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{{Short description|British-born Australian television presenter (1935–2022)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = John Hamblin
| birth_name = John Reginald Hamblin
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1935|03|18}}
| birth_place = [[Ash, Surrey]], England, United Kingdom
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'''John Reginald Hamblin'''<ref name="librariesaus"/> (18 March 1935 – 21 September 2022), known affectionately as "'''Funny John'''"<ref name="Woman's Day" /> or "'''Naughty John'''",<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=John Hamblin |url=https://about.abc.net.au/statements/john-hamblin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153624/https://about.abc.net.au/statements/john-hamblin/ |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=About the ABC |language=en-AU}}</ref> was a British-born Australian children's television presenter and actor of stage and screen who appeared in theatre productions, soap operas and [[Television film|made-for-TV films]].
 
Hamblin was a presenter on the Australian children's television program ''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]'' for 29 years, from 1970 to 1999. He featured in more than 350 episodes and became the second -longest-serving presenter in the program's history, after [[Benita Collings]], with whom he often presented.<ref name="archive" />
 
==Early life==
Hamblin was born on 18 March 1935<ref name="librariesaus"/><ref name="encyclopedia">{{Cite book |last=Alan Veitch |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Australian Showbiz |date=1984 |publisher=Sunshine Books |isbn=0867770570 |editor-last=Atterton |editor-first=Margot |oclc=16520399}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2022}} in [[Ash, Surrey]], England,<ref name="librariesaus">{{Cite web |title=Hamblin, John, 1935- |url=https://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/search/display?dbid=auth&id=52238972 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153634/https://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/search/display?dbid=auth&id=52238972 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=Libraries Australia}}</ref> and grew up in [[Suffolk]]. When Hamblin's mother moved in with the local baker, his father moved the rest of the family to Norfolk. He lost contact with his mother at that point.<ref name="Craig2008" /> Hamblin's father had flown with the [[Royal Flying Corps]] during [[World War I]], and Hamblin himself joined the Air Force and did his national service in [[Cyprus]] in the late 1950s before returning to England.<ref name="Craig2008" />
 
Hamblin initially trained at art school for six months but decided on a career in acting instead, and he studied drama to become an actor.<ref name="Craig2008" />
 
==Career==
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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" />
 
After emigrating to Australia, Hamblin continued to work in theatre over a 25 year periodyears, from 1970 until 1995, including ''[[Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]'' and a stage show of ''Play School''.<ref name="AusStage">{{cite web|url=https://AusStage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225538|title=John Hamblin|publisher=[[AusStage]]|access-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607061218/https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225538 |archive-date=7 June 2022}}</ref>
 
Hamblin also toured in the stage play ''[[Crown Matrimonial (play)|Crown Matrimonial]]'' as [[King Edward VIII]].
<ref name="ASA">{{cite web|url=https://members.ozemail.com.au/~fangora/restless.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218091554/https://members.ozemail.com.au/~fangora/restless.html |archive-date=2020-02-18 |title=The Restless Years}}</ref>
 
===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" />
 
After migrating to Australia, Hamblin secured roles in television from the late 1960s until the late 1980s, including roles in [[soap opera]]s, becoming notable for his role in series ''[[The Restless Years]]'' as A.R. Jordan.<ref name="Collings" /> His TV credits also include ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]'', ''[[Class of '74]]'',<ref name="AFTRS" /> ''[[The Young Doctors]]'' (as Dr Dan Wheatley),<ref name="O'Brien" /> ''[[Case for the Defence]]'',<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 1" /> and ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]''.<ref name="Begoun" />
 
