Recorded Personalities In Caricature (10)
WHO IS HE?-He was born in Scotland on December 6, 1888. Began as an electrical engineer, and became a comic singer at local concerts. He gave up engineering to go on to the stage and became famous in the music-halls in his school-master sketch. He introduced the character to the BBC listeners in: 1922, to the screen, and, what is more important to local radio listeners, to gramophone recordings. He has held a pilot’s "ticket" for years, having started flying in 1910 with a glider; and he once ran a couple of ’planes of his own. He used to be a five-handicap golfer, too, but ‘work doesn’t leave much time for either of these activities now. He does a lot ‘of writing and is very keen on photography and amateur cinematography. Astronomy, of course, is in a class by itself--more of a religion than a hobby.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 38, 15 March 1940, Page 27
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151Recorded Personalities In Caricature (10) New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 38, 15 March 1940, Page 27
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