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Jimmy Edwards
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Jimmy Edwards
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1920-03-23,Barnes, London, England, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

6.2

The Plank
1967-05-18

8.2

It's Your Move
1982-10-18

7.4

The Plank
1979-12-17

Innocents in Paris

5.1

Innocents in Paris
1953-07-22

6.2

Helter Skelter
1949-01-07

6.4

Bottoms Up!
1960-03-25

Three Men in a Boat

6.3

Three Men in a Boat
1956-12-23

Rhubarb Rhubarb

8

Rhubarb Rhubarb
1980-12-15

7

Mr. H Is Late
1988-02-15

Nearly a Nasty Accident

7

Nearly a Nasty Accident
1961-05-01

The Bed Sitting Room

5.9

The Bed Sitting Room
1969-06-01

A Ghost of a Chance

6

A Ghost of a Chance
1967-01-01

6

Lionheart
1968-01-01

Murder at the Windmill

6

Murder at the Windmill
1949-06-06

Anoop and the Elephant

6

Anoop and the Elephant
1972-01-01

Trouble in the Air

7

Trouble in the Air
1948-11-01

5.4

Treasure Hunt
1952-06-01

5.5

Rhubarb
1970-04-03

0

Charley's Aunt
1977-12-29

0

Faces of Jim
1961-12-28

0

Sir Yellow
1973-07-15

Blandings Castle

0

Blandings Castle
1967-02-24

Letter to Loretta

5.8

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

The Fossett Saga

0

The Fossett Saga
1969-01-10

10

Cilla
1968-01-30

0

Whack-O!
1956-10-04

0

The Glums
1978-10-07

6.4

Sykes
1972-09-14