David Nixon. Comic Heritage - Blue Plaques on Waymarking.com

Nixon's father was a lawyer whose hobby was magic and who took David to watch performers such as Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant. One magician who made an early impression on the young boy was Stanley Collins, who had a gentlemanly image which influenced Nixon's later performing style. Nixon started performing magic himself after an aunt bought him an Ernest Sewell Magic Box one Christmas. On leaving school he got a job with the Henley Telegraph, the in-house magazine of the W. T. Henley Telegraph company, a publication which had been founded by Alfred Hitchcock. In 1938 he joined the Magic Circle. He also became an accomplished double bass player and performed with a local band.

Blue Plaque managing agency: Comic Heritage Individual Recognized: David Nixon. Magician and Television presenter Physical Address: Teddington Studios Broom Road Teddington, UK Middlesex TW11 9BE Web Address: Not listed

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