Jimmy Tapp
Broadcast Artist
1918 – 2004
Who was Jimmy Tapp?
James Anthony "Jimmy" Tapp was a Canadian broadcaster.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he began his career with closed-circuit radio broadcasts aboard the HMS Wasaga in World War II. He later became a radio announcer in Montreal. He went on to host a number of early CBC television shows, including Flashback and The Tapp Room. During the 1960s, he was host of CTV's game show A Kin to Win and the voice for Hercules in the animated series The Mighty Hercules.
He was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame on November 29, 2004.
He died on November 20, 2004 of pneumonia in Oakville, Ontario at the age of 86.
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- Born
- Apr 18, 1918
- Also known as
- James Anthony Tapp
- Nationality
- Canada
- Lived in
- Ottawa
- Died
- Nov 20, 2004
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on July 23, 2013
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