Tommy Leonetti (September 10, 1929 â€" September 15, 1979) was an
American pop singer-songwriter and actor of the 1950s, 1960s and
1970s. In Australia his most famous song was "My City of Sydney"
(written by Leonetti & Bobby Troup) and was used by the Australian TV
channel ATN7 in Sydney for station identification into the 1980s. In
America he achieved greater success as a songwriter for movies and
Broadway plays.Tommy Leonetti was born Nicola Tomaso Lionetti in
Bergen County, New Jersey in 1929. He married the American actress
Cindy Robbins on November 27, 1965, in Beverly Hills,
California.Married in 1958 to Patricia Quinn (later "Alice" in the
1968 film Alice's Restaurant) and divorced in 1964 (no children).
Leonetti acted in minor roles in American TV series: Gomer Pyle,
U.S.M.C. (1964â€"1965 as 'Corporal Nick Cuccinelli'), I Spy (1966),
Hawaii Five-O (1977), The Waltons (1978) and The Eddie Capra Mysteries
(1978). He also had a film role in The Human Duplicators (1965) a
science fiction alien invasion movie.
American pop singer-songwriter and actor of the 1950s, 1960s and
1970s. In Australia his most famous song was "My City of Sydney"
(written by Leonetti & Bobby Troup) and was used by the Australian TV
channel ATN7 in Sydney for station identification into the 1980s. In
America he achieved greater success as a songwriter for movies and
Broadway plays.Tommy Leonetti was born Nicola Tomaso Lionetti in
Bergen County, New Jersey in 1929. He married the American actress
Cindy Robbins on November 27, 1965, in Beverly Hills,
California.Married in 1958 to Patricia Quinn (later "Alice" in the
1968 film Alice's Restaurant) and divorced in 1964 (no children).
Leonetti acted in minor roles in American TV series: Gomer Pyle,
U.S.M.C. (1964â€"1965 as 'Corporal Nick Cuccinelli'), I Spy (1966),
Hawaii Five-O (1977), The Waltons (1978) and The Eddie Capra Mysteries
(1978). He also had a film role in The Human Duplicators (1965) a
science fiction alien invasion movie.
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