Hank Penny
Herbert Clayton Penny (September 18, 1918 – April 17, 1992) was an American musician who played banjo mainly in the Western swing genre.[1] He also worked as a comedian best known for his backwoods character "That Plain Ol' Country Boy" on TV with Spade Cooley. He was married to country singer Sue Thompson from 1953–63.
Hank Penny
Herbert Clayton Penny
September 18, 1918
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
April 17, 1992 (aged 73)
California
Musician
Banjo
1930s–1980s
Personal life[edit]
Penny was born in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.[1] He died in 1992 at his Southern California home of heart failure.[1] He was the father of actress Sydney Penny and producer Greg Penny. Country music historian Rich Kienzle began researching and writing about Penny's career in the late 1970s, and devoted a chapter to him in his 2003 book Southwest Shuffle.