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Jimmy Hanley

Acting Born Oct 22, 1918 Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 cancer in Leatherhead, Surrey, aged 51.

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Known for

ITV Playhouse

as Ernest Maybrick
Film

The Lost Continent

as Patrick, the bartender

De Fabeltjeskrant

as Whitey

Full filmography

  • ITV Playhouse (1967) as Ernest Maybrick
  • Henry V (1944) as Williams - Soldier in the English Army
  • The Captive Heart (1946) as Pte. Mathews
  • The Blue Lamp (1950) as PC Andy Mitchell
  • The Way Ahead (1944) as Pvt. Geoffrey Stainer
  • Gaslight (1940) as Cobb
  • The Lost Continent (1968) as Patrick, the bartender
  • The Gentle Sex (1943) as 1st Soldier
  • Brown on Resolution (1935) as Ginger
  • The Tunnel (1935) as Geoffrey McAllan
  • The Deep Blue Sea (1955) as Dicer Durston
  • Little Friend (1934) as Leonard Parry
  • The Galloping Major (1951) as Bill Collins
  • 29 Acacia Avenue (1945) as Peter Robinson
  • It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) as Whitey
  • Wild Boy (1934) as Boy With Message
  • Holiday Camp (1947) as Jimmy Gardner
  • Landslide (1937) as Jimmy Haddon
  • Boys in Brown (1949) as Bill Foster
  • Satellite in the Sky (1956) as Larry Noble
  • Way Off Beat (1966) as Antonio Laveline
  • The Huggetts Abroad (1949) as Jimmy Gardner
  • Boys Will Be Boys (1935) as Cyril Brown
  • The Black Rider (1954) as Jerry Marsh