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===
Known as being irreverent and inserting double-entendres into skits,<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 July 2016 |title=Play School is 'rife with double entendres' |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/tv-shows/play-school-is-rife-with-double-entendres/news-story/dca9fe3cf4ad6f45a4151727abd67005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624211114/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/tv-shows/play-school-is-rife-with-double-entendres/news-story/dca9fe3cf4ad6f45a4151727abd67005 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |access-date=22 June 2021 |website=NewsComAu |language=en}}</ref> Hamblin was the second -most -prolific presenter of ''Play School'', appearing in 357 episodes from 1970 to 1999,<ref name="Craig2008" /> while fellow presenter Benita Collings appeared in 401 episodes.<ref name="archive">{{Cite web |title=Moment in Time – Episode 29 |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/canwehelp/txt/s2669799.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427144558/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/canwehelp/txt/s2669799.htm |archive-date=27 April 2015 |access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> On the show, Hamblin would sing, read stories, make crafts, play with the toys and educate children about such things as telling the time and the days of the week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Play School |url=https://www.abc.net.au/abckids/shows/play-school/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153633/https://www.abc.net.au/abckids/shows/play-school/ |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=22 June 2021 |website=www.abc.net.au |language=en}}</ref> Hamblin is especially remembered for his presenting partnership with longtime hosts Benita Collings and [[Noni Hazlehurst]].
 
Hamblin returned briefly for a special guest appearance in 2016, as part of ''Play School''{{'}}s 50th anniversary special.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Molk |first=Steve |date=21 September 2022 |title=Play School icon JOHN HAMBLIN dies aged 87 |url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2022/09/21/play-school-icon-john-hamblin-dies-aged-87/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153645/https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2022/09/21/play-school-icon-john-hamblin-dies-aged-87/ |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=TV Blackbox |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Play School celebrates 50 years {{!}} ABC KIDS | date=10 May 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS3fS2eFZjA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913091252/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS3fS2eFZjA |language=en |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-date=13 September 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Many bloopers of Hamblin's time on ''Play School'' have since resurfaced, most of which feature him forgetting lines or making sexually explicit jokes.<ref>{{Citation |title=ABC TV Australia Blooper & Goof Reels 1984 1987 | date=31 March 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFWa7w543iw |access-date=2023-11-23 |language=en}}</ref>
 
==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>
 
Hamblin died at a hospital in Sydney on 21 September 2022, aged 87.<ref name="O'Brien" /><ref name="ABC obit" /><!-- in a [[Sydney]] hospital{{Cn|date=September 2022}}-->
 
