1920-03-23 ( 105 years old ) in Barnes, London, England, UK
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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.
Movies
Mr. H Is Late
1988-02-15
It's Your Move
1982-10-18
Rhubarb Rhubarb
1980-12-15
The Plank
1979-12-17
Charley's Aunt
1977-12-29
Anoop and the Elephant
1972-01-01
Rhubarb
1970-04-03
The Bed Sitting Room
1969-06-01
Lionheart
1968-01-01
The Plank
1967-05-18
A Ghost of a Chance
1967-01-01
Nearly a Nasty Accident
1961-05-01
Bottoms Up!
1960-03-25
Three Men in a Boat
1956-12-23
Innocents in Paris
1953-07-22
Treasure Hunt
1952-06-01
Murder at the Windmill
1949-06-06
Helter Skelter
1949-01-07
Trouble in the Air
1948-11-01
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