Tommy Banks Net Worth

Tommy Banks Net Worth is
$500,000

Tommy Banks Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Thomas Benjamin Banks, OC AOE (born December 17, 1936) is a Canadian pianist, conductor, arranger, composer, television personality and former senator.Born in Calgary, Alberta, he moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 1949, where he has resided until the present day. He presented a show on CKUA called "The Solo Piano of Tommy Banks" in about 1960. Of his time at CKUA, Banks said in an interview, "I'd lurch into the studio on Sunday morning and go and set up the microphone and turn everything on and then sit down and start playing."[1]He hosted the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) television show, The Tommy Banks Show, from 1968 until 1983.Since his 1950 professional debut, Tommy Banks has, as the Toronto Star pointed out, "... done everything a musician could wish for." MacLean’s Magazine observed that "It would be easier to list the things he doesn’t do." He is the recipient of the Juno Award, the Gemini Award, the Grand Prix du Disques-Canada, several ARIA Awards, and is a member of the Edmonton Cultural Hall of Fame.Musical touring has taken him to the farthest reaches of China, to the Eastern Europe that used to be referred to as "behind the iron curtain", and to most points in between.He provided musical direction for the ceremonies of the XI Commonwealth Games, EXPO ’86, The World University Games, the XV Olympic Winter Games, and for countless television shows. He has produced and/or conducted command performances for Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family, and for President Ronald Reagan.He was the founding chairman of the Alberta Foundation for the Performing Arts, a member of the Canada Council from 1989 to 1995 and a policy consultant to the Council from 1996 to 1998. He was chairman of the Edmonton Concert Hall Foundation from 1989 to 1991. He is the recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Alberta, of the Sir Frederick Haultain Prize, the Alberta Order of Excellence, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.He has conducted symphony orchestras throughout North America and in Europe. His recordings are on Century II Records, distributed by Royalty Records.He is a member of the A. F. of M., ACTRA, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (U.S.), the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, and of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.

Date Of BirthDecember 17, 1936
Place Of BirthCalgary, Canada
ProfessionActor
AwardsJuno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year
AlbumsJazz Canada Montreux 1978
#Trademark
1Carelessness

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Farmer & Chase1997FBI Agent #1
Nine Months1995Emergency Attendant #2
Midnight Caller1989TV SeriesWillie
The Wild Pony1983Sam Fletcher
Running Brave1983Campus Cop
Conspiracy of Silence1981Short

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Alberta 100: A Centennial Countdown2005TV Movie documentaryHimself - Interviewee
Radio Worth Fighting For2004TV Movie documentaryHimself

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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