Vale: Gordon Boyd

October 12, 2009  Filed Under News, 4 Comments » 

Gordon Boyd, a popular variety television personality in the 1960s and ’70s, has died. He was 86.

The British-born actor and singer was one of TEN’s all-singing, all-dancing personalities. It is understood he died last Thursday at Sydney Adventist Hospital after a short illness.

Boyd hosted TEN’s first talent show Showcase ‘65 until 1969. Amongst its notable contestants were Leila Hayes and James Pegler.

He also hosted the dating show The Marriage Game (1966-72), Gordon and the Girls (1967) an afternoon chat show and variety show The Gordon Boyd Show (1964) also featuring singer …