- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 23, 1920
- Place of Birth
- Barnes, London, England, UK
- Died
- July 7, 1988
Jimmy Edwards
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 sho…
Filmography
movieMr. H Is Late
1988
movieIt's Your Move
1982 · Policeman
movieRhubarb Rhubarb
1980
movieThe Plank
1979 · Policeman
tvThe Glums
1978 · Father
movieCharley's Aunt
1977 · Mr. Spettigue
Sir Yellow
tvSir Yellow
1973 · Sir Yellow
tvSykes
1972 · Self
movieAnoop and the Elephant
1972 · Farmer Briggs
movieRhubarb
1970 · PC Rhubarb
movieThe Bed Sitting Room
1969 · Nigel
The Fossett Saga
tvThe Fossett Saga
1969 · James Fossett
tvCilla
1968 · Self
movieLionheart
1968 · Butcher
movieThe Plank
1967 · Policeman
The World of Wodehouse
tvThe World of Wodehouse
1967 · Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe
movieA Ghost of a Chance
1967 · Sir Jocelyn
Six More Faces of Jim
tvSix More Faces of Jim
1961
Faces of Jim
tvFaces of Jim
1961 · Jim, Professor Jim Morrell, Jimmy Micklethwaite, Dr Jim Abernathy, Jim Frobisher, Caleb Tregarthen, Jimmy Rolfe, Pa Glum, Doc Jameson, James Bonnet, The Patient, Mr Padgett, Hadrian Maximus, Big Jim Paxton, Major Fleming, Sir James Chubb, Creator
movieNearly a Nasty Accident
1961 · Group Capt. Kingsley
movieBottoms Up!
1960 · Professor Jim Edwards
movieThree Men in a Boat
1956 · Harris
tvWhack-O!
1956 · Professor Jimmy Edwards
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Champ
movieInnocents in Paris
1953 · Captain George Stilton
movieTreasure Hunt
1952 · Sir Roderick Ryall/Hercules Ryall
movieHelter Skelter
1949 · Dr. Edwards
movieMurder at the Windmill
1949 · Jimmy Edwards
movieTrouble in the Air
1948