John Hamblin was an English-born Australian children’s television presenter and actor on stage and screen who appeared in theatre productions, soap operas, and made-for-TV films. He was born in the year 1935 in Winsdor, England. He was popularly known by his character names Funny John or Naughty John.
John presented for close to three decades, the Australian children’s program Play School from 1970 to 1999. He also appeared in the drama, The Restless Years.
John Hamblin funeral, burial service, pictures, date, time, venue
John passed on on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. He has lived for close to 9 decades. His family is yet to release the date, time, and venue for his funeral. We will update you with such a piece of information once it is made available from the camp o his family.
Considering his life, though he was born in Winsdor, John grew up in Suffolk. He started his acting career in his native country England, in repertory theatre with the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and also worked in an old-time music hall before an appearance in the cult TV series The Prisoner – the episode ‘A Change of Mind’.
John was married three times in his life. He moved to Australia with his second wife, Wendy in the 1960s. After Play School, he retired and moved to Tasmania with his third wife Jenny.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
