His greatest success was “Sale of The Century” in 1980 to 1991. Tony Barber won a Gold Logie in 1973 for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Full Name: Anthony Ferraro Barber
NickName: “Tony”
Description: TV Host, Vocalist, Australia.
Known For: Sale of The Century,
Instruments: Voice
Music Styles: Country
Location: Australia
Date Born: 28th March 1940
Location Born: Oldham, United Kingdom
CONTACT DETAILS
Web Site: http://www.mediaman.com.au/profiles/barber.html
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Tony Barber
An Australian game show host and television personality.
He moved with his family to Australia in 1947 and was schooled by the Sisters of Mercy and the Christian Brothers.
He then spent seven years in the Royal Australian Navy before leaving the service and getting his teeth into his career as a cadet announcer at radio station 6GE in Geraldton in 1961. In his own words:
He trained for seven years to be a Royal Australian Naval Officer, before leaving the service after seven years he became a radio announcer in Geraldon on 6GE in Western Australia.
By 1962 Tony was a leading announcer on Perth radio and also doing floor shows at the Hotel Charles.
Moving to Sydney Tony continued with his singing which later led to a commercial “The Cambridge Whistler”. A cigarette commercial that gave him instant success and regognition Australia wide.
While Barber is more noted for his role as host of Sale of the Century, his origins in television date back to the 1970s where he hosted the then popular Seven Network game show, Great Temptation.
Presented with co-host Barbie Rogers, the show was successful enough for the network that both daytime and prime time editions of the show were screened. The show only faltered when in 1974
In 1980, The Grundy Organisation under the advice of founder and producer Reg Grundy decided to revive the Great Temptation format using the original international title, Sale of the Century.
Screened nationally on the Nine Network, Barber hosted the show from 1980 to 1991. Barber’s hostesses during his time as host were Victoria Nicholls (1980–1982), Delvene Delaney (1982–1986) and Alyce Platt (1986–1991).
Barber left the show in 1991; Platt left at the same time. Host Glenn Ridge and co-host Jo Bailey took over.
In 1993, Barber went on to host the short-lived Australian version of Jeopardy! (Network Ten). It has been said that its failure was partly due to placing it in the 5pm timeslot against high-rating news bulletins of the day.
On 14 March 2007, Barber returned to his roots making an appearance as Guest Host on Temptation alongside his former co-host Alyce Platt during the Battle of the Network Shows series. Regular hosts of the show Ed Phillips and Livinia Nixon were appearing as contestants.
Tony Barber won a Gold Logie in 1973 for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.
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