THOMAS EDWARD TRINDER

alias "TOMMY TRINDER"

Thomas Edward Trinder, the son of Thomas Henry Trinder (originaly from Shilton, Oxon. Click here to see his details) was born on 24 March 1909 at 25 Wellfield Road, Streatham, London. I am informed that there is a Blue Plaque honouring this event on the outside wall of the house. After making his stage debut at the age of 12, He went on to make his name in music halls across the country, and his comedy career spanned 60 years as he moved on to films, television and radio. Tommy Trinder hosted Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and when it aired for the first time on 25th September 1955, it featured among its stars the legendary Lancashire Lass, Gracie Fields, and from the USA current singing sensation Guy Mitchell. Tommy had been a regular at the Palladium since 1941 with the review Gangway, and was without doubt one of the top comics of the day. This is an early photo of Tommy and his sister Jennie Bertha The most famous story about Tommy was of the time he was presented to King George V1, and reminded his Royal Highness that the last time he had performed before him, he was second on the bill and the King was still Duke of York. "You've climbed very high since then," said the King. "You haven't done so bad yourself, sir!" was Tommy's reply. Tommy was loved by his audience and would always tell them how fortunate they were to see him perform with his good-natured catch phrase "you lucky people". On one occasion when a power failure blacked out the ITV network, Trinder ad-libbed for two hours. His first words when the picture was restored were "Welcome to Monday morning at the London Palladium". He was awarded the CBE in 1975. He and his wife Tonie, a former dancer moved to Walton area in Surrey after he came to make a film there around the 1950's. Prior to that he lived in Fulham, south west London.   Film credits           ALMOST A HONEYMOON 1938 Peter Dibley SAVE A LITTLE SUNSHINE 1938 Walter SHE COULDN'T SAY NO 1939 Dugsie Gibbs SAILORS THREE 1940 Tommy Taylor LAUGH IT OFF 1940 Tommy Towers EATING OUT WITH TOMMY TRINDER 1941 Himself THE FOREMAN WENT TO FRANCE 1942 Tommy Hoskins IT'S UP TO YOU 1942 himself WENT THE DAY WELL? 1942 Dance band announcer (uncredited) THE BELLS GO DOWN 1943 Tommy Turk SAVE YOUR SHILLINGS AND SMILE 1943 himself MILLIONS LIKE US 1943 Station announcer (uncredited) A NAP HAND 1943 presenter FIDDLERS THREE 1944 Tommy Taylor CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE 1944 George Leybourne SPOTLIGHT ON A STAR 1947 (seen in extract from Champagne Charlie) BITTER SPRINGS 1950 Tommy A NIGHT WITH THE STARS 1950 himself YOU LUCKY PEOPLE 1955 Pte Tommy Smart / additional dialogue MR. THERM'S REVIEW: Mr Therm's Review No.1 1955 himself MAKE MINE A MILLION 1959 Guest appearance SONG OF LONDON 1963 himself THE BEAUTY JUNGLE 1964 Charlie Dorton UNDER THE TABLE YOU MUST GO 1969 himself BARRY McKENZIE HOLDS HIS OWN 1974 Arthur McKenzie       Television credits           THIS IS MUSIC HALL BBC tx 9/10/1955 himself VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM ITV tx 23/9/1955-11/5/1958 (76 edns) himself MY WILDEST DREAM ITV tx 8/5/1956-11/6/1957 (57 edns) himself SUNDAY NIGHT AT BLACKPOOL ITV tx 1/7/1956-2/9/1956 (11 edns) himself JACK HYLTON PRESENTS ITV tx 2/11/1956 himself BERNARD DELFONT PRESENTS ITV tx 16/12/1956 himself SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE PRINCE OF WALES ITV tx 18/5/1958 himself STARS FROM THE SUMMER SHOWS ITV tx 20/7/1958 himself TRINDER BOX BBC tx 20/6-24/10/1959 (10 edns) himself BACKSTAGE - PANTO ITV tx 16/11/1959 himself HOME FRONT ITV tx 14/10/1959 himself IT'S ONLY MONEY ITV tx 30/6-8/9/1960 (11 edns) himself INDEPENDENT TELEVISION'S THE ANNIVERSARY SHOW ITV tx 19/9/1965 himself THE GOLDEN SHOT ITV tx 31/5/1970 himself LOOKS FAMILIAR ITV tx 19/12/1973 - 13/1/1981 (6 edns) himself THE OLD BOY NETWORK: Tommy Trinder BBC tx 28/9/1979 himself CHAOS SUPERCEDES ENSA ITV tx 27/8/1980 himself THE CRAZY GANG - A CELEBRATION BBC tx 22/12/1983 himself A CENTURY OF STARS: The Story of the Grand Order of Water Rats ITV tx 31/12/1984 himself SUPER TROUPERS Channel 4 tx 10/2-10/3/1985 (5 edns) himself GOD KNOWS WHERE & PORT TALBOT: A TALE OF TOURING DAYS ITV tx 17/12/1985 himself FORTY MINUTES: I Like The Girls Who Do BBC tv 16/2/1989 himself He went on to become Chairman of Fulham football club for 26 years and was later made life president, he also had a rather more unconventional way of getting into the ground as a boy. He used to sneak into the riverside ground when the Thames was at low tide and later joked: "In those days I never looked at the fixture list. My guide was a timetable of the tides!" Tommy Trinder Portrait 1939 Tommy Trinder Collector Card Host of Beat The Clock

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