part of Lord Fancourt Babberley in Charley's Aunt, staged by the Tivoli in Adelaide. During the 1950s, Terry toured England with the Empire Theatre circuit, working in Scotland and Ireland. He played the then famous Collins Music Hall in Islington, London, where he topped the bill and was the only Australian to do so. He also did six seasons at the racy Windmill Theatre. Scanlon toured North Africa, Cyprus, Malta and Germany entertaining US troupes stationed there. He also performed in Bimbos, a famous nightclub in San Francisco and then left the US for more work in the UK. He also entertained the troupes in Vietnam. During that engagement, he performed with other artists including Lucky Starr. Scanlon was awarded a certificate of appreciation from General William Westmoreland, the General of the United States army in 1967. He was a keen golfer and played on the famous St Andrews golf course in the UK. And when in the United States played and met one of the all time golf greats, Ben Hogan, on his own course in Fort Worth, Texas. Scanlon had his own television show in the late 1960s, The Terry Scanlon Show, running on channel 9 in Melbourne. He also made guest appearances on the Stuart Wagstaff show there. He also had his own show in Sydney on Channel 7 and a guest appearance on The Bobby Limb Show on Channel 9. However, Scanlon preferred the warmth of live audiences. With the closure of the Tivoli and other live variety theatres due to the advent of television, RSL and other clubs were a source of work in the precarious world of show business. During the 1960s, Scanlon became very ill. He had glaucoma, heart problems and was diagnosed as manic-depressive. Scanlon performed alongside artists such as Noël Coward, Dave Brubeck, Johnnie Ray, Mel Tourme, Howard Keel, Chico Marx, Tommy Trinder, Arthur Askie, Billy Daniels. Retirement and death Scanlon retired from public life. He had lived in the eastern suburbs of Sydney for 35 years and in later life became a local identity around Bondi Beach. He died aged 83 years. He was buried at Waverley Cemetery; Geoff Bull led his musicians playing a traditional jazz funeral march. Works Books which include Terry are: Curtain Call by Nancy Bridges Just call me Lucky by Lucky Grills Tivoli by Frank Van Straten References External links 355 newspaper article hits at