Jimmy Hanley
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| Jimmy Hanley | |
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| Born | 22 October 1918 Norwich, Norfolk, England,  United Kingdom |
| Died | 13 January 1970 (aged 51) Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK |
Jimmy Hanley (22 October 1918 – 13 January 1970) was a British actor.
Born in Norwich, Norfolk, Hanley began his career as a child actor before becoming popular in juvenile roles. He was groomed by the Rank Studio system during his teenage years and earned film stardom as a "boy-next-door" type.
The young star-struck actor attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and whilst he was studying there, made his stage debut at the London Palladium, as John Darling in Peter Pan.
He later worked on TV, hosting the ITV series Jim's Inn, which combined advertising messages with the plot of a soap opera.
Hanley was married twice:
- Dinah Sheridan (1942–1952, three children, including Jenny Hanley and the Conservative politician Sir Jeremy Hanley)
- Margaret Avery (1955–1970, three daughters: Jane, Sarah and Katy)
Hanley died from pancreatic cancer in Leatherhead, Surrey, aged 51.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Those Were the Days (1933) (uncredited)
- Royal Cavalcade (1935)
- Brown on Resolution (1935)
- Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
- The Tunnel (1935)
- Housemaster (1938)
- Gaslight (The Murder in Thornton Square) (1940)
- Salute John Citizen (1942)
- The Gentle Sex (1943)
- Henry V (1944)
- The Way Ahead (1944)
- Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945)
- For You Alone (1945)
- 29 Acacia Avenue (1945)
- The Captive Heart (1946)
- It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
- Holiday Camp (1947
- Master of Bankdam (1947)
- Here Come the Huggetts (1948))
- It's Hard to Be Good (1948)
- The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
- Don't Ever Leave Me (1949)
- Boys in Brown (1949)
- The Blue Lamp (1950)
- Room to Let (1950)
- The Galloping Major (1951)
- The Black Rider (1954)
- Radio Cab Murder (1954)
- The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
- Satellite in the Sky (1956)
- The Lost Continent (1968)
[edit] Television series
- Jim's Inn (1957–1963, ITV advertising programme) as host
- Five O'Clock Club (1963–1966, ITV children's programme) as host
- Futurama (1964, ITV children's science programme) as host
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