Jimmy Edwards
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.
Known For
Sykes
1972
Letter to Loretta
1953
Cilla
1968
Whack-O!
1956
Faces of Jim
1961
Faces of Jim
1961
Faces of Jim
1961
Faces of Jim
1961
Faces of Jim
1961
Faces of Jim
1961
Faces of Jim
1961
Faces of Jim
1961
Filmography
Sykes
as Self · 1972
Letter to Loretta
as Champ · 1953
Cilla
as Self · 1968
Whack-O!
as Professor Jimmy Edwards · 1956
Faces of Jim
as Jim · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Professor Jim Morrell · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Jimmy Micklethwaite · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Dr Jim Abernathy · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Jim Frobisher · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Caleb Tregarthen · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Jimmy Rolfe · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Pa Glum · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Doc Jameson · 1961
Faces of Jim
as James Bonnet · 1961
Faces of Jim
· 1961
Faces of Jim
as The Patient · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Mr Padgett · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Hadrian Maximus · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Big Jim Paxton · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Major Fleming · 1961
Faces of Jim
as Sir James Chubb · 1961
The World of Wodehouse
as Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe · 1967
The Glums
as Father · 1978
The Bed Sitting Room
as Nigel · 1969
Helter Skelter
as Dr. Edwards · 1949
The Fossett Saga
as James Fossett · 1969
Mr. H Is Late
· 1988
Three Men in a Boat
as Harris · 1956
Sir Yellow
as Sir Yellow · 1973
Trouble in the Air
· 1948
It's Your Move
as Policeman · 1982
Six More Faces of Jim
· 1961
Innocents in Paris
as Captain George Stilton · 1953
Nearly a Nasty Accident
as Group Capt. Kingsley · 1961
The Plank
as Policeman · 1979
A Ghost of a Chance
as Sir Jocelyn · 1967
Murder at the Windmill
as Jimmy Edwards · 1949
The Plank
as Policeman · 1967
Rhubarb Rhubarb
· 1980
Bottoms Up!
as Professor Jim Edwards · 1960
Anoop and the Elephant
as Farmer Briggs · 1972
Charley's Aunt
as Mr. Spettigue · 1977
Treasure Hunt
as Sir Roderick Ryall/Hercules Ryall · 1952
Lionheart
as Butcher · 1968
Rhubarb
as PC Rhubarb · 1970