Born as
Alexander Neilson Horsburgh in
Shettleston, Glasgow, he joined his brother Archie and sister June in an acrobatic act called
The Star Trio. They later changed their name to
The Horsburgh Brothers and Agnes and became part of Florrie Forde's music hall company with Flanagan and Allen. During World War Two, Munro toured with the
RAF show,
Contact, and had his own BBC radio series
The Size of It. He headlined in a number of British variety theatres, before finally making his home in
Llandudno, Wales. He was given creative control of the
Llandudno Pier Pavilion Theatre in the 1970s. The
Alex Munro Show ran at the Happy Valley in Llandudno for 30 years. ==Personal life==