Jack Little (broadcaster)
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| Born |
Jack Hiram Little 20 December 1908 Missoula, Montana, United States |
| Died | 4 January 1986 (aged 77) Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Radio sports broadcaster, sports promoter, radio quiz master, television broadcaster, television sports broadcaster, stage actor, defence force personnel |
| Years active | 1931–1978 |
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Jack Hiram Little (20 December 1908 – 4 January 1986) was an American-born Australian media personality, including as a television commentator for GTV-9's broadcasts of the World Championship Wrestling between 1964 through to 1978.
Jack Hiram Little was born on 20 December 1908 in Missoula, Montana the second child of John Herman Little (a salesman and amateur vaudeville performer) and Edna Jane née Fife (a teacher). In 1931 Little worked for KJR, an all-sports radio station based in Seattle, Washington, where, in February 1932, he commentated his first professional wrestling show from Everett. During World War II he served in the United States Army, following which he moved to Hollywood, where he worked for KPOL sports radio station, announcing televised wrestling matches from the Hollywood Legion Stadium.
In 1952 Little moved to Australia, with his second wife, Patricia McNamara, and their family, working as a radio compere for Melbourne station, 3DB, where he hosted his own shows, including The Greys Game, Two For the Money and Magazine of the Air. In 1956 Little together with a number of other 3DB personnel moved to TV station, GTV-9, where he worked alongside Eric Pearce presenting the news.
He also performed and scripted sketches on In Melbourne Tonight (1957), hosted Personal Album (November 1958 – May 1959) and Taking It Easy (1960) as well as regular appearances on It Could Be You, (1961–69) alongside Tommy Hanlon, Jr. Little also performed in a number of stage productions, including Tea and Sympathy (1956), the musical The Pajama Game (1957) and "Anniversary Waltz" (1958).
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