biography
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Trinder, Tommy
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popular name of Thomas Edward Trinder
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1909–89)
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| biography:
| Comedian and actor, born in London, UK. He appeared in small-town variety shows, before making his name in the Band Waggon show at the London Palladium (1939). He went on to become a national favourite with his catch-phrase ‘you lucky people’, both as a stand-up comic in such revues as Happy and Glorious and Best Bib and Tucker, and as a leading man in such films as Sailors Three (1940), The Bells Go Down (1943), and Champagne Charlie (1944). During World War 2, he travelled widely abroad to entertain the troops. He compered the ITV show Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1954–8), and was also chairman of Fulham Football Club (1955–76). |
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