John Hamblin
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| Born | John Reginald Hamblin 18 March 1935 Ash, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 21 September 2022 (aged 87) |
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| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, actor |
| Years active | 1955–2016 |
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John Reginald Hamblin (18 March 1935 – 21 September 2022), known affectionately as "Funny John" or "Naughty John", was a British-born Australian children's television presenter and actor of stage and screen who appeared in theatre productions, soap operas and made-for-TV films.
Hamblin was a presenter on the Australian children's television program 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.