From WikipediaJames 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 Whack-O!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.
Policeman
Film 1967
Policeman
Film 1982
Policeman
Film 1979
Professor Jim Edwards
Film 1960
Harris
Film 1956
Film 1980
Film 1988
Group Capt. Kingsley
Film 1961
Sir Jocelyn
Film 1967
Butcher
Film 1968
Jimmy Edwards
Film 1949
Farmer Briggs
Film 1972
Film 1948
Sir Roderick Ryall/Hercules Ryall
Film 1952
PC Rhubarb
Film 1970
Mr. Spettigue
Film 1977
Tv 1961
Sir Yellow
Tv 1973
Tv 1967
James Fossett
Tv 1969
Self
Tv 1968
Professor Jimmy Edwards
Tv 1956
Father
Tv 1978
Self
Tv 1972