Jimmy Hanley(1918-1970)
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Good-natured British actor Jimmy Hanley was groomed by the Rank Studio
system during his teen years and earned stardom as the "boy next door"
type in exuberant musicals and likeable comedies. He married actress
Dinah Sheridan in 1942 and they appeared together in a number of featherweight
war-era films, including Salute John Citizen (1942) and For You Alone (1945). When Jimmy grew up he
tried everything from Henry V (1944) with Laurence Olivier to The Huggetts film series.
But radio and TV were his forte and it was those two mediums which
revived his star in the late 50s, becoming a familiar face on a number
of TV series, notably "Jim's Inn" co-starring second wife Maggie Hanley,
which ran from 1957-1963. Jimmy died of cancer in 1970.
