- Barry Crocker
Infobox actor
name = Barry Crocker
caption =
birthname = Barry Hugh Crocker
birthdate = Birth date and age|1935|11|4|df=y
birthplace =Geelong, Victoria ,Australia
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othername = Bazza
occupation =Singer ,Film actor ,Television actor
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domesticpartner =Katy Manning (1990-present)
children = Many - 9 grandchildren - black and white
website =Barry Hugh Crocker
OAM (born4 November 1935 , inGeelong, Victoria [http://www.barrycrocker.net/about.htm barrycrocker.net] Official Barry Crocker website] ,Australia ) is a popular Australian singer, with a crooning vocal style.He sang the original recording of the theme song for the Australian
soap opera "Neighbours " .Crocker also has had a semi-successful career as an actor, most notably starring alongside
Barry Humphries in the title role of "The Adventures of Barry McKenzie " and its sequel, "Barry McKenzie Holds His Own ". The character ofBarry McKenzie gave rise to Crocker recording ribald songs such as: "MyOne Eyed Trouser Snake ". Appointed Melbourne's "King of Moomba" in 1976. [Craig Bellamy, Gordon Chisholm, Hilary Eriksen (17 Feb 2006) "Moomba: A festival for the people.": http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/rsrc/PDFs/Moomba/History%20of%20Moomba.pdf PDF pp 17-22]He had a lead role in short-lived prison drama "Punishment" (1981). In 1994 he appeared as himself in the film
Muriel's Wedding .During the 1990s, the
rhyming slang expression, "Barry Crocker" (or "Barry") emerged inAustralian English , to mean a "shocker", as in "very poor". [cite web |url=http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/pubs/ozwords/pdfs/ozwords_oct05.pdf |title=OzWords: When People Become Words |publisher=Australian National Dictionary Centre,Australian National University |date=October 2005 |accessdate=2007-07-05 |format=pdf]In 2005, Crocker was featured on the
Nine Network program "This Is Your Life " Fact|date=February 2007.He featured in the role of The Lecturer in the 2008 Australian premiere of the stage musical "Reefer Madness".Fact|date=August 2008
He has been with current partner
Katy Manning since 1990.References
External links
* [http://www.barrycrocker.net Official website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188347/ "Barry Crocker" on the IMDb website]
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