hour episodes every weeknight, then later 2 x one hour episodes screened per week.
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Phillip Street Theatre
The Phillip Street Theatre (succeeded by the Phillip Theatre) was a popular and influential Australian theatre and theatrical company, located in Phillip Street in Sydney that was active from 1954 and 1971 that became well known for its intimate satirical revue productions.
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Pilbeam Theatre
The Pilbeam Theatre is an indoor performance venue in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
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Pizza (TV series)
Fat Pizza (simply known as Pizza, titled Fat Pizza: Back In Business from season six onwards) is an Australian comedy television series created by Paul Fenech.
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Play School (Australian TV series)
Play School is an Australian educational television show for children produced by the educational department of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), based on the original British version created by Joy Whitby, with many of the presenters former school teachers, whilst others being a mix of well known stage and screen actors and musicians.
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ProQuest
ProQuest LLC is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based global information-content and technology company, founded in 1938 as University Microfilms by Eugene Power.
Quatermass and the Pit
Quatermass and the Pit is a British television science-fiction serial transmitted live by BBC Television in December 1958 and January 1959.
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Rafferty's Rules
Rafferty's Rules is an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1991 on the Seven Network.
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Regal Theatre, Perth
The Regal Theatre is a fine Art Deco theatre located in the suburb of Subiaco in Perth, Western Australia.
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Riptide (Australian TV series)
Riptide was an Australian adventure television series, starring Ty Hardin, which was first broadcast in 1969.
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Riverside Theatres Parramatta
Riverside Theatres is a multi-venue performing arts centre located in the CBD of Parramatta in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.
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Run Chrissie Run!
Run Chrissie Run! (also known as Money Hunters and Moving Targets in the US) is a 1984 Australian action thriller film, directed by Chris Langman.
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Run for Your Wife (play)
Run for Your Wife is a 1983 comedy play by Ray Cooney.
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Scotland Yard (TV series)
Scotland Yard is a British crime television series which aired on the BBC in 1960.
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Secret Valley
Secret Valley is an Australian children's television adventure series first shown on the ABC in 1980.
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Seymour Centre
The Seymour Centre is a multi-purpose performing arts centre within the University of Sydney in the Australian city of Sydney.
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Skyways (TV series)
Skyways is an Australian television soap opera drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network.
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Soap opera
A soap opera, daytime drama, or soap for short, is typically a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality.
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Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)
Sons and Daughters is an Australian Logie Award-winning soap opera/drama serial, broadcast by the Seven Network between January 1982 and December 1987 and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation.
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Spring & Fall
Spring & Fall is an Australian anthology television series concerning social problems like unemployment, alcoholism, and drug addiction.
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Starting Out
Starting Out is an Australian television soap opera made for the Nine Network by the Reg Grundy Organisation in 1983.
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Suffolk
Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Television film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats.
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Television presenter
A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces or hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience.
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Ten Pound Poms
Ten Pound Poms were British citizens who migrated to Australia and New Zealand after the Second World War.
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The Bushranger (1976 film)
The Bushranger is a 1976 Australian TV movie.
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The Circle (play)
The Circle: a Comedy in Three Acts is a play by W. Somerset Maugham.
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The Comedy Game
The Comedy Game is an Australian television comedy anthology series that aired in 1971 and 1973 on ABC.
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The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain
The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain is a 1983 Australian television docufilm about the Azaria Chamberlain case.
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The Last Bastion
The Last Bastion is a television mini-series which aired in Australia in November 1984.
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The Prisoner
The Prisoner is a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan, with possible contributions from George Markstein.
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The Restless Years
The Restless Years is an Australian soap opera which followed the lives of several Sydney school-leavers and the drama and relationships faced by young adults.
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The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors is an Australian early-evening soap opera originally broadcast on the Nine Network and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation, it aired from Monday 8 November 1976 until Wednesday 30 March 1983.
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Theatre Royal, Sydney
Theatre Royal Sydney is a theatre in Sydney, Australia built in 1976 and has offered a broad range of entertainment since the 1990s.
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Theatre Royal, Windsor
The Theatre Royal is an Edwardian theatre on Thames Street in Windsor in Berkshire.
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This Love Affair (TV series)
This Love Affair is a 1974 Australian anthology TV series.
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Tusitala (miniseries)
Tusitala is a 1986 three-part mini series for television based on the last years in the life of Robert Louis Stevenson, when he left Great Britain for Sydney and west Samoa.
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Twelfth Night Theatre
The Twelfth Night Theatre is an established Australian entertainment venue located in Bowen Hills, in Brisbane, Queensland.
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University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Winners (Australian TV series)
Winners is an Australian children's television anthology series conceived and produced for the ACTF by its founding director, Patricia Edgar.
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Woman's Day (Australian magazine)
Woman's Day is an Australian women's magazine published by Are Media.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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See also
Male actors from Suffolk
- Anthony Dawes
- Brian Capron
- Charles Fisher (actor)
- Charlie Skelton
- Clive Merrison
- Cyril Butcher
- Jimmy Gardner (actor)
- John Hamblin
- John Le Mesurier
- Luke Roberts (actor)
- Luke de Woolfson
- Michael Maloney
- Neil Stacy
- Nicholas Pandolfi
- Paul Spurrier
- Reece Ritchie
- Rocky Marshall
- Sean Harris
- TomSka
- Vernon Downing
- Zeb Soanes
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hamblin
Also known as Hamblin, John.
, Skyways (TV series), Soap opera, Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series), Spring & Fall, Starting Out, Suffolk, Sydney, Sydney Opera House, Television film, Television presenter, Ten Pound Poms, The Bushranger (1976 film), The Circle (play), The Comedy Game, The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain, The Last Bastion, The Prisoner, The Restless Years, The Young Doctors, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Theatre Royal, Windsor, This Love Affair (TV series), Tusitala (miniseries), Twelfth Night Theatre, University of New South Wales, Winners (Australian TV series), Woman's Day (Australian magazine), World War I.