What is Tommy Cannon?
[[File:Tommy Cannon.jpg|right|200px]] '''Thomas Derbyshire''' (born 27 June 1938), known professionally as '''Tommy Cannon''', is an English comedian and singer. He is best known as the straight man of comedy duo [[Cannon and Ball]], along with [[Bobby Ball]], in ''[[The Cannon and Ball Show]]''. Cannon was chairman of [[Rochdale F.C.|Rochdale Football Club]] until 1988. He was born in [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]]. Cannon was cast in ITV soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]]'' as pensioner Derek in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phillipson |first1=Daisy |title=Emmerdale announces two new characters arriving this month |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a28903295/emmerdale-announces-two-new-characters-september/ |access-date=21 September 2019 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=3 September 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ball, Bobby}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English comedians]] [[Category:English television personalities]] [[Category:Actors from Lancashire]] [[Category:Singers from Lancashire]] {{actor-stub}}