Tommy Hanlon Jr.

Tommy Hanlon Jr.
Born
Tommy Gene Thomason

(1923-08-14)14 August 1923
Died11 October 2003(2003-10-11) (aged 80)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • television host
  • ringmaster
Years active1927–2001
Spouses
  • Jean Gregory,
  • Muriel
ChildrenTommy Hanlon Thomason, April Thomason
Parent(s)Homer Emmons Thomason, Ruth Dorothy Manning

Tommy Hanlon Jr. (14 August 1923 – 11 October 2003) was an American-born actor, comedian, television host and circus ringmaster, notable for his career in Australia after emigrating there in 1959, where he became a Gold Logie-award-winning media personality, in 1962. Hanlon was notable for his early television appearances on daytime television and as host of the Australian version of United States game show It Could Be You.