Tommy Hanlon

TV Show Host

Birthday August 14, 1923

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace West Virginia

DEATH DATE Oct 9, 2003 (80)

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About

Australian television show host who earned two Logie awards for his work on the 1960's game show, It Could Be You.

Before Fame

He started performing as a magician when he was a teenager and worked with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre in Los Angeles in the 1940s for two years.

Trivia

He bought into Ashton's Circus in 1967 and toured Australia as a ringmaster of Silvers Circus until 2001.

Family Life

He was married to his wife, Muriel and he had a daughter, April, a son named Tommy and a stepson named Jeff.

Associated With

He hosted the talent show, Pot of Gold with judge, Bernard King in the 1970s.