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Jimmy Edwards is a Actor British born on 23 march 1920 at Barnes (United-kingdom)
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!
He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. He served with No. 271 Squadron RAF, based in Doncaster, which took part in the D-Day landings. His Dakota was shot down at Arnhem in 1944, resulting in facial injuries requiring plastic surgery—he disguised the traces with the huge handlebar moustache that became his trademark. He was a member of the Guinea Pig Club.
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Jimmy Edwards
Birth name James Keith O'Neill Edwards
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 23 march 1920 at Barnes (United-kingdom)
Death 7 july 1988 (at 68 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 23 march 1920 at Barnes (United-kingdom)
Death 7 july 1988 (at 68 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Biography
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. He served with No. 271 Squadron RAF, based in Doncaster, which took part in the D-Day landings. His Dakota was shot down at Arnhem in 1944, resulting in facial injuries requiring plastic surgery—he disguised the traces with the huge handlebar moustache that became his trademark. He was a member of the Guinea Pig Club.
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Rhubarb Rhubarb (1980)
, 28minutesDirected by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jimmy Edwards, Eric Sykes, Bob Todd, Charlie Drake, Bill Fraser, Nicholas Bond-Owen
Rating65%
A police inspector is so intent on winning a round of golf against a vicar, despite his lack of ability at the game, that he employs his constable to furtively disentangle his ball from the odd spots in which it usually comes to rest - while his opponent looks for help from a higher power...
The Plank (1979)
, 30minutesDirected by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Eric Sykes, Arthur Lowe, Lionel Blair, Bernard Cribbins, Harry H. Corbett, Diana Dors
Roles Policeman
Rating73%
Rhubarb (1970)
, 37minutesDirected by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Harry Secombe, Kenneth Connor, Jimmy Edwards, Hattie Jacques, Gordon Rollings, Johnny Speight
Roles PC Rhubarb
Rating56%
A Police Inspector and a vicar play a round of golf. The Police Inspector has a Constable help him to cheat by removing his golf ball from awkward situations, and the vicar ultimately requests divine intervention.
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
, 1h30Directed by Richard Lester
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Théâtre, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Political films, Films based on plays, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Rita Tushingham, Dudley Moore, Ralph Richardson, Harry Secombe, Michael Hordern, Arthur Lowe
Roles Nigel
Rating60%
The film is set in London on the third or fourth anniversary of a nuclear war which lasted two minutes and twenty-eight seconds, including signing the peace treaty. Three (or possibly four) years after the nuclear holocaust, the survivors wander amidst the debris. Penelope is 17 months pregnant and lives with her lover, Alan, and her parents in a tube train on the (still functioning) Circle Line.
The Plank (1967)
, 45minutesDirected by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Tommy Cooper, Eric Sykes, Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Lowe, Roy Castle, Graham Stark
Roles Policeman
Rating66%
After one of the characters uses the last floorboard for heating, the two hapless carpenters have to buy a replacement. They return to the house with the plank on top of a Morris Eight Series E, but the journey is fraught with unexpected difficulties.
Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961)
, 1h26Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jimmy Edwards, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton, Eric Barker, Jon Pertwee, Ronnie Stevens
Roles Group Capt. Kingsley
Rating65%
Bottoms Up! (1960)
, 1h30Directed by Mario Zampi
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jimmy Edwards, Martita Hunt, Sydney Tafler, Raymond Huntley, Reginald Beckwith, Richard Briers
Roles Professor Jim Edwards
Rating60%
Three Men in a Boat (1956)
, 1h24Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Laurence Harvey, David Tomlinson, Jimmy Edwards, Shirley Eaton, Jill Ireland, Lisa Gastoni
Roles Harris
Rating53%
The movie 'Three Men in a Boat' is set in the Edwardian era, Harris, Jerome, and George about-town want to get away from it all and decide to take a holiday boating up the River Thames to Oxford, taking with them their dog Montmorency. George is happy to get away from his job at the bank. Harris is glad to get away from Mrs. Willis who is pressing him to marry her daughter Clara; and 'J' is more than anxious to take a holiday from his wife, Etherbertha. George meets three girls, Sophie Clutterhouse and sisters Bluebell and Primrose Porterhouse, who are also taking a ride up the river, and he hopes to see them again. The travellers get into all kinds of complications with the weather, the river, the boat, food, Hampton Court maze, tents, rain, locks. They do connect with the girls again and when things appear to be becoming interesting for the men, Mrs. Willis and her daughter and Ethelbertha show up and things become even more interesting.
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
, 1h28Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Donald Sinden, Jeannie Carson, James Robertson Justice, Diana Dors, Stanley Holloway, Roland Culver
Roles Alligator owner
Rating51%
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston, an Englishman, is left a pet alligator by another passenger who abandons it to him. He is horrified and his first instinct is to get rid of it as soon as possible. However, he soon develops a bond with a young Irishwoman which appears to be centred almost entirely around the animal. He soon discovers that Daisy is very tame and domesticated, and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.
Innocents in Paris (1953)
, 1h43Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Alastair Sim, Louis de Funès, Claire Bloom, Margaret Rutherford, Ronald Shiner, Jimmy Edwards
Roles Captain George Stilton
Rating57%
Un groupe de personnages, absolument étrangers les uns aux autres, quittent Londres par avion pour passer le week-end à Paris. Nous suivrons les aventures et les tribulations de chacun des passagers de l'avion à son arrivée sur le sol français.
Treasure Hunt (1952)
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Genres Comedy
Actors Martita Hunt, Jimmy Edwards, Naunton Wayne, Athene Seyler, June Clyde, Miles Malleson
Roles Sir Roderick Ryall/Hercules Ryall
Rating51%
Helter Skelter (1949)
, 1h24Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors David Tomlinson, Carol Marsh, Mervyn Johns, Peter Hammond, Richard Hearne, Jon Pertwee
Roles Dr. Edwards
Rating52%
Susan Graham (Carol Marsh) is a discontented heiress whose joint guardians (Mervyn Johns and Peter Haddon) are both trying to get her married to their odious nephews (Peter Hammond and Geoffrey Sumner, respectively). On her nineteenth birthday, the five of them visit a nightclub called the Magnolia Club; also present happens to be radio star Nick Martin (David Tomlinson), whom Susan detests. When she is inadvertently seated at Martin's table directly in front of the floor show, she refuses to move, and Martin, despite his radio reputation as a fearless detective, is too intimidated by her hauteur to insist. This, however, proves to be a mixed blessing for Susan; when the evening's principal performer, a ventriloquist, comes out, she laughs so hard at his routine that she gets a bad case of the hiccups. She attempts to cure them by getting a drink of water, but succeeds only in getting caught in the crossfire of a pie fight.
Murder at the Windmill (1949)
, 1h10Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Garry Marsh, Jon Pertwee, Peter Butterworth, Jack Livesey, Eliot Makeham, Jimmy Edwards
Roles Jimmy Edwards
Rating60%
A spectator is shot during a performance at London's Windmill Theatre, causing the Metropolitan police to investigate.