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	\| name = Jimmy Hanley		\| name = Jimmy Hanley
	\| image = ~~leonardparry~~.jpg		\| image = Jimmy Hanley.jpg
	\| caption = Hanley as Leonard Parry in ''Little Friend'' (1934)		\| caption = Hanley as Leonard Parry in ''Little Friend'' (1934)
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1918\|10\|22\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1918\|10\|22\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Norwich]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Norwich\|Norwich]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1970\|1\|13\|1918\|10\|22\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1970\|1\|13\|1918\|10\|22\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Fetcham]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Fetcham\|Fetcham]], England
	\| yearsactive = 1933–1968		\| yearsactive = 1933–1968
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Dinah Sheridan]]<br>\|1942\|1952\|end=divorced}}<br>{{marriage\|Maggie Hanley<br>\|1955}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Dinah Sheridan]]<br>\|1942\|1952\|end=divorced}}<br>{{marriage\|Maggie Hanley<br>\|1955}}
	\| children = 6, including [[Jeremy Hanley]] and [[Jenny Hanley]]		\| children = 6, including [[w:Jeremy Hanley\|Jeremy Hanley]] and [[w:Jenny Hanley\|Jenny Hanley]]
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	'''Jimmy Hanley''' (22 October 1918 – 13 January 1970) was an English actor who appeared in the popular [[Huggetts trilogy\|Huggetts]] film series, and in [[ITV Network\|ITV]]'s most popular advertising magazine programme, ''Jim's Inn'', from 1957 to 1963.<ref name="obit" />		'''Jimmy Hanley''' (22 October 1918 – 13 January 1970) was an English actor who appeared in the popular [[Huggetts trilogy\|Huggetts]] film series, and in [[ITV Network\|ITV]]'s most popular advertising magazine programme, ''Jim's Inn'', from 1957 to 1963.<ref name="obit" />

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{{short description|English actor (1918–1970)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jimmy Hanley
| image = leonardparry.jpg
| caption = Hanley as Leonard Parry in ''Little Friend'' (1934)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|10|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Norwich]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|1|13|1918|10|22|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Fetcham]], England
| yearsactive = 1933–1968
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Dinah Sheridan]]<br>|1942|1952|end=divorced}}<br>{{marriage|Maggie Hanley<br>|1955}}
| children = 6, including [[Jeremy Hanley]] and [[Jenny Hanley]]
}}
'''Jimmy Hanley''' (22 October 1918 – 13 January 1970) was an English actor who appeared in the popular [[Huggetts trilogy|Huggetts]] film series, and in [[ITV Network|ITV]]'s most popular advertising magazine programme, ''Jim's Inn'', from 1957 to 1963.<ref name="obit" />

==Early life==
Born in [[Norwich]], [[Norfolk]], Hanley began his career as a [[child actor]] before becoming popular in juvenile roles.<ref name=allmovie/> He was groomed by the [[Rank Organisation|Rank Studio system]] during his teenage years and earned film stardom as a "boy-next-door" type.<ref name=allmovie>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/jimmy-hanley-p30155|title=Jimmy Hanley | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos|website=AllMovie}}</ref> The young 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 (Peter Pan)|John Darling]] in ''Peter Pan''.<ref name=screenonline/> He began to make films in his teens.<ref name=britishpictures>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishpictures.com/stars/Hanley_Jimmy.htm|title=Jimmy Hanley|website=www.britishpictures.com}}</ref>

==Career==
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.<ref name="obit" /> He returned to films, including ''[[Salute John Citizen]]'' (1942), ''[[Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]'' with [[Laurence Olivier]] (1944), ''[[For You Alone]]'' (1945) and the Huggetts films.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f390ab7|title=Jimmy Hanley|website=BFI}}</ref> He later worked on radio and TV, appearing in several television series and hosting the ITV series ''Jim's Inn'' from 1957 to 1963, which combined advertising messages with the plot of a [[soap opera]], where he and his wife Maggie played the hosts of a pub where customers discussed bargains and new products whilst drinking.<ref name=screenonline>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1140359/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Hanley, Jimmy (1918-1970) Biography|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref><ref name=unforg>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[TV Times]]|edition=Unforgettables!|year=1988|title=Jimmy Hanley|page=26}}</ref> The series finished when advertising magazine programmes were banned.<ref name=unforg/>

