John Philpott played Courage. He was born on April 3 1949. He has six brothers and a sister named Jane. John was nicknamed Little John because there were two Johns in the series and he was shorter than his tall coast star John McIndoe After the Bugaloos John went on to join a couple of bands then he married and has a son named John Jr. John still keeps in contact with Big John Caroline and sometimes Wayne. Little John lives in France and is waiting for a Bugaloos Reunion and a movie with John McIndoe