Education
The young star-struck actor attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and whilst he was studying there, made his stage debut at age 12 at the London Palladium, as John Darling in Peter Pan.
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Jimmy Hanley
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Born in Norwich, Norfolk, Hanley began his career as a child actor before becoming popular in juvenile roles. He was groomed by the Rank Studio system during his teenage years and earned film stardom as a "boy-next-door" type. He began to make films in his teens.
During the Second World War he served as an officer with the King"s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and in a commando raid in Norway he was wounded in the leg and was invalided out of the service.
He returned to films, including, Henry V with Laurence Olivier (1944), and the Huggetts films. He later worked on radio and television, appearing in several television series and hosting the Independent Television series Jim"s Inn from 1957–1963, which combined advertising messages with the plot of a soap opera.
Hanley was married twice: Dinah Sheridan (1942–1953, three children, including Jenny Hanley and the Conservative politician Sir Jeremy Hanley The third died in infancy) Margaret Avery (1955–1970, three daughters: Jane, Sarah and Katy) Hanley died from pancreatic cancer in Fetcham, Surrey, aged 51.
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Conservative