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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = John Bardon		\| name = John Bardon
	\| image = ~~Jim Branning~~.jpg		\| image = John Bardon.jpg
	\| caption = ~~John Bardon as [[Jim Branning]] in ''[[EastEnders]]''~~		\| caption =
	\| birthname = John Michael Jones		\| birthname = John Michael Jones
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1939\|08\|25\|df=y~~}}{{citation needed\|date=May 2021~~}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1939\|08\|25\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Brentford]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Brentford\|Brentford]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2014\|09\|12\|1939\|08\|25\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2014\|09\|12\|1939\|08\|25\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Romford]] [[London]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Romford\|Romford]] [[w:London\|London]], England
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|Enda Gates\|2002}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Enda Gates\|2002}}
	\| known_for = Role of [[Jim Branning]] in ''[[EastEnders]]''		\| known_for = Role of [[w:Jim Branning\|Jim Branning]] in ''[[w:EastEnders\|EastEnders]]''
	\| years_active = 1973–2011		\| years_active = 1973–2011
	\| children = 1 (stepson)		\| children = 1 (stepson)

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	~~{{more citations needed\|date=September 2014}}~~
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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
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	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|Enda Gates\|2002}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Enda Gates\|2002}}
	\| known_for = Role of [[Jim Branning]] in ''[[EastEnders]]''		\| known_for = Role of [[Jim Branning]] in ''[[EastEnders]]''
	\| years_active = 1973–2011		\| years_active = 1973–2011
	\| children = 1 (stepson)		\| children = 1 (stepson)
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	Bardon appeared on the BBC show ''[[Just the Two of Us (TV series)\|Just the Two of Us]]''. His singing partner was [[Jocelyn Brown]] and the pair finished fourth.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Just The Two Of Us \|publisher=BBC \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/scoopcps/jttou/news/2006/12/19/39133.shtml \|access-date=21 October 2007 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126013014/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scoopcps/jttou/news/2006/12/19/39133.shtml \|archive-date=26 January 2011 }}</ref> Bardon also made an appearance in the sitcom Desmond's, in a two part episode of the second series in which he played a police officer.		Bardon appeared on the BBC show ''[[Just the Two of Us (TV series)\|Just the Two of Us]]''. His singing partner was [[Jocelyn Brown]] and the pair finished fourth.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Just The Two Of Us \|publisher=BBC \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/scoopcps/jttou/news/2006/12/19/39133.shtml \|access-date=21 October 2007 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126013014/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scoopcps/jttou/news/2006/12/19/39133.shtml \|archive-date=26 January 2011 }}</ref> Bardon also made an appearance in the sitcom Desmond's, in a two part episode of the second series in which he played a police officer.

	He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' in 2003 when he was surprised by [[Michael Aspel]] on the [[EastEnders]] set.~~{{Citation needed\|date=September 2021}}~~		He was the subject of ''[[w:This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' in 2003 when he was surprised by [[w:Michael Aspel\|Michael Aspel]] on the [[w:EastEnders\|EastEnders]] set.

