Jimmy Edwards

Person Details

Birthday: 1920-03-23 03:42:22

Death: 1988-07-07 03:42:22

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Barnes, London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 4

TV Involvements: 2

Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Average

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1988	N/A	Mr. H Is Late 1988-02-15 Movie
1982	Policeman	It's Your Move 1982-10-18 Movie
1980	N/A	Rhubarb Rhubarb 1980-12-15 Movie
1979	Policeman	The Plank 1979-12-17 Movie
1972	Farmer Briggs	Anoop and the Elephant 1972-01-01 Movie
1969	Nigel	The Bed Sitting Room 1969-06-01 Movie
	N/A	The Fossett Saga 1969-01-10 TV Show
	PC Rhubarb	Rhubarb 1969-01-01 Movie
1968	Butcher	Lionheart 1968-01-01 Movie
1967	Policeman	The Plank 1967-05-18 Movie
	N/A	Blandings Castle 1967-02-24 TV Show
	Sir Jocelyn	A Ghost of a Chance 1967-01-01 Movie
1961	N/A	Faces of Jim 1961-12-28 TV Show
	N/A	Nearly a Nasty Accident 1961-05-01 Movie
1960	Professor Jim Edwards	Bottoms Up! 1960-03-25 Movie
1956	Harris	Three Men in a Boat 1956-12-23 Movie
	Professor Jimmy Edwards	Whack-O! 1956-10-04 TV Show
1953	Champ	The Loretta Young Show 1953-09-20 TV Show
	Captain George Stilton	Innocents in Paris 1953-07-22 Movie
1952	Sir Roderick Ryall/Hercules Ryall	Treasure Hunt 1952-06-01 Movie
1949	Jimmy Edwards	Murder at the Windmill 1949-06-06 Movie
	Dr. Edwards	Helter Skelter 1949-01-07 Movie
1948	N/A	Trouble in the Air 1948-11-01 Movie
	Sir Yellow	Sir Yellow TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv