| LC control no. | n 81016260 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bongo, Ali |
| Variant(s) | Wallace, William Oliver |
| Associated country | England Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1929-12-08 |
| Death date | 2009-03-08 |
| Place of birth | Bangalore (India) |
| Field of activity | Magic shows |
| Affiliation | Magic Circle (London, England) |
| Profession or occupation | Magicians |
| Found in | His Be a magician, 1979: t.p. (Ali Bongo) Times online WWW site, Mar. 9, 2009 (Ali Bongo; b. William Oliver Wallace, Dec. 8, 1929, Bangalore; d. Mar. 8, 2009; professional magician who shot to fame in the 1960s and gave inspiration to the creators of the Jonathan Creek television series) The Guardian (online), Ali Bongo, March 11, 2009, viewed June 7, 2018 (Ali Bongo; born in Bangalore, the son of an army officer; by 1935 his family had moved to England and settled in Sutton Valence, Kent; left school early to perform children's magic shows; at 18 he joined the Royal Army Pay Corps and performed in Naafi shows that he also helped to write; when he left the army, he helped found the Medway Magic Society; magic consultant for David Nixon's Magic Box (Thames TV) and Paul Daniels' BBC magic show; had his own BBC show, Ali Bongo's Cartoon Carnival, in 1971; longtime member of the Magic Circle, dedicated himself to its Young Magicians Club) |
| Associated language | eng |
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