Barry Crocker Biography
Barry Crocker AM is a crooning Australian Gold Logie-winning character actor, television personality, singer, and variety performer.
How old is Barry Crocker? – Age
He is 87 years old as of 4 November 2023. He was born in 1935 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. His real name is Barry Hugh Crocker.
Who is Barry Crocker married to? – Wife
His wife Catherine Ann “Katy” Manning, is an English-Australian actress, television presenter, voice artist, and former model. The couple met in Manly, Australia, and have been in a relationship since 1990 despite the fact that she relocated back to the UK in 2010..
How many children does Barry Crocker have?
They have five children; Geraldine Crocker, Martine Crocker, Erica Crocker, Barry Crocker, and Amanda Crocker; with nine grandchildren Camilla, Bianca, Jessica, Lee, Aaron, Caleb, James, and Stacey; and five great-children: Wade, Amber, Ezekial, Zara and Lillie.
Barry Crocker Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Barry Crocker Hey Dad..!
Crocker appears in the Hey Dad..! episode “Hoot’s Boots” as Charles “Hoot” Russell, Greg Russell’s father. This was the second-to-last episode of the show’s 14-season run. Following the conviction of the original “Dad” – Robert Hughes – on many sex offenses, a DVD box set of Hey Dad…! had to be canceled.
Barry Crocker Punishment
In the short-lived prison drama Punishment, he played Governor Alan Smith. Punishment is an Australian television soap opera produced in 1981 for Network Ten by the Reg Grundy Organisation. The series sought to portray a male equivalent to its female counterpart Prisoner, which was set in a women’s prison.
Punishment was instilled with increased reality in an attempt by the show’s creators to differentiate the series from Prisoner; nonetheless, the formula did not garner high viewing statistics. After only three episodes, Network Ten declared the new series a flop and withdrew it from the schedules. The remaining 26 episodes were screened outside of ratings later that year. The series was shot with a single camera, which was unusual for a soap opera.
Barry Crocker Music
Crocker got back to Australia to star in a television melodic satire show called 66 And Generally That in 1966, subsequently the title, which turned into the eponymous The Barry Crocker Show (1966-67) on Station 10 Sydney (presently Organization Ten). This was trailed by the melodic theatrical presentation Express It With Music (1967-1969), additionally broadcast on Ten.
In 1959, after effectively visiting and various TV appearances, he persuaded Cyril Stevens of Spotlight Records in Thornbury to give him and his melodic accomplice to see him. Cyril, who was a photographic artist by profession, had set up a keep studio in the mid 1950s. He recorded masculine Jazz and melodic occasions around Victoria. Barry and Dave Clark were going to leave, Cyril wasn’t dazzled, when Cyril’s child went into the room. He perceived the pair from TV and shows, and persuaded his dad to record the group. Two EPs were recorded adding up to eight tracks. The records were Spotlights’ most noteworthy dealers.
In May 1973, he delivered the collection Music Fills My Heart with joy, highlighting a refreshed rendition of American rockabilly artist Robin Luke’s “Susie Darlin'” on the Celebration Records name. The recording highlighted Olivia Newton-John and Pat Carroll on reinforcement vocals and delighted in diagram achievement, topping at number 7.
He sang the first recording of the signature tune for the 1977 Reg Grundy drama, The Fretful Years (after the fact a hit for Renee Geyer), and furthermore the first subject to the long-running drama Neighbors, another Reg Grundy creation. His form was utilized from 1985 to 1992, and it was likewise played during the series’ last episode, which circulated in July 2022.
Crocker composed and recorded an informal signature melody for the Australian Standards Geelong Football Club, entitled Come on the Felines.