==Filmography==
===Film===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Type
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|1976
|1959|| ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (miniseries)<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web |title=John Hamblin |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3184a65 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153640/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3184a65 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=BFI.org |publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref> || Newsvendor
| ''[[The Bushranger (1976 film)|The Bushranger]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Scott |title=Australia on the Small Screen, 1970–1995: The Complete Guide to Tele-features and Mini-series |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1996 |isbn=9780195539493 |page=21}}</ref>
| Sergeant Dunbar
| TV movie
|-
|1983
|1959|| ''Season of Passion''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 2">{{Cite web |title=John Hamblin |url=https://rtv2-production-2-6.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/john_hamblin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153638/https://rtv2-production-2-6.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/john_hamblin |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref><ref name="TVG Filmography">{{Cite web |title=John Hamblin List of Movies and TV Shows |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/john-hamblin/credits/3030131875/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153645/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/john-hamblin/credits/3030131875/ |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=TV Guide}}</ref> || uncredited
| ''[[The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain|Who Killed Baby Azaria?]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 2" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" />
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===Television===
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| Rowspan="2" | 1959
|1974–1975|| ''[[Class of 75]]'' (TV series)<ref name="AFTRS">{{Cite book |last=Moran |first=Albert |title=Australian Television Drama Series: 1956–1981 |publisher=Australian Film, Television and Radio School |year=1989 |isbn=9780642121639 |page=44}}</ref> || Donald Blair
| ''[[Quatermass and the Pit|Quartermass and the Pit]]''<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web |title=John Hamblin |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3184a65 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153640/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3184a65 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=BFI.org |publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref>
| Newsvendor
| TV miniseries
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| ''Season of Passion''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 2">{{Cite web |title=John Hamblin |url=https://rtv2-production-2-6.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/john_hamblin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153638/https://rtv2-production-2-6.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/john_hamblin |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref><ref name="TVG Filmography">{{Cite web |title=John Hamblin List of Movies and TV Shows |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/john-hamblin/credits/3030131875/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153645/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/john-hamblin/credits/3030131875/ |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=TV Guide}}</ref> || uncredited || TV series
|1976|| ''The Bushranger'' (TV movie)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Scott |title=Australia on the Small Screen, 1970–1995: The Complete Guide to Tele-features and Mini-series |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1996 |isbn=9780195539493 |page=21}}</ref> || Sergeant Dunbar
|-
|1960
|1977|| ''[[The Young Doctors]]'' (TV series)<ref name="O'Brien">{{Cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Kerrie |date=21 September 2022 |title=Much-loved Play School presenter 'naughty John' Hamblin dies |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/much-loved-play-school-presenter-naughty-john-hamblin-dies-20220921-p5bjzp.html |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921135313/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/much-loved-play-school-presenter-naughty-john-hamblin-dies-20220921-p5bjzp.html |archive-date=21 September 2022}}</ref> || Dr. Dan Wheatley
| ''[[Scotland Yard (TV series)|Scotland Yard]]''
| Thomas Miller
| TV series
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|1967
|1978|| ''[[Case for the Defence]]'' (TV series)<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 1">{{Cite web |title=John Hamblin |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/john_hamblin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925005914/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/john_hamblin |archive-date=25 September 2020 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> || John Case
| ''[[The Prisoner]]''<ref name="BFI" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" />
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|1969
|1978–1980|| ''[[The Restless Years]]'' (TV series)<ref name="Collings">{{Cite news |date=28 March 2022 |title=Benita Collings 'Why I Had to Leave TV' |work=[[Woman's Day (Australian magazine)|Woman's Day]] |url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/womans-day-australia/20220328/281895891745958 |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153637/https://www.pressreader.com/australia/womans-day-australia/20220328/281895891745958 |archive-date=22 September 2022}}</ref> || A.R. Jordan
| ''[[Riptide (Australian TV series)|Riptide]]''
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|1970–99|| ''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]''<ref name="Woman's Day">{{Cite magazine|magazine=[[Woman's Day (Australian magazine)|Woman's Day]]|date=21 September 2020 |title=54 Years of 'Play School' {{!}} Where are they now? {{!}} John Hamblin |url=https://pressreader.com/australia/womans-day-australia/20200921/283613877589050 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153634/https://www.pressreader.com/australia/womans-day-australia/20200921/283613877589050 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref><ref name=Begoun/> || Himself as host|| TV series
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|1971
|1982|| ''[[Secret Valley]]'' (TV series)<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 December 1980 |title=Out of the ashes comes Secret Valley |page=48 |work=The Australian Women's Weekly |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43740323 |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224074058/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43740323 |archive-date=24 February 2021}}</ref> || Mr. Melrose
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|1983|| ''Who Killed Baby Azaria?'' (TV movie)<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 2" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> || [[Michael Chamberlain]]
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| Andrew
