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Tommy Ivo net worth is
$8 Million

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Tommy Ivo (born April 18, 1936, in Denver, Colorado), also known as "TV Tommy" and "Instant Ivo" is an actor and drag racer, who was active in the 1960s racing community. In the late 1950s, Ivo raced a twin (side by side) Buick nailhead-engined dragster which was the first gasoline-powered dragster to break the nine-second barrier. The car held the Drag News AA/GD et record at 8.69. The Twin Buick also was the first gas dragster to record speeds of 170, 175 and 180 mph which were Standard 1320 records as well. It was unique in appearance and won numerous races, including NASCAR's first National Drag Race. Later he designed a four-engine, four-wheel-drive dragster he called Showboat (with a quartet of Nailheads), but NHRA ruled it the first "exhibition" dragster, and he was unable to race it.From 1959 to 1961, Ivo appeared as Herbie Bailey on the ABC sitcom, The Donna Reed Show. He guest starred in an episode of the syndicated adventure television series, Rescue 8 and in two episodes of Leave It To Beaver. He also guest starred on the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Sugarfoot and on the NBC western series The Tall Man.In the 1961-1962 season, Ivo played the role of Haywood Botts in another ABC sitcom, Margie. In 1963 he appeared in the "Honeymoon Hotel" episode of the "Petticoat Junction" TV show.In 1963, Ivo's Barnstormer (a nitro-burning 392 Hemi-powered slingshot) became one of only two seven-second Top Fuel diggers, so he staged a Seven Second Match Race with the other, the Greer Black Prudhomme car, driven by Don Prudhomme, at San Gabriel Drag Strip. (Prudhomme won.) During 1964, Ivo travelled to England, with Don Garlits, Tony Nancy, Bob Keith, Dante Duce, and other racers to participate in the First International Drag Festival, a six-event series that did much to promote drag racing in the United Kingdom. 
Net Worth$8 Million
Date Of BirthApril 18, 1936
Place Of BirthDenver, Colorado, USA
OccupationActor and Drag racer
ProfessionActor, Soundtrack, Stunts
NicknamesTommy Ivo, Ivo, Tommy
Star SignAries
#Fact
1Made a guest appearance on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain (2003). [September 2010]
2As a child actor, Ivo had the wherewithal to do drag racing. He built monster four engined dragsters. Raced 36 cars in 12 different classes, became the first drag racer in the seven-second 1/4 mile before retiring from racing in 1982. Was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and Don Garlits's International Drag Racing Hall of Fame.
3Interviewed in the book "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010) by Tom Weaver.
4A superb performance in the L.A. play "On Borrowed Time" at age 10, with Boris Karloff and Beulah Bondi playing his grandparents, got young Tommy into Hollywood pictures.
5Started as a tap dancer and singer in Denver at age 3. With such skills, Tommy was groomed by Republic Studios to become the next boy version of Shirley Temple.
6After his acting career ended, "TV" Tommy Ivo became a professional race car driver, competing in Top Fuel Dragsters and Nitro Funny Cars.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Please Don't Eat the Daisies1967TV SeriesJimmy
The Tycoon1965TV SeriesTommy Ivo (self / character)
My Three Sons1964TV SeriesTom
Petticoat Junction1963TV SeriesWalter Shepherd
The Joey Bishop Show1963TV SeriesPage Boy
Margie1961-1962TV SeriesHaywood Botts / Heywood Botts
Lassie1962TV SeriesJohnny Sexton
The Cat Burglar1961Willie Prattle
The Donna Reed Show1959-1961TV SeriesHerbie Bailey / Herbie
The Tall Man1961TV SeriesJody Latimer
Lock Up1961TV SeriesGeorge Burkhart III
Joyful Hour1960TV MovieMark
Leave It to Beaver1959-1960TV SeriesDuke Hathaway
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis1960TV SeriesEldon
The DuPont Show with June Allyson1960TV SeriesBenny
Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow1959Tommy Ivo
