From Wikipedia James Keith ONeill 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 WhackO Edwards was born in Barnes London then Surrey the son of a professor of mathematics He was educated at St Pauls Cathedral School at Kings College School in Wimbledon and at St Johns 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 Hammersteins 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 Melbournes 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
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