Jimmy Edwards

Jimmy Edwards

Known for

Acting

Born

March 23, 1920

Birthplace

Barnes, London, England, UK

Died

July 7, 1988 (aged 68)

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 S...

Best known work

The Bed Sitting Room
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
The Plank
The Plank
1967
Innocents in Paris
Innocents in Paris
1953
The Plank
The Plank
1979
Three Men in a Boat
Three Men in a Boat
1956
Bottoms Up!
Bottoms Up!
1960
Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt
1952
It's Your Move
It's Your Move
1982
Rhubarb Rhubarb
Rhubarb Rhubarb
1980
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
1953

Filmography

  1. 1988

    Mr. H Is Late
  2. 1982

    It's Your Move

    as Policeman

  3. 1980

  4. 1979

    The Plank

    as Policeman

  5. 1978

    The GlumsTV

    as Father (17 episodes)

  6. 1977

    Charley's Aunt

    as Mr. Spettigue

  7. 1973

    Sir YellowTV

    as Sir Yellow (6 episodes)

  8. 1972

    SykesTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  9. 1972

    Anoop and the Elephant

    as Farmer Briggs

  10. 1970

    Rhubarb

    as PC Rhubarb

  11. 1969

  12. 1969

    The Fossett SagaTV

    as James Fossett (7 episodes)

  13. 1968

    CillaTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  14. 1968

    Lionheart

    as Butcher

  15. 1967

    The Plank

    as Policeman

  16. 1967

    The World of WodehouseTV

    as Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe (2 episodes)

  17. 1967

    A Ghost of a Chance

    as Sir Jocelyn

  18. 1961

  19. 1961

    Faces of JimTV

    as Jim (3 episodes), as Professor Jim Morrell (1 episode), as Jimmy Micklethwaite (1 episode), as Dr Jim Abernathy (1 episode), as Jim Frobisher (1 episode), as Caleb Tregarthen (1 episode), as Jimmy Rolfe (1 episode), as Pa Glum (1 episode), as Doc Jameson (1 episode), as James Bonnet (1 episode), as The Patient (1 episode), as Mr Padgett (1 episode), as Hadrian Maximus (1 episode), as Big Jim Paxton (1 episode), as Major Fleming (1 episode), as Sir James Chubb (1 episode), Creator

  20. 1961

    Nearly a Nasty Accident

    as Group Capt. Kingsley

  21. 1960

    Bottoms Up!

    as Professor Jim Edwards

  22. 1956

  23. 1956

    Whack-O!TV

    as Professor Jimmy Edwards (35 episodes)

  24. 1953

    Letter to LorettaTV

    as Champ (1 episode)

  25. 1953

    Innocents in Paris

    as Captain George Stilton

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