Tommy handley biography

British comedian

Tommy Handley
Born	Thomas Reginald Handley (1892-01-17)17 January 1892 Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died	9 January 1949(1949-01-09) (aged 56) London, England
Occupation	Comedian

Thomas Reginald Handley (17 January 1892 – 9 January 1949) was an English comedian, best known for the BBC radio programme It's That Man Again ("ITMA") which ran between 1939 and 1949.

Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, Handley went on the stage in his teens and after military service in the First World War he established himself as a comedian and singer on the music hall circuit.

Thomas Reginald Handley was born at 13 Threlfall Street, in the then named Toxteth Park, on 17 January l His father, John, a cow keeper, died soon after.

Thomas Reginald Handley was an English comedian, best known for the BBC radio programme It's That Man Again which ran between and

Thomas Reginald Handley (17 January – 9 January ) was an English comedian, best known for the BBC radio programme It's That Man Again ("ITMA").

Tommy Handley was a showbiz conjurer as a child, and he became a good baritone singer during World War I. He soon discovered that he was talented in the field.

Handley, Thomas Reginald [Tommy] (–), comedian, was born on 17 January at 13 Threlfall Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, the son of John Handley.

He became nationally known as a pioneer broadcaster. From 1924 onwards he was frequently heard on BBCvariety programmes as a solo entertainer and an actor in sketches. In the 1930s Handley frequently performed on air with the comedian Ronald Frankau in a popular comedy act as "Mr Murgatroyd and Mr Winterbottom".

Handley's greatest success c