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Jimmy Edwards

Jimmy Edwards

Actor · Born 1920-03-23 · Barnes, London, England, UK

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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 Be…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Bed Sitting Room (1969) — Nigel
  2. The Plank (1967) — Policeman
  3. Innocents in Paris (1953) — Captain George Stilton
  4. The Plank (1979) — Policeman
  5. Bottoms Up! (1960) — Professor Jim Edwards
  6. Three Men in a Boat (1956) — Harris
  7. Treasure Hunt (1952) — Sir Roderick Ryall/Hercules Ryall
  8. It's Your Move (1982) — Policeman
  9. Rhubarb Rhubarb (1980)
  10. Letter to Loretta (1953) — Champ
  11. Mr. H Is Late (1988)
  12. Sykes (1972) — Self
  13. Rhubarb (1970) — PC Rhubarb
  14. Helter Skelter (1949) — Dr. Edwards
  15. Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961) — Group Capt. Kingsley
  16. A Ghost of a Chance (1967) — Sir Jocelyn
  17. Cilla (1968) — Self
  18. Lionheart (1968) — Butcher
  19. Murder at the Windmill (1949) — Jimmy Edwards
  20. Anoop and the Elephant (1972) — Farmer Briggs
  21. Trouble in the Air (1948)
  22. Six More Faces of Jim (1961)
  23. Charley's Aunt (1977) — Mr. Spettigue
  24. Whack-O! (1956) — Professor Jimmy Edwards
  25. Sir Yellow (1973) — Sir Yellow
  26. The Fossett Saga (1969) — James Fossett
  27. The Glums (1978) — Father
  28. The World of Wodehouse (1967) — Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe
  29. Faces of Jim (1961) — Jim