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Tommy Hanlon Jr (14 August 1923 – 9 October 2003) was an American-born Australian Gold Logie-award winning media personality, notable for his early television appearances as host of ''It Could Be You'' (Australian game show) == Professional career == Born Tommy Gene Thomason in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1923 to vaudeville performers Homer Emmons Thomason (Tommy Hanlon) and Ruth Dorothy Manning. He appeared in his mother and father's act at age 4. He later took the stage name Tommy Hanlon Jr since his father's stage name was Tommy Hanlon. He first appeared on his own as a magician as a teenager and was an entertainer in show business for the rest of his life. After two years with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre in Los Angeles in the 1940s, and appearing on stage alongside W.C. Fields, he came to Australia in 1959, first as a club act, then appearing on television.〔(Obituary ) at MilesAgo.com〕 Hanlon became a major TV celebrity in Australia in the early 1960s, especially as host of the popular daytime program ''It Could Be You'' on the Nine Network, operarating out of the GTV-9 studios in Melbourne. The program was a mixture of game show, human interest and humour. It featured tearful reunions of long separated families or friends. He typically closed each program sitting on a stool with a social commentary presented as a ''Letter from Mom''. After GTV-9 purchased radio station 3AK in April 1961, all GTV-9 personalities were expected to present programs on 3AK. Hanlon hosted a Saturday morning show with Jack Little as his ''sidekick''. He won two Logie awards, including the Gold Logie in 1962, opposite Australian entertainer (Lorrae Desmond) and becoming one of the highest paid entertainers in Australia.〔(TV Week 1962 Logie Awards )〕〔(TV Week 1963 Logie Awards )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tommy Hanlon, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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