| Biography | Carroll Richard Levis (15 March 1910, Toronto, Canada 17 October 1968) was a talent scout, impresario and television and radio personality. Brought up in Vancouver, he moved to England in 1935 and joined the BBC. In 1945, Levis was featured in a concert show which entertained troops of the First Canadian Army. In the 1950s he hosted a talent competition for young people called The Carroll Levis Discovery Show. In 1961 he removed himself from the public eye, only to attempt a return in 1968 after a four year struggle with a stomach ailment. He died the same year. |