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Revision as of 00:19, 10 February 2014
Harry A. Tunks | |
Born | circa 1900 Kentucky |
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Died | July 2, 1975 (age 74) San Antonio, Texas |
Harry A. Tunks (c.1900-1975) was a semi-professional magician, ventriloquist and a colonel in the United States Air Force .
Biography
He ran away from home to join a medicine show when a kid, and later on joined the Army.
Tunks was well known in magic circles in the southwest and in Hawaii where he was stationed for a number of years. He carried I.B.M. No. 6973 starting in 1965. He received the French Croix de Guerre for his service in World War I and was also a veteran of World War II. While in the Service he did many shows of magic in Hawaii and the Philippines.[1]
He was a friend of McDonald Birch and held a lifelong interest in magic.[2]
It was reported in the Linking Ring that Tunks was on an early TV program in San Antonio, Texas, in which he presented magic in 1952.[3]
His photograph can be seen in the Conjuring Arts' online exhibit, "The Many Faces of Magic."[4]
References
- ↑ Sphinx, October 1944
- ↑ Broken Wand, Linking Ring, December 1975
- ↑ Linking Ring, February 1952
- ↑ http://conjuringarts.org/exhibitions/the-many-faces-of-magic/harry-a-tunks/