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|1984|| ''[[The Last Bastion]]'' (miniseries)<ref name="BFI" /> || Anthony Eden
| ''[[Class of 75]]''<ref name="AFTRS">{{Cite book |last=Moran |first=Albert |title=Australian Television Drama Series: 1956–1981 |publisher=Australian Film, Television and Radio School |year=1989 |isbn=9780642121639 |page=44}}</ref>
| Donald Blair
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|1977
|1984|| ''Runaway Island'' (TV series)<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 September 1981 |title=Runaway Island – for European eyes only |page=128 |work=The Australian Women's Weekly |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51588453 |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303051034/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51588453 |archive-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> || Lachlan McLeod
| ''[[The Young Doctors]]''<ref name="O'Brien">{{Cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Kerrie |date=21 September 2022 |title=Much-loved Play School presenter 'naughty John' Hamblin dies |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/much-loved-play-school-presenter-naughty-john-hamblin-dies-20220921-p5bjzp.html |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921135313/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/much-loved-play-school-presenter-naughty-john-hamblin-dies-20220921-p5bjzp.html |archive-date=21 September 2022}}</ref>
| Dr. Dan Wheatley
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|1978
|1984|| ''[[Crime of the Decade]]'' (TV movie)<ref name="BFI" /> ||Ian Henderson
| ''[[Case for the Defence]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 1">{{Cite web |title=John Hamblin |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/john_hamblin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925005914/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/john_hamblin |archive-date=25 September 2020 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref>
| John Case
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|1979
|1984|| ''A Street to Die''<ref name="BFI" /><ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 1" /> || Dr. Walker
| ''[[Skyways (TV series)|Skyways]]''
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|1986|| ''[[Tusitala (miniseries)|Tusitala]]'' (miniseries)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bridekirk |first=Susan |date=September 1986 |title=Scot of the Pacific |page=49 |work=Cinema Papers |issue=59 |url=https://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/assets/downloadwiz/38050 |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153651/https://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/assets/download/38050 |archive-date=22 September 2022}}</ref> || Dr. Eisner
| ''[[The Restless Years]]''<ref name="Collings">{{Cite news |date=28 March 2022 |title=Benita Collings 'Why I Had to Leave TV' |work=[[Woman's Day (Australian magazine)|Woman's Day]] |url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/womans-day-australia/20220328/281895891745958 |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153637/https://www.pressreader.com/australia/womans-day-australia/20220328/281895891745958 |archive-date=22 September 2022}}</ref>
| A.R. Jordan
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| Rowspan="2" | 1980
|1987|| ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]'' (TV series)<ref name="Begoun">{{Cite news |date=6 June 2008 |title=Paula Begoun and John Hamblin |work=[[Conversations (radio program)|Conversations]] |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/06/06/2269945.htm |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153648/https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/06/06/2269945.htm |archive-date=22 September 2022}}</ref> || Frank Porter
| ''[[Spring & Fall]]''
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|1982
|2001|| ''[[Pizza (TV series)|Pizza]]'' (TV series)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=Cameron |date=3 September 2001 |title=Television |page=95 |work=Herald Sun |location=Melbourne |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/360266051 |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153644/https://www.proquest.com/docview/360266051 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |id={{ProQuest|360266051}} |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> || Judge
| ''[[Secret Valley]]''<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 December 1980 |title=Out of the ashes comes Secret Valley |page=48 |work=The Australian Women's Weekly |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43740323 |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224074058/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43740323 |archive-date=24 February 2021}}</ref>
| Mr. Melrose
| TV series
|-
|1983
|2006|| ''[[Love My Way]]'' (TV series)<ref name=O'Brien/> || Clive
| ''[[Starting Out]]''
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| Dr. James Holt
|2009|| There's a Heaven Above You (film short) || Background -->
| TV series
|-
| Rowspan="2" | 1984
| ''[[The Last Bastion]]''<ref name="BFI" />
| Anthony Eden
| TV miniseries
|-
| ''Runaway Island''<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 September 1981 |title=Runaway Island – for European eyes only |page=128 |work=The Australian Women's Weekly |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51588453 |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303051034/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51588453 |archive-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>
| Lachlan McLeod
| TV series
|-
|1985
| ''[[Winners (Australian TV series)|Winners]]''
| Doctor
| TV series
|-
|1986
| ''[[Tusitala (miniseries)|Tusitala]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bridekirk |first=Susan |date=September 1986 |title=Scot of the Pacific |page=49 |work=Cinema Papers |issue=59 |url=https://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/assets/downloadwiz/38050 |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153651/https://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/assets/download/38050 |archive-date=22 September 2022}}</ref>
| Dr. Eisner
| TV miniseries
|-
|1987
| ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]''<ref name="Begoun">{{Cite news |date=6 June 2008 |title=Paula Begoun and John Hamblin |work=[[Conversations (radio program)|Conversations]] |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/06/06/2269945.htm |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153648/https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/06/06/2269945.htm |archive-date=22 September 2022}}</ref>
| Frank Porter
| TV series
|-
|1988
| ''[[Rafferty's Rules]]''
| Tom Herman
| TV series
|-
|2000
| ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]''<ref name=O'Brien/>
| Alex Knight
| TV series
|-
|2001
| ''[[Pizza (TV series)|Pizza]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=Cameron |date=3 September 2001 |title=Television |page=95 |work=Herald Sun |location=Melbourne |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/360266051 |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153644/https://www.proquest.com/docview/360266051 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |id={{ProQuest|360266051}} |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
| Judge
| TV series
|-
|2006
| ''[[Love My Way]]''<ref name=O'Brien/>
| Clive
| TV series
|}
 