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
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	On 8 August 2008, Bardon was rushed to hospital with a second suspected stroke.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a120935/new-health-scare-for-walford-star-bardon.html\|title=New health scare for Walford star Bardon\|work=Digital Spy\|access-date=14 September 2014\|date=9 August 2008\|first=Daniel\|last=Kilkelly}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/10/eastenders-actor-john-bardon-in-hospital-115875-20692055\|title=EastEnders actor John Bardon in hospital\|date=10 August 2008\|work=[[Daily Mirror]]\|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]\|access-date= 14 September 2014}}</ref> It was confirmed on 5 October 2008 that Bardon had returned home. On 9 November, [[June Brown]] confirmed that he would appear in ''EastEnders'' again on Christmas Day. Jim was seen on screen briefly on 4 December 2008, when his son Jack went to see him in the care home. Bardon returned to work at ''[[EastEnders]]'' full-time in June 2009 and was on screen from 20 August 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a153038/june-brown-hints-at-bardon-return.html\|title= June Brown hints at Bardon return\|work=Digital Spay\|access-date= 14 September 2014\|first=Kris\|last=Green}}</ref>		On 8 August 2008, Bardon was rushed to hospital with a second suspected stroke.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a120935/new-health-scare-for-walford-star-bardon.html\|title=New health scare for Walford star Bardon\|work=Digital Spy\|access-date=14 September 2014\|date=9 August 2008\|first=Daniel\|last=Kilkelly}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/10/eastenders-actor-john-bardon-in-hospital-115875-20692055\|title=EastEnders actor John Bardon in hospital\|date=10 August 2008\|work=[[Daily Mirror]]\|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]\|access-date= 14 September 2014}}</ref> It was confirmed on 5 October 2008 that Bardon had returned home. On 9 November, [[June Brown]] confirmed that he would appear in ''EastEnders'' again on Christmas Day. Jim was seen on screen briefly on 4 December 2008, when his son Jack went to see him in the care home. Bardon returned to work at ''[[EastEnders]]'' full-time in June 2009 and was on screen from 20 August 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a153038/june-brown-hints-at-bardon-return.html\|title= June Brown hints at Bardon return\|work=Digital Spay\|access-date= 14 September 2014\|first=Kris\|last=Green}}</ref>

	Bardon's last appearance was aired on 26 May 2011, when his character Jim left Albert Square to move into a care home. On the morning of 12 September 2014, Bardon died of a stroke at the Romford Grange Care Home, in [[Collier Row]], [[Romford]]. News of his death was announced later that day, and the episode of ''[[EastEnders]]'' that was broadcast that evening was dedicated to his memory.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/posts/John-Bardon-1939-2014] BBC Eastenders Blog; accessed 14 September 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/ex_eastenders_actor_john_bardon_dies_at_romford_care_home_1_3768609\|title=Actor John Bardon dies at Romford care home\|first=Hayley\|last=Anderson\|work=[[Romford Recorder]]\|access-date=14 September 2014\|date=12 September 2014}}</ref>		Bardon's last appearance was aired on 26 May 2011, when his character Jim left Albert Square to move into a care home. On the morning of 12 September 2014, Bardon died of a stroke at the Romford Grange Care Home, in [[w:Collier Row\|Collier Row]], [[w:Romford\|Romford]]. News of his death was announced later that day, and the episode of ''[[w:EastEnders\|EastEnders]]'' that was broadcast that evening was dedicated to his memory.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/posts/John-Bardon-1939-2014] BBC Eastenders Blog; accessed 14 September 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/ex_eastenders_actor_john_bardon_dies_at_romford_care_home_1_3768609\|title=Actor John Bardon dies at Romford care home\|first=Hayley\|last=Anderson\|work=[[w:Romford Recorder\|Romford Recorder]]\|access-date=14 September 2014\|date=12 September 2014}}</ref>

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	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071017002422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters_cast/cast/cast_john_b.shtml EastEnders cast – John Bardon]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071017002422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters_cast/cast/cast_john_b.shtml EastEnders cast – John Bardon]

	~~{{OlivierAward MusicalActor 1979–2000}}~~
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{{short description|English actor (1939–2014)}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2014}}
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = John Bardon
| image = Jim Branning.jpg
| caption = John Bardon as [[Jim Branning]] in ''[[EastEnders]]''
| birthname = John Michael Jones
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|08|25|df=y}}{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
| birth_place = [[Brentford]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|09|12|1939|08|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Romford]] [[London]], England
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{marriage|Enda Gates|2002}}
| known_for = Role of [[Jim Branning]] in ''[[EastEnders]]''
| years_active = 1973–2011
| children = 1 (stepson)
}}
'''John Bardon''' (born '''John Michael Jones''', 25 August 1939 – 12 September 2014) was an English [[Theatre|stage]] and screen [[actor]]. He was awarded the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical]] in 1988 (1987 season) for ''[[Kiss Me, Kate]]'', sharing the award with co-star [[Emil Wolk]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Laurence Olivier Awards winners |publisher=[[Society of London Theatre]] |url=http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/awards/winners#Actor |access-date=21 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201939/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/awards/winners |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> He was best known for playing the patriarch of the Branning family, [[Jim Branning]], in the [[BBC One|BBC]] [[soap opera]], ''[[EastEnders]]'', for 13 years from 1996 to 2011.

