John Hamill

John Hamill (born 3 May 1947) is an English actor.[1]

For the baseball player, see John Hamill (baseball).

John Hamill
Born (1947-05-03) 3 May 1947
Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
Years active1960s – 1989

He had previously been a bodybuilder and one of Britain's most popular "physique models" in the late 1960s before turning to acting, studying at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, and appearing in the stage farce There's a Girl in My Soup.

Hamill's background as a physique model, which included cover appearances on several beefcake publications and the occasional 8 mm 'posing strap' film, earned him a considerable gay following, which is still visible on the internet today.[2] It would also prove good training for his later nude appearances in David Grant's sex films and nudity ridden horror titles like Tower of Evil (1972), in which Hamill's role is synopsized by The Bare Facts Video Guide as "Buns, walking with Penny, then more buns, rolling into the water, dead". He also appeared as artist Alan Street in a trilogy of British sex comedies, beginning with The Over-Amorous Artist in 1974.[3]

Hamill's other film appearances included Trog (1970), No Blade of Grass (1970), Travels with My Aunt (1972) and Hardcore (1977).[4]

Television appearances included: Crossroads, Space: 1999, The Venturers, 1990, Doctor Who (in the serial The Ribos Operation)[5], Dennis Potter's play Double Dare, and The Professionals.[6] He left acting in the late 1980s, and went on to run a pine furniture shop. His last known TV appearance was in an episode of The Bill in 1989.[7][8]

Selected filmography
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See also

References
Citations
  1. "John Hamill". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012.
  2. "More B Movie Beefcake Actors at Brian's Drive-In Theater". Briansdriveintheater.com. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. "The Over-amorous Artist". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012.
  4. "John Hamill". TVGuide.com.
  5. "BBC – Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Ribos Operation – Index". bbc.co.uk.
  6. "John Hamill". aveleyman.com.
  7. "The Bill – Season 5, Episode 30: The Visit – TV.com". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
  8. "The Visit". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
Further reading
  • Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema by Simon Sheridan (fourth edition) (Titan Publishing, London) (2011)
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