==Personal life==
Hanley was married twice:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nndb.com/people/015/000091739/|title=Jimmy Hanley|website=www.nndb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/nov/25/dinah-sheridan|title=Dinah Sheridan obituary|first=Dennis|last=Barker|date=25 November 2012|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_p1DwAAQBAJ&dq=jimmy+hanley+married+Margaret+Avery&pg=PA374|title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company|first=Howard|last=Maxford|date=17 December 2018|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476670072}}</ref>
* [[Dinah Sheridan]] 1942–1953 three children, including [[Jenny Hanley]] and the Conservative politician [[Jeremy Hanley|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]], on 13 January 1970, at the age of 51.<ref name=bfi/><ref name=britishpictures/>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Red Wagon (film)|Red Wagon]]'' (1933) - Young Joe Prince
* ''[[Those Were the Days (1934 film)|Those Were the Days]]'' (1933) - Boy with bicycle (uncredited)
* ''[[Little Friend (film)|Little Friend]]'' (1934) - Leonard Parry
* ''[[Wild Boy (film)|Wild Boy]]'' (1934) - Boy With Message (uncredited)
* ''[[Royal Cavalcade]]'' (1935) - Newsboy
* ''[[Boys Will Be Boys (1935 film)|Boys Will Be Boys]]'' (1935) - Cyril Brown
* ''[[Brown on Resolution (film)|Brown on Resolution]]'' (1935) - Ginger
* ''[[The Tunnel (1935 film)|The Tunnel]]'' (1935) - Geoffrey McAllan
* ''[[Landslide (1937 film)|Landslide]]'' (1937) - Jimmy Haddon
* ''[[Cotton Queen]]'' (1937) - Jack Owen (uncredited)
* ''[[Night Ride (1937 film)|Night Ride]]'' (1937) - Dick Benson
* ''[[Housemaster (film)|Housemaster]]'' (1938) - Travers
* ''[[Coming of Age (1938 film)|Coming of Age]]'' (1938) - Arthur Strudwick
* ''[[There Ain't No Justice]]'' (1939) - Tommy Mutch
* ''[[Gaslight (1940 film)|Gaslight]]'' (1940) - Cobb
* ''[[Salute John Citizen]]'' (1942) - Ernest Bunting
* ''[[The Gentle Sex]]'' (1943) - 1st Soldier
* ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944) - Pte. Geoffrey Stainer
* ''[[Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]'' (1944) - Williams - Soldier in the English Army
* ''[[Kiss the Bride Goodbye]]'' (1945) - Jack Fowler
* ''[[29 Acacia Avenue]]'' (1945) - Peter Robinson
* ''[[For You Alone]]'' (1945) - Dennis Britton
* ''[[Murder in Reverse]]'' (1945) - Peter Rogers
* ''[[The Captive Heart]]'' (1946) - Pte. Mathews
* ''[[Holiday Camp (film)|Holiday Camp]]'' (1947) - Jimmy Gardner
* ''[[Master of Bankdam]]'' (1947) - Simeon Crowther Jr.
* ''[[It Always Rains on Sunday]]'' (1947) - Whitey
* ''Nothing Venture'' (1948) - Introduction to serial version
* ''[[It's Hard to Be Good]]'' (1947) - Captain James Gladstone Wedge VC
* ''[[Here Come the Huggetts]]'' (1948) - Jimmy Gardner
* ''[[The Huggetts Abroad]]'' (1949) - Jimmy Gardner
* ''[[Don't Ever Leave Me]]'' (1949) - Jack Denton
* ''[[Boys in Brown]]'' (1949) - Bill Foster
* ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'' (1950) - PC Andy Mitchell
* ''[[Room to Let (1950 film)|Room to Let]]'' (1950) - Curly Minter
* ''[[The Galloping Major (film)|The Galloping Major]]'' (1951) - Bill Collins, Bus Driver
* ''[[Radio Cab Murder]]'' (1954) - Fred Martin
* ''[[The Black Rider (film)|The Black Rider]]'' (1954) - Jerry Marsh
* ''[[The Deep Blue Sea (1955 film)|The Deep Blue Sea]]'' (1955) - Dicer Durston
* ''[[Satellite in the Sky]]'' (1956) - Larry
* ''[[The Lost Continent (1968 film)|The Lost Continent]]'' (1968) - Patrick, the Bartender
{{div col end}}

===Television series===
* ''Jim's Inn'' (1957–1963, ITV advertising programme) - host
* ''[[Five O'Clock Club]]'' (1963–1966, ITV children's programme) - host
* ''Futurama'' (1964, ITV children's science programme) - host
* ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' (1966, ITV soap) - Jimmy Gudgeon, old friend of central character Meg Richardson (played by Noele Gordon)

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="obit">
{{Cite newspaper The Times
|title=Mr Jimmy Hanley - Film and TV actor
|department=Obituaries
|date=14 January 1970
|page=12
|pages=57767
|column=
}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0360085}}
* {{Screenonline name|1140359}}
* {{Find a Grave|42338157}}

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[[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
[[Category:English male stage actors]]
[[Category:English male film actors]]
[[Category:English male television actors]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:British Army Commandos officers]]
[[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]]
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