Sugarfoot1959TV SeriesJed Wilkes
Rescue 81959TV SeriesPaul Cartwright
Make Room for Daddy1958TV SeriesDavid / Donald Cooper
Life Begins at 171958Earl Williamson - Frat Brother
26 Men1958TV SeriesJim Whitney
The Beast of Budapest1958Moricz
Mike Hammer1958TV SeriesBill Archer
Men of Annapolis1958TV SeriesHi
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin1957TV SeriesJosh
Dragstrip Girl1957Rick Camden
Spring Reunion1957Teenager in Car (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie1956TV SeriesMatthew Wilkins Matt Wilkins
The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu1956TV Series
Ethel Barrymore Theater1956TV Series
Telephone Time1956TV Series
Father Knows Best1956TV SeriesSandy Bramer
Front Row Center1956TV Series
The 20th Century-Fox Hour1956TV SeriesEverett Moore
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951-1955TV SeriesJimmy Blake / Timmy / Jim
You're Never Too Young1955Marty (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger1955TV SeriesShelby Haskell
Climax!1954-1955TV SeriesBilly Sartoris
Cavalcade of America1955TV Series
Blackboard Jungle1955Frightened Student (uncredited)
Adventures of the Falcon1955TV SeriesEric Andrews
Captain Midnight1954TV SeriesJimmy Roberts
Schlitz Playhouse1954TV Series
Hans Christian Andersen1952Little Boy (uncredited)
Plymouth Adventure1952William Button
Hopalong Cassidy1952TV SeriesTommy Lewis
The Rough, Tough West1952Buzzy Barrett (uncredited)
Belles on Their Toes1952William Gilbreth (uncredited)
The Treasure of Lost Canyon1952David
The Hills of Utah1951Duncan McQueen (uncredited)
Snake River Desperadoes1951Billy Haverly
Whirlwind1951Johnnie Evans (uncredited)
The Lemon Drop Kid1951Dick Daniels - Boy Scout on Bicycle (uncredited)
Al Jennings of Oklahoma1951Young Ed (uncredited)
The Living Christ Series1951TV Mini-SeriesYoung Boy in the City
The Range Rider1951TV SeriesBilly
The Killer That Stalked New York1950Jerry - Blond Boy (uncredited)
The Gene Autry Show1950TV SeriesEdgar Wilkins
The Lost Volcano1950David Gordon
Operation Haylift1950Roy Masters
Kill the Umpire1950Boy Second Baseman (uncredited)
Father Is a Bachelor1950Jeffrey Gilland Jr.
Trail of the Rustlers1950Todd Hyland
Horsemen of the Sierras1949Robin Grant
Feudin' Rhythm1949Bobby Upperworth
Prejudice1949Joey Hanson
Take One False Step1949Harold (uncredited)
Outcasts of the Trail1949Chad White
Laramie1949Denny Dennison
Smoky Mountain Melody1948Tommy Durkin
Moonrise1948Jerry - Age 7 (uncredited)
Trail to Laredo1948Ronnie Parks
Fighting Back1948Larry Higby
The Babe Ruth Story1948Danny - Crippled Boy (uncredited)
Secret Service Investigator1948Teddy Lane
Song of Idaho1948Junior Nottingham
I Remember Mama1948Cousin Arne
Stepchild1947Jim Bullock
Carnival in Costa Rica1947Juan Molina
Song of Arizona1946Jimmy
Earl Carroll Vanities1945Tommy
A Fig Leaf for Eve1944Young Boy (uncredited)

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Belles on Their Toes1952performer: "Lazy"
Earl Carroll Vanities1945performer: "Rockabye Boogie"

Stunts

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Heart Like a Wheel1983stunt racing driver: Shirley Muldowney - as Tom Ivo
Bikini Beach1964stunt driver - uncredited

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Heart Like a Wheel1983technical advisor - as Tom Ivo
Bikini Beach1964technical advisor

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Snake & Mongoose2013special thanks - as 'TV' Tommy Ivo

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
American Icon: The Hot Rod2010-2011TV SeriesHimself
Shirley Muldowney: Behind the Wheel2006Video documentary shortHimself
American Nitro1979Documentary
Boy with a Knife1956Documentary shortHarrassed Boy at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

Archive Footage

Known for movies

I Remember Mama (1948)
as Cousin Arne

Plymouth Adventure (1952)
as William Button

Trail of the Rustlers (1950)
as Todd Hyland

Laramie (1949)
as Denny Dennison

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