Biography
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Born
4 November 1935 (age 88)
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Born In
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Regarded as one of the ‘greats’ of the Australian entertainment industry, Barry Crocker has fostered a very well respected and impressive career spanning over several decades. Born in the suburbs of Geelong, Victoria, Barry has achieved what many aspiring entertainers have only dreamt of accomplishing. With a career encompassing an extensive recording history, countless television appearances in Australia, the UK and America, as well as numerous national and international concert performances, Barry’s immense talents as an engaging singer, comic, impressionist and dramatic actor have continuously captivated and wowed audiences across the globe.
Honored with the prestigious ‘Order of Australia’ award in 1987 for his dedicated services to charity and to the Australian entertainment industry, Barry has also been celebrated by the community with a Gold Logie in 1969 for being the ‘Most Popular TV Personality’, three Logies for having the ‘Best Variety Show’, two ‘Entertainer of the Year’ Awards, four ‘Mo’ Awards, one ‘Sammy’, a ‘Penguin’ and a whopping thirty-three Gold Records.
His many concert performances comprise a dynamic four-week season at the famous MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas; Lake Tahoe’s The Sahara Hotel; The Village Barn and The Bonsoir in New York and London’s Talk of the Town and Palace Theatre; his valued contribution and participation in a concert for UNICEF at the New York UN Headquarters alongside the illustrious Dame Sutherland and Richard Bonynge and directed by Sir Robert Helpmann and three live appearances across America from Las Vegas in Jerry Lewis Telethon’s with the likes of legendaries Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin etc.
Barry’s extensive television projects include the ‘Barry Crocker Show’ which was on Network Ten for two years; hosting ‘Barry Crocker’s Sound of Music’ for two years on the Nine Network; an esteemed collaborator on Britain’s ‘Saturday Variety’; hosting two Eurovision television specials for BBC Television; a guest star appearance on Britain’s ‘Harry Secombe Show’ and ‘Stars on Sunday’; and a joyous six year hosting gig on ‘Carols in the Domain’ with the Seven Network.
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