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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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 23, 1920
Died
July 7, 1988
Birthplace
Barnes, London, England, UK
Treasure Hunt
1952
The Plank
1979
Bottoms Up!
1960
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
Rhubarb Rhubarb
1980
Rhubarb
1970
Trouble in the Air
1948
Helter Skelter
1949
Charley's Aunt
1977
Lionheart
1968
It's Your Move
1982
Three Men in a Boat
1956
The Plank
1967
Innocents in Paris
1953
Mr. H Is Late
1988
Nearly a Nasty Accident
1961
A Ghost of a Chance
1967
Murder at the Windmill
1949
Anoop and the Elephant
1972