Jimmy Edwards

Started his show-business career at the Windmill Theatre after a spell in the Royal Air Force during which he was awarded the D.F.C. at Arnham. He was acclaimed for many radio programmes, which became household names, including “Take It From Here” and “Does The Team Think”. His various television series have included “The Seven Faces Of Jim”, “More Faces Of Jim”, and of course, the epic of Chiselbury School – “Whacko !” as well as “The Fossett Saga” . His films have included “Three Men In A Boat”, “Innocents in Paris”, “nearly a Nasty Accident”, “The Bed Sitting Room”, “Rhubarb” and “The Plank”. In the theatre he appeared in a revival of his previous hit comedy “Big Bad Mouse”, which he also took to South Africa. He has co-starred with Frankie Vaughan at the London Palladium, and with Tommy Steele. also in pantomime, at the Coliseum: also appeared at the Queen’s Theatre in “Halfway Up The Tree”. A very capable musician, plays the trombone, euphonium, piano and sometime the trumpet and posthorn. He held a civil pilot’s licence, a farm in Sussex where he kept polo ponies.

Past productions

Bernard Harper, Wife Begins at Forty, E&B Productions 3^rd November – 12^th December 1987, Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, and other locations.
Jack and the Beanstalk 14^th December 1984 – 2^nd February 1985, Richmond Theatre, Richmond, London.
Cinderella 1982 – 1983, Theatre Royal, Bath.
Mr Price-Hargreaves, Big Bad Mouse 1979 – 1980, Theatre Royal, Bath.
Sir Lancelot Spratt, Doctor in the House, Paul Elliott 6^th February – 15^th April 1978, Theatre Royal, Bath, New Theatre, Hull, and other locations.
Sir Lancelot Spratt, Doctor in the House, Paul Elliott 1^st August – 24^th September 1977, Theatre Royal, Lincoln, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (now The Alexandra), and other locations.
General Malona, Governor of Santo, The Maid of the Mountains started 29^th April 1972, Palace Theatre, London.
Mr Price-Hargreaves, Big Bad Mouse, Paul Elliott and Duncan C Weldon for Triumph Theatre Productions 28^th June 1971 – 29^th January 1972, Prince of Wales Theatre, London, Ashton Theatre, St Annes-on-Sea, and other locations.
Sheridan Whiteside, The Man who Came to Dinner 12^th – 24^th October 1970, Richmond Theatre, Richmond, London.
General Sir Mallalieu FitzButtress (replacement), Halfway Up the Tree, Alexander H Cohen and H M Tennent Ltd 2^nd October 1967 – 4^th January 1969, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London), Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, and other locations.
Mr Price-Hargreaves, Big Bad Mouse 19^th September 1966 – 27^th April 1968, Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 1963 – Present Day and Palace Theatre, Manchester.
Cinderella 22^nd December 1960 – 4^th March 1961, Adelphi Theatre, London.
Cinderella 1959 – 1960, Bristol Hippodrome.
The Talk of the Town 17^th November 1954 – 10^th December 1955, Adelphi Theatre, London.
London Laughs 12^th April 1952 – 1953, Adelphi Theatre, London.
Take It From Us 31^st October 1950 – 6^th October 1951, Adelphi Theatre, London.

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