Selwyn Toogood



































Selwyn Toogood
QSO ED

Selwyn Toogood at the opening of the Self Help store, Lambton Quay, Wellington, 1956.jpg
Toogood in 1956, at a store opening in Wellington

Born
Selwyn Featherston Toogood
(1916-04-04)4 April 1916
Wellington, New Zealand
Died 27 February 2001(2001-02-27) (aged 84)
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation Radio and television personality
Known for
It's in the Bag
Beauty and the Beast
Spouse(s)
Cynthia Holden Webb (m. 1948)
Relatives
John Howell (great-grandfather)

Selwyn Featherston Toogood QSO ED (4 April 1916 – 27 February 2001) was a New Zealand radio and television personality.




Contents






  • 1 Early life and family


  • 2 Military service


  • 3 Acting and broadcasting career


  • 4 Death


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Early life and family


Born in Wellington on 4 April 1916, Toogood was the son of Henry Featherston Toogood and Ethel Lois Copus "Noonie" Toogood (née Butler).[1] Through his mother, Toogood was the great-grandson of John Howell, who established a whaling station at Riverton, and his second wife, Caroline Brown, whose mother was Māori from the Ngāi Tahu iwi.[1] Toogood did not learn of his Māori ancestry until he was 18 years old.[1]


Toogood was educated at Wellesley College[2] and Wellington College, where he had an inauspicious career, apart from excelling in the dramatic arts.[3]


On 30 June 1948, Toogood married Cynthia Holden Webb at St Peter's church, in Willis Street, Wellington.[1] Cynthia's brother was Sir Richard Webb,[4] who served as the New Zealand Chief of Defence Staff between 1971 and 1976. The Toogoods went on to have two sons, including Kit Toogood, who has been a High Court judge since 2011.[5][6]



Military service


Toogood joined the army following the outbreak of World War II.[5] As an ammunition officer, he saw active service in Greece, North Africa and Italy, rising to the rank of major.[3][5][7] He was mentioned in dispatches in 1944, in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy.[8]


In 1953, Toogood was awarded the Efficiency Decoration.[9]



Acting and broadcasting career


After leaving school, Toogood became involved in theatre and radio, including a role in New Zealand's first radio soap opera. On a troopship on the way home from World War II, he ran his first quiz show. After the war, Toogood picked up where he had left off as a stage actor, voice-over artist and radio announcer.


He began his career as a radio host in 1946 and was the originator of the game show It's in the Bag, in which he popularised the catch-phrases, "By hokey", and "What will it be, customers - the money or the bag?", in New Zealand. It's in the Bag eventually moved on to network television, where it was equally successful. He published his autobiography Out Of The Bag in 1979. Toogood hosted numerous other TV shows for the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand and Television New Zealand, including the panel show Beauty and the Beast and the children's quiz show W3. He retired from It's in the Bag in the 1980s, handing over the mantle to radio and TV host John Hawkesby.


In the 1977 New Year Honours, Toogood was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for community services.[10] Toogood was awarded a special lifetime achievement award by the New Zealand Academy of Film and Television Arts in New Zealand in 1999.



Death


Toogood died in Auckland in 2001,[11] and his ashes were buried in Karori Cemetery.[12] Cynthia Toogood died in 2005.[13]



See also


  • List of New Zealand television personalities


References





  1. ^ abcd Toogood, Selwyn (1979). Out of the Bag. Auckland: Methuen..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Wellesley College". Evening Post. 4 May 1928. p. 15. Retrieved 23 June 2018.


  3. ^ ab "Quiz king Selwyn Toogood dies at 84". New Zealand Herald. 28 February 2001. Retrieved 23 June 2018.


  4. ^ "Webb alias Wolworth" (PDF). Retrieved 23 June 2018.


  5. ^ abc "Selwyn Toogood". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 23 June 2018.


  6. ^ "Judges and associate judges of the High Court". Courts of New Zealand. Retrieved 24 June 2018.


  7. ^ "Selwyn Featherston Toogood". Online Cenotaph. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2018.


  8. ^ "No. 36668". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 August 1944. p. 3938.


  9. ^ Taylor, Alister, ed. (2001). New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001. Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers. ISSN 1172-9813.


  10. ^ "No. 47104". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1976. p. 42.


  11. ^ "Broadcasting giant Toogood off the air". Evening Post. 28 February 2001. p. 22.


  12. ^ "Cemeteries search: Selwyn Toogood". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 16 January 2015.


  13. ^ "Cemeteries search: Cynthia Toogood". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 23 June 2018.




External links




  • Media related to Selwyn Toogood at Wikimedia Commons


  • Selwyn Toogood on IMDb









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