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Jimmy Edwards‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1920-03-23

Popularity

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Jimmy Edwards

Barnes, London, England, UK

Jimmy Edwards

Barnes, London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1920-03-23

Popularity

star4.5

Biography

From Wikipedia James Keith O'Neill "Jimmy" Edwards, DFC (23 March 1920 – 7 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in Take It From Here and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in Whack-O! Edwards was born in Barnes, London, (then Surrey), the son of a professor of mathematics. He was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, at King's College School in Wimbledon and at St John's College, Cambridge. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. In December 1958, Jimmy Edwards played the King in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at the London Coliseum with Kenneth Williams, Tommy Steele, Yana and Betty Marsden Bobby Howell was the Musical Director. In April 1966, he played at the last night of Melbourne's Tivoli Theatre. Edwards frequently worked with Eric Sykes, acting in short films that Sykes wrote: The Plank (1967), which also starred Tommy Cooper; alongside Arthur Lowe and Ronnie Barker in the remake of The Plank in 1979; and in Rhubarb (1969), which again featured Sykes. The films were not silent but had no dialogue other than grunts. He also appeared in the The Bed Sitting Room (1969) as Nigel, a man who lives in a left luggage compartment after being mistaken for a suitcase.

Movie Credits

The Plank

The Plank‌
star6.2
calendar 1967

It's Your Move

It's Your Move‌
star8.2
calendar 1982

The Plank

The Plank‌
star7.4
calendar 1979

Innocents in Paris

Innocents in Paris‌
star5.1
calendar 1953

Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter‌
star6.2
calendar 1949

Bottoms Up!

Bottoms Up!‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Three Men in a Boat

Three Men in a Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1956

Rhubarb Rhubarb

Rhubarb Rhubarb‌
star8.0
calendar 1980

Mr. H Is Late

Mr. H Is Late‌
star7.0
calendar 1988

Nearly a Nasty Accident

Nearly a Nasty Accident‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

The Bed Sitting Room

The Bed Sitting Room‌
star5.9
calendar 1969

A Ghost of a Chance

A Ghost of a Chance‌
star6.0
calendar 1967

Lionheart

Lionheart‌
star6.0
calendar 1968

Murder at the Windmill

Murder at the Windmill‌
star6.0
calendar 1949

Anoop and the Elephant

Anoop and the Elephant‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Trouble in the Air

Trouble in the Air‌
star7.0
calendar 1948

Treasure Hunt

Treasure Hunt‌
star5.4
calendar 1952

Rhubarb

Rhubarb‌
star5.5
calendar 1970

Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt‌
star5.0
calendar 1977

Tv Credits

Six More Faces of Jim

Six More Faces of Jim‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

Sir Yellow

Sir Yellow‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

Blandings Castle

Blandings Castle‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

The Fossett Saga

The Fossett Saga‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Cilla

Cilla‌
star10.0
calendar 1968

Whack-O!

Whack-O!‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

The Glums

The Glums‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Sykes

Sykes‌
star6.4
calendar 1972