working men s clubs. he rose to fame on the tv show opportunity knocks, which he won three times and went on to present a host of other programmes, such as name that tune. northwest comic ted robbins worked closely with an on pinto. irate northwest comic ted robbins worked closely with an on pinto. closely with an on pinto. we did a few shi -s together to me now, cabarets and everything. and i used to dread it, because if i had to go on after tom o connor, he was very hard to follow. and he was a very good act. tom great scouser, great comedian, great bloke. amongst others who remembered him fondly, sir ken dodds s widow. the two men were friends. they had a whale of a time. whenever they met, theyjust got on really well, yes. liverpool people do particularly lheyiusl gel 0h they have a glass half full, not half empty, attitude. l i taught maths, you see. what do you for a living now? tom o connor died today surrounded by his family. he d had parkinson s disease for 14 years.