==PresenterTheatre==
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Type
|-
| 1970 || ''The Trials of Hilary Pouncefortt'' || || Neutral Bay Music Hall
|-
| 1971 || ''Exposed to Danger, or, Little Nell in the Klondyke'' || || Neutral Bay Music Hall
|-
| 1971 || ''Land Of Dreaming'' || || [[University of New South Wales|UNSW]] [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|Parade Theatre]]
|-
| 1972 || ''The Spring Heeled Terror of Stepney Green'' || || Neutral Bay Music Hall
|-
| 1977 || ''Lust for Power, or Perils at Parramatta'' || Harry Masterman || Neutral Bay Music Hall
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Crown Matrimonial]]'' || Edward VIII || [[Seymour Centre]], [[National Amphitheatre, Sydney|Mayfair Theatre, Sydney]], [[Newcastle Civic Theatre]], [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane]], [[His Majesty's Theatre, Perth]]
|-
| 1982 || ''The Anniversary'' || || [[Phillip Street Theatre]]
|-
| 1982 || ''[[The Circle (play)|The Circle]]'' || || [[Theatre Royal, Sydney]], [[Comedy Theatre, Melbourne]]
|-
| 1984 || ''Caravan'' || || [[Sydney Opera House|Playhouse, Sydney Opera House]]
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Crown Matrimonial]]'' || || [[Sydney Opera House|Playhouse, Sydney Opera House]], [[Twelfth Night Theatre]], Cairns Civic Theatre, Townsville Civic Theatre, [[Pilbeam Theatre|Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton]], [[Melbourne Athenaeum]], [[Canberra Theatre Centre]]
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]'' || || [[Sydney Opera House|Playhouse, Sydney Opera House]], [[Glen Street Theatre]], [[Canberra Theatre Centre]], [[Newcastle Civic Theatre]]
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Run for Your Wife (play)|Run for Your Wife]]'' || || [[Glen Street Theatre]]
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Away (play)|Away]]'' || || [[Riverside Theatres Parramatta|Riverside Theatres, Parramatta]]
|-
| 1995 || ''Play School - The Big Show'' || || [[Regal Theatre, Perth]]
|1970–1999|| ''Play School''<ref name="Woman's Day">{{Cite magazine|magazine=[[Woman's Day (Australian magazine)|Woman's Day]]|date=21 September 2020 |title=54 Years of 'Play School' {{!}} Where are they now? {{!}} John Hamblin |url=https://pressreader.com/australia/womans-day-australia/20200921/283613877589050 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153634/https://www.pressreader.com/australia/womans-day-australia/20200921/283613877589050 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref><ref name=Begoun/> || Himself as host
|}
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225538 | title=AusStage }}</ref>
 
==References==
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[[Category:21st-century Australian male actors]]
[[Category:Australian children's television presenters]]
[[Category:Male actors from Surrey]]
[[Category:Actors from the Borough of Guildford]]
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