==Early life and amateur acting==
John Michael Jones was born in [[Brentford]], [[Middlesex]]; his father was a shipping clerk who formerly ran a building business. "Bardon" was his grandmother's maiden name. His early acting experience was with a group called The Taverners, who played in pubs. He then appeared in productions by the Civil Service drama group, which toured theatres in Germany and Austria.<ref name="TelegObit">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11097223/John-Bardon-obituary.html |title=John Bardon - obituary |author= |date=15 September 2014 |website=The Telegraph |location=London |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |access-date=24 May 2021 |url-access= subscription}}</ref>

==Acting career==
Bardon became a professional actor in 1970 at the age of 30, joining a repertory company in Exeter.<ref name="TelegObit"/> He may be best known for having played [[Jim Branning]] in ''[[EastEnders]]''. His character, the father of established character [[Carol Jackson]], first appeared briefly in 1996. The character of Jim returned to the series in 1999 and this time became a regular character, later marrying [[Dot Cotton]] ([[June Brown]]). Bardon filmed his final scenes for ''EastEnders'' in March 2011 after years of poor health.<ref name="Jeffries">{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/tv/2011/04/01/eastenders-jim-branning-actor-john-bardon-films-last-scenes-in-albert-square-115875-23029209|title=EastEnders: Jim Branning actor John Bardon films last scenes in Albert Square|last=Jeffries|first=Mark|date=1 April 2011|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref>

He also was a regular in ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'', as a member of the "clan Timson, a family of South London villains", as described by [[Horace Rumpole|Rumpole]]. He had made notable guest appearances in ''[[Dad's Army]]'' in 1975 in the episode "[[Ring Dem Bells]]" (in addition to this, he played [[Private Walker]] in [[Dad's Army (stage show)|the 1975–76 stage adaptation of ''Dad's Army'']], as original television actor [[James Beck]] had died in 1973) and ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' in 1976 in the episode "No Sale". He also starred in the British police drama ''[[The Sweeney]]'', in which he played villain Doc Boyd in the episode "Faces", first broadcast on Monday 8 September 1975. In the same year, he also appeared as a bookmaker in the film ''[[One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing]]''. In 1978 he was cast as Del Rogers in G. F. Newman's [[Law & Order (UK TV series)|Law and Order]] on [[BBC2]]. In 1980 he appeared in an episode of ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]''.

In 1982 he appeared on [[Channel Four]] as legendary comedian [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]] in ''Here's a Funny Thing'' in a reprise of the role from the stage version of the production which had been seen at [[Liverpool Playhouse]], the [[Edinburgh Fringe]] and the [[Fortune Theatre]] in ''L'' in the much-acclaimed BBC drama, Johnny Jarvis (Nigel Williams).Also appeared as a ''[[Children's Film Foundation|The Children Film Foundation (CFF)]]'' ''[[Friend or Foe (film)|Friend or Foe]]'' as In 1984, he had a guest role as "Constable Palk" in ''[[The Body in the Library (1984 TV film)|The Body in the Library]]'', and appeared as a night porter in the film version of ''[[Ordeal by Innocence (film)|Ordeal by Innocence]]'' the following year. In 1986 he played the Head of Security for a supermarket in an episode of ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' from series five called "[[The Longest Night (Only Fools and Horses)|The Longest Night]]", in the same year he appeared as a Railway ticket collector in the film ''[[Clockwise (film)|Clockwise]]''. In 1989, he appeared in ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'' in the episode "Four and Twenty Blackbirds". The same year he also appeared in an episode of the TV series ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'', playing a gambling villain.

He was a guest star in two episodes of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' in the early 1990s. He appeared as the father of Daryl Stubbs in ''[[Birds of a Feather (TV series)|Birds of a Feather]]'' (in 1991 and again in 1998), and played an asylum warden in the 1996 TV adaptation of ''[[Gulliver's Travels (miniseries)|Gulliver's Travels]]''. In 1997, he appeared briefly as one of the zoo customers in the film comedy ''[[Fierce Creatures]]'', and 2 years later he appeared in the film ''[[East Is East (1999 film)|East Is East]]'' as Mr. Moorhouse.

