Jimmy Edwards
Born: 1920-03-23 in Barnes, London, England, UK
Died: 1988-07-07
Known For: Acting
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
1988
1982
- It's Your Move as Policeman
1980
1979
- The Plank as Policeman
1978
- The Glums as Father
1977
- Charley's Aunt as Mr. Spettigue
1973
- Sir Yellow as Sir Yellow
1972
- Sykes as Self
- Anoop and the Elephant as Farmer Briggs
1970
- Rhubarb as PC Rhubarb
1969
- The Bed Sitting Room as Nigel
- The Fossett Saga as James Fossett
1967
- The Plank as Policeman
- A Ghost of a Chance as Sir Jocelyn
- The World of Wodehouse as Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe
1961
- Nearly a Nasty Accident as Group Capt. Kingsley
- Six More Faces of Jim
1960
- Bottoms Up! as Professor Jim Edwards
1956
- Three Men in a Boat as Harris
- Whack-O! as Professor Jimmy Edwards
1953
- Innocents in Paris as Captain George Stilton
- Letter to Loretta as Champ
1952
- Treasure Hunt as Sir Roderick Ryall/Hercules Ryall
1949
- Murder at the Windmill as Jimmy Edwards
- Helter Skelter as Dr. Edwards