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person_profile-Jimmy Edwards

Jimmy Edwards Died at age: 68

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jimmy Edwards

Date of Birth:

Mar 23, 1920

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Jul 07, 1988

Biography of

Jimmy Edwards

    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.

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Filmography of

Jimmy Edwards

Found 14 Movies in total

Charley's Aunt

Mr. Spettigue ( Actor )

... 1977

Anoop and the Elephant

Farmer Briggs ( Actor )

... 1972

The Bed Sitting Room

Nigel ( Actor )

... 1969

Lionheart

Butcher ( Actor )

... 1968

The Plank

Policeman ( Actor )

... 1967

A Ghost of a Chance

Sir Jocelyn ( Actor )

... 1967

Nearly a Nasty Accident

Group Capt. Kingsley ( Actor )

... 1961

Bottoms Up!

Professor Jim Edwards ( Actor )

... 1960

Three Men in a Boat

Harris ( Actor )

... 1956

Innocents in Paris

Captain George Stilton ( Actor )

... 1953

Treasure Hunt

Sir Roderick Ryall/Hercules Ryall ( Actor )

... 1952

Murder at the Windmill

Jimmy Edwards ( Actor )

... 1949

Helter Skelter

Dr. Edwards ( Actor )

... 1949

... 1948