==Other appearances==
Bardon appeared on the BBC show ''[[Just the Two of Us (TV series)|Just the Two of Us]]''. His singing partner was [[Jocelyn Brown]] and the pair finished fourth.<ref>{{cite web|title=Just The Two Of Us |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/scoopcps/jttou/news/2006/12/19/39133.shtml |access-date=21 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126013014/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scoopcps/jttou/news/2006/12/19/39133.shtml |archive-date=26 January 2011 }}</ref> Bardon also made an appearance in the sitcom Desmond's, in a two part episode of the second series in which he played a police officer.

He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 2003 when he was surprised by [[Michael Aspel]] on the [[EastEnders]] set.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==Personal life==
Prior to his work in EastEnders, Bardon worked as a shuttle driver at [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11097223/John-Bardon-obituary.html|title=John Bardon obituary|publisher=[[Daily Telegraph]]|date=15 September 2014|access-date=16 September 2014}}</ref> In June 2002, he married Enda Gates.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/john-bardon-dead-eastenders-actor-dies-aged-75-9729376.html|title=John Bardon dead: Eastenders actor, who played Jim Branning, dies, aged 75|access-date= 2 April 2020|date=12 September 2014|first=Ellis|last=Alexander|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

On 14 June 2007, Bardon was admitted to hospital after suffering a major [[stroke]] at home.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6761315.stm|title=EastEnders star Bardon taken ill|access-date=17 June 2007|date=17 June 2007|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> In November 2007, it was reported that he was making steady progress, when he opened a new stroke ward at the [[Queen Elizabeth II Hospital]] in [[Welwyn Garden City]]. It was reported on 27 December 2007 that Bardon had walked for the first time in six months.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a82284/enders-bardon-walks-after-his-stroke.html|first=Kimberley|last=Dadds|title=Enders' Bardon walks after his stroke|publisher=Digital Spy|date=27 December 2007|access-date=14 January 2008}}</ref>

On 8 August 2008, Bardon was rushed to hospital with a second suspected stroke.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a120935/new-health-scare-for-walford-star-bardon.html|title=New health scare for Walford star Bardon|work=Digital Spy|access-date=14 September 2014|date=9 August 2008|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/10/eastenders-actor-john-bardon-in-hospital-115875-20692055|title=EastEnders actor John Bardon in hospital|date=10 August 2008|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|access-date= 14 September 2014}}</ref> It was confirmed on 5 October 2008 that Bardon had returned home. On 9 November, [[June Brown]] confirmed that he would appear in ''EastEnders'' again on Christmas Day. Jim was seen on screen briefly on 4 December 2008, when his son Jack went to see him in the care home. Bardon returned to work at ''[[EastEnders]]'' full-time in June 2009 and was on screen from 20 August 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a153038/june-brown-hints-at-bardon-return.html|title= June Brown hints at Bardon return|work=Digital Spay|access-date= 14 September 2014|first=Kris|last=Green}}</ref>

Bardon's last appearance was aired on 26 May 2011, when his character Jim left Albert Square to move into a care home. On the morning of 12 September 2014, Bardon died of a stroke at the Romford Grange Care Home, in [[Collier Row]], [[Romford]]. News of his death was announced later that day, and the episode of ''[[EastEnders]]'' that was broadcast that evening was dedicated to his memory.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/posts/John-Bardon-1939-2014] BBC Eastenders Blog; accessed 14 September 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/ex_eastenders_actor_john_bardon_dies_at_romford_care_home_1_3768609|title=Actor John Bardon dies at Romford care home|first=Hayley|last=Anderson|work=[[Romford Recorder]]|access-date=14 September 2014|date=12 September 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071017002422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters_cast/cast/cast_john_b.shtml EastEnders cast – John Bardon]

{{OlivierAward MusicalActor 1979–2000}}
{{Authority control}}

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