Tommy Lorne

Tommy Lorne[1] (December 7, 1890 – April 17, 1935) was a Scottish music hall comedian of the 1920s.

Born Hugh Gallagher Corcoran[2] in Kirkintilloch, he grew up in Glasgow.

Lorne famously wore white make-up, boots that were too large, a jacket that was too short, a Glengarry and a very short kilt.[3] He performed his act in a high-pitched voice. In 1927, Lorne made two short films, The Lard Song[4] and Tommy Lorne and "Dumplings",[5] both filmed in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.

It is often said that Lorne sausage is named after him.[6] This is exactly the sort of tall story that Lorne is likely to have started himself.

He died from pneumonia at age 45.

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References

  1. ↑ "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry: Tommy Lorne".
  2. ↑ The Glasgow Story website
  3. ↑ Special Collections of Glasgow Library
  4. ↑ IMDb: The Lard Song (1927)
  5. ↑ Silent Era: Tommy Lorne and Dumplings (1927)
  6. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry


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