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Jimmy Edwards

Jimmy Edwards

Actor · 1920 – 1988 · Barnes, London, England, UK

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.

Movies19

  • Movie5.9

    The Bed Sitting Room

    1969 · 55 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Helter Skelter

    1949 · 4 votes

  • Movie7.9

    It's Your Move

    1982 · 8 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Mr. H Is Late

    1988 · 6 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Innocents in Paris

    1953 · 17 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie8.0

    Rhubarb Rhubarb

    1980 · 7 votes

  • Movie7.4

    The Plank

    1979 · 15 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Three Men in a Boat

    1956 · 11 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Trouble in the Air

    1948 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Treasure Hunt

    1952 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Plank

    1967 · 35 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Bottoms Up!

    1960 · 10 votes

  • Movie6.7

    A Ghost of a Chance

    1967 · 3 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Murder at the Windmill

    1949 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Charley's Aunt

    1977 · 1 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Rhubarb

    1970 · 5 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Lionheart

    1968 · 2 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Anoop and the Elephant

    1972 · 2 votes

Series6

  • TV6.7

    Sykes

    1972 · 6 votes

  • TV8.0

    Cilla

    1968 · 3 votes

  • TV6.6

    Letter to Loretta

    1953 · 7 votes

  • TV
  • TV7.0

    Whack-O!

    1956 · 1 votes

  • TV6.5

    Six More Faces of Jim

    1961 · 2 votes