Bruce Mansfield
| Bruce Mansfield | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 April 1944 |
| Died | 17 April 2016 (aged 71) |
| Cause of death | Prostate cancer |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Presenter |
| Employer | 3AW |
| Known for |
IMT Perfect Match Eyewitness News Good Morning Australia Rove Live |
| Home town | Melbourne, Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Jill Mansfield |
| Children | 3 |
Bruce Mansfield (24 April 1944 – 17 April 2016) was an Australian television/radio personality and narrator.
Mansfield began in radio at age 16, when he won a junior announcer's competition at the 3UZ radio station in 1960. The prize was 100 pounds ($200) and a week on-air. He then joined 3KZ in 1962 as a panel operator and late night announcer. In 1964 he joined 3XY presenting the mid-morning program.
In 1968, he moved to television and appeared on Graham Kennedy's In Melbourne Tonight on the Nine Network's Melbourne station, GTV-9. He was also known for his portrayal of the Chinese Superman on Channel 9's Cartoon Corner.
His television career then took a different direction in 1974 when he joined the Ten Network Melbourne ATV-0 as chief newsreader on Eyewitness News. In 1979, Mansfield and his newsreading partner Annette Allison were reassigned to other roles at the station. Mansfield went on to become a voice-over announcer at ATV and also a participant on game shows such as Personality Squares. He was also the announcer for Channel Ten's long-running dating show Perfect Match.
Mansfield co-hosted (with John Blackman) the breakfast program on 3AW as the alter-ego "Uncle Roy". The pair dominated Melbourne breakfast radio for several years before Blackman departed to rival station 3AK in 1986. Mansfield continued in the role at 3AW with Darren James until the station changed from "Personality Radio" to "Thinking Person's Radio" and the pair were dropped.
Both Mansfield and James were picked up by 3AK in 1989. The program lasted until the middle of 1990 when 3AK was taken over by new management. He then became presenter of the drive-time program on community radio station 3INR-FM, broadcasting from the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg.
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