Confidentially
al lF round about the middle of his act Reg. Dixon of Variety Bandbox failed to announce that he was Proper Poorly, listeners would feel robbed of one of the best laughs of the show. But he’s no hypochondriac in real life-a round-faced man of 35, six feet tall, and weighing 14 stone. For the stage he prefers a blazer some sizes too small, and his signature tune, "‘Confidentially," he wrote himself. When he was 14, Reg Dixon went to work in a Coventry factory. At the weekends he sang with a local dance band, turned professional to work. with Sanger’s Circus where one of his jobs was alleged to be grooming the elephants. Later as a single comic he played in out-of-the-way places ond in 1940 joined the R.A.F. as a rigger. Soon he was transferred to the entertainments side of the Air Force, and after meeting Ralph Reader toured with the R.A.F. Gang Show. Until mid-1949 he was in radio and in the provinces. Then he suddenly shot to fame and within three months made _ his first appearance as resident comedian in Variety Bondbox, appeared at the Palladium in London’s West End and wos selected for the Royal Command Performance in November, 1949.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 662, 14 March 1952, Page 17
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206Confidentially New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 662, 14 March 1952, Page 17
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