Tommy was a big, lumbering man. He was a genuine magician who got huge laughs from having all his tricks go wrong. His jokes were old and awful, but the way he told them guaranteed you laughed. His catchphrase was "Just like that".
I remember him cracking jokes like, "A man walked into a bar. He passed out. It was an iron bar." From him it was funny every time.

Tommy had a reputation for being very mean, and not always very pleasant to others. He handled his nerves by drinking, and though it was not generally known at the time, he was reputed to hit his wife when in his cups.
Tommy died live on TV in 1984, aged just 63.