Joop Dikmans

Johannes Petrus Maria "Joop" Dikmans (31 January 1930 – 15 December 2022) was a Dutch actor.[1][2]

Joop Dikmans
Born
Johannes Petrus Maria Dikmans

(1930-01-31)31 January 1930
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died15 December 2022(2022-12-15) (aged 92)
Heerhugowaard, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Occupationactor

Dikmans was from the 1940s until the late 1980s a clown under the name Handy Fool, at Dutch and Belgian circusses, including at Circus Renz. He was also a comedian in theaters. Dikmans was most known in the television series Bassie & Adriaan where was the deaf crook "B2". He played in the following Bassie en Adriaan series: Het Geheim van de Schatkaart (1987), De Verdwenen Kroon (1988) and De Verzonken Stad (1989).[1][2] He is seen by people as an television icon during their childhood.[2]

Dikmans had dementie. He died in Heerhugowaard on 15 December 2022, at the age of 92.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Acteur Joop Dikmans, slechthorende boef B2 van Bassie en Adriaan, overleden". NOS (in Nederlands). 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Joop Dikmans, boef B2 uit Bassie en Adriaan, op 92-jarige leeftijd overleden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Nederlands). 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.