Jimmy Thompson
First West End success in “For Amusement Only” at the Apollo Theatre which contained a remembered devastating impersonation of Liberace which nightly stopped the show. Following that many famous titles: – “Rape of the Belt”, “The Amorous Prawn”, and “The Boy Friend” to mention only a few. In films, he appeared in many of the Carry-On series and known to millions of television viewers for his tremendous appearances with “Pinky & Perky”. He was joined by Marjorie Proops and Cyril Fletcher in his own radio panel game series “You Don’t Say”.
Plays authored
Past productions
- Director, Find the Lady, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd
- Director, Don’t Misunderstand Me, Dick Ray
- Director, Love at a Pinch, Mark Furness Ltd
- Director, Perchance to Dream
- Director, Odd Man In, Bill Kenwright
- The Wizard of Oz, New Theatre Cardiff
- cast, The Englishman Amused, Simon Clarke Productions
- Leonard Jolly (replacement), Pyjama Tops, Paul Raymond
- Richard Greatham, Hay Fever, Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd
- Sergeant Pepper, Crete and Sergeant Pepper, Young Vic
- Director, The Mating Game, David Gordon Productions
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Tonio, Husband of Victoria, The Maid of the Mountains
- Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing, National Theatre at the Young Vic
- Saint Florimond, A Close Shave, Nottingham Playhouse Company
- Corporal Sydney Green, The Amorous Prawn, Windsor Theatre Company
- Lucio (1966), Measure for Measure, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company
- Dauphin, Saint Joan, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company
- Mr Sparkish, The Country Wife, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company
- Scapin, That Scoundrel Scapin, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company
- Director / Monsieur Blaise, Monsieur Blaise, John Forbes-Sempill Ltd and Marcellus Productions Ltd
- Corporal Sydney Green (replacement), The Amorous Prawn, Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
- For Amusement Only
- Performer, Penny Plain, Prometheus Productions