After performing with the troupe (and before the company was brought to CBC television), he toured with fellow CODCO member Greg Malone in two co-written works The Wonderful Grand Band and Two Foolish to Talk About.
TommySexton was one the principal members of the Newfoundland satirical theatre troupe Codco.
Sexton's gender preferences--he was openly homosexual in the days well before Ellen Degeneres made it chic--added an extra edge to many of his performances.
While Tommy: A Family Portrait is a bit short on any discussion of the context of the times and Sexton's place in Canadian comedy, there's no question that it's an entertaining--and often hilarious--reminder that TommySexton was amongst the greatest of Canadian comics.
Thomas "Tommy"Sexton (July 3, 1957-December 13, 1993) was a Canadian comedian.
Sexton subsequently wrote a semi-autobiographical film, Adult Children of Alcoholics: The Musical, which was in production in November of 1993 when Sexton fell ill due to complications from AIDS.
The TommySexton Centre, a new assisted housing complex for people living with HIV and AIDS, was opened in St. John's in 2006.
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