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{{Infobox person

| name = John Hamblin

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1935|03|18}}

| birth_place = [[Ash, Surrey]], England, United Kingdom

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|09|21|1935|03|18|df=yes}}

| nationality = {{hlist | English | Australian }}

| known_for = {{ubl | Host of ''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]'' | ''[[The Restless Years]]'' }}

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==Early life==

 

 

==Career==

Hamblin started his acting career in England in repertory theatre with the [[Theatre Royal, Windsor]]. He also worked in old time music hall.<ref name="Craig2008" />

 

 

 

===Television===

In 1967, Hamblin made an appearance in the cult British TV series ''[[The Prisoner]]'' in the episode "[[A Change of Mind]]".<ref name="BFI" />

 

 

Hamblin played the role of [[Michael Chamberlain]] in the 1984 telemovie ''[[The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain]]''.<ref name="BFI" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain (1983) – The Screen Guide – Screen Australia |url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/the-disappearance-of-azaria-chamberlain-1983/211/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426213814/https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/the-disappearance-of-azaria-chamberlain-1983/211 |archive-date=26 April 2021 |access-date=22 June 2021 |website=www.screenaustralia.gov.au}}</ref> After a hiatus in the 1990s, he returned to TV series in guest roles in ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]'' and ''[[Love My Way]]'' in the early 2000s.<ref name="Craig2008" />

 

===''Play School'' presenter===

 

 

==Personal life==

Hamblin came to Australia in the 1960s as a "[[Ten Pound Pom]]" with his second wife, Wendy.<ref name="Craig2008" /> After ''Play School'', he retired and moved to Tasmania with his third wife, Jenny,<ref name="Woman's Day" /> whom he married in 1984.<ref name="Craig2008" /> He had two children, Emma and Myles.<ref name=O'Brien/><ref name="ABC obit">{{Cite news |date=21 September 2022 |title='Unforgettable' long-time Play School presenter, 'Naughty' John Hamblin dies aged 87 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-21/beloved-playschool-television-presenter-john-hamblin-dies-at-87/101463940 |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153638/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-21/beloved-playschool-television-presenter-john-hamblin-dies-at-87/101463940 |archive-date=22 September 2022}}</ref> He suffered a [[heart attack]]<ref name="Craig2008"/> {{cspan|in 2003|date=September 2022}}. In 2008, he published his memoirs, ''Open Wide, Come Inside'', with Peter Richman.<ref name="Craig2008">{{Cite news |last=Craig |first=Natalie |date=20 May 2008 |title=Don't tell the children |work=The Age |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/dont-tell-the-children-20080520-ge73ht.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622100023/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/dont-tell-the-children-20080520-ge73ht.html |archive-date=22 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Richman |first1=Peter |title=Open Wide, Come Inside |date=2008 |publisher=Peter Richman Productions |isbn=978-0-9775942-7-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnNXLAAACAAJ |access-date=23 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

 

 

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==References==

==External links==

*{{IMDb name|0357412|name=John Hamblin}}

 

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[[Category:21st-century Australian male actors]]

[[Category:Australian children's television presenters]]