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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
==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
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>
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===''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
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==
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==Filmography==
===Film===
{|class="wikitable"
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!Type
|-
|1976
| ''[[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
| ''[[The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain|Who Killed Baby Azaria?]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 2" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" />
| [[Michael Chamberlain]]
| TV movie
|-
| Rowspan="3" | 1984
| ''[[Run Chrissie Run!]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 2" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" />
| Cathy's father
| Feature film
|-
|Ian Henderson | TV movie |-
| Dr. Walker | Feature film |-
|2009
| ''There's a Heaven Above You''
| Background
| Film short
|}
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!Type
|-
| Rowspan="2" | 1959
| ''[[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
|-
|-
|1960
| ''[[Scotland Yard (TV series)|Scotland Yard]]''
| Thomas Miller
| TV series
|-
|1967
| ''[[The Prisoner]]''<ref name="BFI" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" />
| 1st Woodland Man
| TV series, season 1, episode 12: ''[[A Change of Mind]]''
|-
|1969
| ''[[Riptide (Australian TV series)|Riptide]]''
| Wallace's Mate
| TV series
|-
|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
|-
|1971
| ''[[The Comedy Game]]''
|
| TV series
|-
|1972
| ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]''
| Dr. Mike Cavanagh
| TV series
|-
|1974
| ''[[This Love Affair (TV series)|This Love Affair]]''<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 May 1974 |title=Love affair with a dream |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120431269/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153652/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120431269/ |archive-date=22 September 2022}}</ref>
| Andrew
| TV series
|-
|1974–75
| ''[[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
| TV series
|-
|1977
| ''[[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
| TV series
|-
|1978
| ''[[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
| TV series
|-
|1979
| ''[[Skyways (TV series)|Skyways]]''
| Bob Kennedy
| TV series
|-
|1978–80
| ''[[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
| TV series
|-
| Rowspan="2" | 1980
| ''[[Spring & Fall]]''
|
| TV series
|-
| ''The Timeless Land''
| Robert Campbell
| TV miniseries
|-
|1982
| ''[[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
| ''[[Starting Out]]''
| Dr. James Holt
| 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
|}
==
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
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!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]]
|}
<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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