Photograph of British actor, Jimmy Hanley (1)

Jimmy Hanley

(1918–70)

Actor (died aged 51) | Henry V (1944), The Gentle Sex (1943), The Blue Lamp (1950)

Former British child actor developed as ‘the boy next door’ type by Rank in the 1940s

Mini Biography

Hanley was on stage from the age of 12 and a circus bareback rider at 14, before making his film debut when he was 16. In the mid-50s he was also presenter of a daily television programme, Jolly Good Time, and a consumer programme, Jim’s Inn. The first of his two wives was actress Dinah Sheridan. Their daughter is Jenny Hanley and their son, Jeremy Hanley, MP, was chairman of the Conservative party in 1994-95.

Latest Jimmy Hanley Pictures

Photograph of British actor, Jimmy Hanley (1)
  • 11th March, 2025
Jimmy Hanley
Jimmy Hanley, British actor, photo (1)
Cutting the cake at the Pinewood Studios’ Christmas party in 1949 are Margaret Lockwood, Jean Simmons and Jean Kent. Also pictured are Dirk Bogarde, Petula Clark, Anouk Aimée, Jimmy Hanley and Kathleen Ryan.
  • 12th December, 2018
  • Candid
Margaret Lockwood, Jean Simmons, Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde, Petula Clark, Anouk Aimée, Jimmy Hanley, Kathleen Ryan
A Christmas party at Pinewood, 1949

Select Jimmy Hanley Filmography

Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
Cyril Brown
Forever England (1935) opening credits (3)
Forever England (1935)
Ginger
Landslide (1937) opening credits (1)
Landslide (1937)
Jimmy Haddon
Night Ride (1937) opening credits (2)
Night Ride (1937)
Dick Benson
Night Ride (1937) opening credits (2)
Housemaster (1938)
Travers
Night Ride (1937) opening credits (2)
There Ain’t No Justice (1939)
Tommy Mutch
The Gentle Sex (1942) opening credits
The Gentle Sex (1943)
1st Soldier
Henry V (1944) opening credits (2)
Henry V (1944)
Williams – Soldier in the English Army
Jig-Saw (1944) opening credits (1)
Jig-Saw (1944)
Dick Erskine
The Way Ahead (1944) opening credits (3)
The Way Ahead (1944)
Pte Geoffrey Stainer
The Way Ahead (1944) opening credits (3)
Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945)
Jack Fowler
The Way Ahead (1944) opening credits (3)
Murder in Reverse? (1945)
Peter Rogers
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) opening credits
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Whitey
The Master of Bankdam (1947) opening credits (7)
The Master of Bankdam (1947)
Simeon Crowther Jr
Holiday Camp (1947) opening credits (3)
Holiday Camp (1948)
Jimmy Gardner
It’s Hard to Be Good (1948) opening credits (4)
It’s Hard to Be Good (1948)
Capt James Gladstone Wedge VC
It’s Hard to Be Good (1948) opening credits (4)
Here Come the Huggetts (1948)
Jimmy Gardner
The Huggetts Abroad (1949) opening credits (4)
The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
Jimmy Gardner
Boys in Brown (1949) opening credits (4)
Boys in Brown (1949)
Bill Foster
The Blue Lamp (1950) opening credits
The Blue Lamp (1950)
PC Andy Mitchell
Room to Let (1950) opening credits (2)
Room to Let (1950)
Curly Minter
Room to Let (1950) opening credits (2)
The Galloping Major (1951)
Bill Collins, Bus Driver
Room to Let (1950) opening credits (2)
Radio Cab Murder (1954)
Fred
The Lost Continent (1968) opening credits
The Lost Continent (1968)
Patrick, the Bartender
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