Les Tanner b. 15 June 1927

Also known as Leslie Mervyn Tanner
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Influential mid 20th century political cartoonist. Tanner worked as a cartoonist for the Melbourne Age for 30 years as well as contributing to a number of other publications. The controversial 1967 Bulletin issue which attacked the Victorian Government's decision to hang criminal Ronald Ryan, and which featured a cartoon by Tanner, was pulped on the orders of Sir Frank Packer.
Name
Les Tanner
Also known as Leslie Mervyn Tanner
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • News compositor (ANZSIC code: 6020)
  • Actor (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
15 June 1927
Birth place
Redfern, Sydney, NSW
Death date
23 July 2001
Death place
Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic.
Active Period
  • 1944 - 1997
Residence
  • Fitzroy, Vic.
Training
  • Julian Ashton School, Sydney, NSW
  • 1943 East Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists