"My father and mother were in showbusiness. It was that passing message that ultimately drove Jim Lewis to look for his twin. He staged an adaptation of Oor Wullie, the Sunday Post comic strip character, for the Dundee stage. Tragic hillwalker and dog who plunged 100ft in Glencoe to have ashes scattered together. Friday, 13 April, 2001, 09:56 GMT 10:56 UK, "Jimmy Logan was one of the great Scottish entertainers", ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------. The commercial became hugely successful when it went out on STV. Logan Lucky is a rare thing: a heist film where no one gets hurt. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Sherilyn Fenn As Sasha & Anna. Someone crashes a car through a convenience store window. [22] Eddie Fraser and George Inns were to produce and direct again, but the BBC subsequently decided Fraser was required in Glasgow and, then, Inns was forced to pull out. Despite only being 21 years old he had packed a wealth of theatrical experience more than many veterans twice his age and had developed into a distinguished 'all-rounder', as a comedian, singer, and actor of both straight and character parts. Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop Bats: Right Throws: Right 5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg) . On 16 August 1957 he appeared in the first television broadcast from the BBC's new Springfield Road studio, Glasgow, On View, in a sketch with Fay Lenore. He rose to the Office of Senior Deacon, but his Masonic career was cut short in 1951 when he was offered a part in a play in Edinburgh, following which he received numerous acting and television offers. STV used the advert for about a year, and showed it to potential advertisers as an example of the best type of advertising.[31]. 'Schizophrenic's' brutal slaying of Scots dog walker 'could not have been predicted'. However planning permission was refused for this and over the years the Metropole ran at a loss. Logan returned to the Five Past Eight show for the summer season of 1960, heading the cast along with Jack Radcliffe and Eve Boswell. "I was picking up different vibes that he was two different people. Check out these conjoined twins that survived being separated at the head, the worlds most difficult surgery. A pair of identical twins (not the Jim Twins). There were also plaudits for his television performances. Paper Subscription to the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, Paper Subscription to the Paisley Daily Express, 2023 Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd, Body of baby found in search for missing infant after parents arrested. Last edited on 20 February 2023, at 01:50, Floodtime: Film with a Clydebank Background, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19530917/058/0011, http://wiki.scotlandonair.com/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Logan&oldid=64292. As a young man he modelled himself on the Scottish matinee idol and song and dance star of the 1930s and 40s Jack Buchanan, who had made a good living playing languid Englishmen. Edinburgh loved him.[12]. . He attended Gourock Primary School and then Gourock High School. During the service he was given a round of applause because Billy Connolly, who was inspired to take up entertainment by watching Jimmy, believed it was more appropriate than a minute's silence. There were five children and we all had our jobs to do," he said in a BBC interview. The funeral will be held at St Joseph's Church in Helensburgh on Friday. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. . He was named James by his adoptive parents, and had a dog named Toy. They formed a successful show business partnership and it was natural that Jimmy would follow in their footsteps. Most of the time I find I am laughing with him and not at him and the comedian who can evoke that kind of laughter is no ordinary clown. In 1988 he became a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. The venue was forced to close in the early 1970s because of money problems, leaving Jimmy to start over again. He also did around 150 radio shows with his friend Stanley Baxter. It was such a big deal that the twins were being thrust into the house AS ONE PERSON. We havent seen or heard anything from Greg and David in years. Yet his roots were deeply buried in old-style entertainment, and in recent years he was regarded as an encyclopaedia of Scottish popular theatre, his speciality being Sir Harry Lauder, whom he met as a child. Jimmy continued to raise money for charity; Erskine Hospital for disabled ex-servicemen and women was a favourite because he had been so impressed with the treatment which his father had received there when he had had to have a leg amputated. A one-man show he had written on the life of his great hero Sir Harry Lauder. But he returned to the stage as an actor and won critical acclaim in plays such as Death of a Salesman and The Entertainer. Frank Kinnis, 83, suffered fatal injuries after David Johnstone stamped on his head in woodland in Elgin. Unfortunately, remains of a baby have been found in woodland close to where Constance Marten and Mark Gordon. Logan was awarded an honorary doctorate by Glasgow Caledonian University (1994), honoured with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)[2] for "services to Scottish theatre" in 1996, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1998. He was a performer who loved an audience - and was equally loved by those who came to enjoy his shows. In fact, the theme of the series was single, sexy, and competitive(LOL) and instead of asking for video-taped auditions, the producers toured the country looking for the sexiest singles in all the land. Do you have a blog? His connection with pantomime continued throughout his life,[3] most famously with the long-running pantomimes produced by Howard & Wyndham in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Aberdeen.[4][5]. Scots woman, 35, dies in sleep as heartbroken family hail 'amazing' little sister. This surprised many as most people believed Logan to be a die-hard Rangers fan. Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results James F "Jimmy" Logan (twin) BLANTON (1934 - 1944) Try FREE for 14 days Try FREE for 14 days. Bryan Sears was brought in as producer instead but he did not get on with Logan and the show was, in Logan's words, 'an unqualified disaster. He started by selling programmes then moved onto operating theatre lights at the age of 8 and performing a cowboy act at 10. By the mid-1940s he was featuring in his parents' show, Ma and Pa Logan, at Glasgow's Metropole, and at 19 was principal comedian at the Metropole. The bank would lend him no more money and the Metropole closed in 1973 with Logan in debt to the tune of 170,000. His 1998 autobiography It's a Funny Life was also a best-seller. One reviewer wrote that "Logan made a particularly deep impression with British viewers on his television debut". Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Logan attributed the success to the play's subject matter. [23] It was broadcast from 21 November 1959 to 23 April 1960. Almsot 400,000 people came to the Alhambra during that 24-week season, almost ten per cent of the Scottish population. Jimmy Uso: Bio. Amazon Fire TV Stick warning as tech giant issues serious alert to users. The team of researchers had been performing an ongoing study of twins, hoping to discover if separation had any role in the 'nature vs. nurture' debate. In 1970, however, he surprised many when he announced the theatre would be playing host to Hair, the hottest musical to hit London in years, not to mention the most controversial primarily because of the on-stage nudity and its political stance against the war in Vietnam. The cost of producing the shows was phenomenal but the standard was superb. Shortly after joining the organisation he was able to afford a ten-room house in Dowanhill in the west end of Glasgow for 1,500; he bought a Rolls-Royce with the registration plate 'JL10', which he employed a chauffeur to drive; and purchased a second-hand twin-engined Miles Gemini plane for 2,000 which he flew himself.[13]. Warner Bros. TV. Logan died of cancer in a hospital in Clydebank,[8] West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, nine days after his 73rd birthday. Getting . As he shot more into the limelight, his parents became 'Ma and Pa Logan', and his schoolboy character's catchphrase, "It's smashin' Maw", was used as the title for the show. He is also a dad. In 1998 he appeared in Rab C. Nesbitt as the father-in-law of Rab's son Gash. Other theatrical events included The Entertainer (1984), Brighton Beach Memoirs (1989), Bill Bryden's The Ship, The Comedians (1991), On Golden Pond (1996) and Death of a Salesman at the Pitlochry Festival (1992). How dare they not share their entire lives with us like the Skyes, Tullys and Fitzys of the world. He appeared on-stage in The Celtic Story which opened in August 1998 at the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, before moving on to the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. The comedian, actor and impresario Jimmy Logan, who has died of cancer aged 74, was a legend, one of the first Scots entertainers to make the transition to television stardom in the 1950s, and a. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Written by Stan Mars, it featured Ian Sadler, Joan Mann, Stan Mars, Gerard Slevin and Leslie Robertson, along with the BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra (conductor, Jack Leon). Logan played a major part in the establishment of a Scottish committee of the British Actors' Equity Association. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. Family of missing Scots man 'worried sick' and 'desperate for papa to come home'. The separation meant selling his house, a move to Springvale, 73 East Princes Street, in 1990, and disposing of his wonderful collection of Harry Lauder memorabilia. Consequently at the age of 49 he now also lost his home and all that he owned. Ash Regan claimed a devolved parliament could set up a new central bank and ditch the pound just months after a vote for indepenence. In 1994 Glasgow Caledonian University conferred an honorary degree on him and he became a Doctor of Letters. He also owns hotels and restaurants. However, typically, Jimmy Logan bounced back. The bemused carpenter suddenly found himself on stage with Logan doing a This is Your Life on him, and soon the audience was spellbound by the old man's stories of the great music hall stars he had known. Died: 26 July, 2010, in Helensburgh, aged 65. Good on them (but where are you please). They moved into a house together in London and Logan spent his time between the capital and Glasgow. I have heard better singers than Jimmy quite a number. After the War, when the family got together again for a series of 18-week summer seasons at the Metropole Theatre, Glasgow, his father came up with the idea of them appearing together as "The Logan Family". He had a quadruple heart bypass operation. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. of Friday after losing his battle with cancer of the oesophagus. The place was in uproar and somewhere in the darker recesses of my mind there came a sort of 'Eureka'! He was an assistant manager at 15, tackled juvenile leads and landed his own show at the Metropole Theatre Glasgow at 19. Jimmy's first radio appearance was with his family in a Logan Show broadcast from a Paisley cinema [date unknown]. We encourage you to . They were twins, separated at birth, who had grown up not 45 miles from each other, and ended up leading almost identical lives. Latterly he performed regularly at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, one summer revelling in performing three very different plays on successive nights. Instead, nearly everyone involved or affected by the heist is rewarded. [18], From January to April 1955 he was given his own weekly radio series on the Scottish Home Service, The Jimmy Logan Show, which featured a resident cast of Aileen Wilson, Marillyn Gray, and Peter Croft, along with the BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra.[19]. View the profiles of people named Jimmy Logan. Logan was born in Dennistoun, Glasgow, a member of a family of entertainers; the tradition began with his parents (Jack Short and Mary Dalziel "May" Allan) who were the music hall act Short and Dalziel. Angela, 65, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, died after a 15-month battle against cancer. The squad eventually learns that the girl twin, Lindsay, was born a boy but a botched circumcision led to her parents making her a girl at the recommendation of the sex therapist the twins are currently seeing. Logan wrote that the planning authorities in Glasgow were "consistently obstructive and unhelpful". He was acting a bit different," Glenn told Gretel in a weird 'Big Brother breaks the fourth wall scenario' in the diary room. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. When Logan was working at the London Palladium in pantomime he got a writer to come up with a play for the double act Francie and Josie, played by Rikki Fulton and Jack Milroy. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and received an OBE from the Queen in 1996. James Allan Short, OBE, FRSAMD (4 April 1928 13 April 2001), known professionally as Jimmy Logan, was a Scottish performer, theatrical producer, impresario and director. View the profiles of professionals named "Jimmy Logan" on LinkedIn. Apparently the Logan twins have put their life-in-the-limelight days behind them, and are living very under the radar lives. We've been dating twins for a few months now and we surprised our friends with them!! The nature of their business meant their young family stayed at a number of houses in a number of different cities. He took the show onto England, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. James Jim Lewis, of Lima Ohio, was adopted in 1940 just three weeks after he was born. A year later he was on the boards himself.[3]. It starred two young actors, Tom Conti and Hannah Gordon. Lohan soared to stardom after her performances as twins Hallie Parker and Annie James, who were separated as babies, then met at summer camp more than a decade later. Jimmy Logan was known as one of the great Scottish entertainers. [1] [6] Logan purchased the Empress Theatre for 80,000 in 1964. Amateur Scots football captain in intensive care after 'sudden and severe accident'. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. I never knew he existed either. Born: 1945 in Glasgow. But it was a big success and they were soon signed to perform it at the Glasgow Pavilion, beginning a wonderful career.[26]. Jimmy published his autobiography in 1998. Although he was principally known as a comedian and entertainer in his earlier days, he nevertheless showed his abilities as a dramatic actor in his first film "Floodtide" at the age of 21. Later, he and Linda divorced, and he married a woman named Betty. The writers kept suggesting things like using the sound effect of a seagull when something funny happened. Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting. He claimed that because in 1964 the city fathers had an agenda to move prospective developers from St George's Cross and concentrate new shopping and entertainment developments in nearby Maryhill, "the Metropole was effectively hung out to dry. Eddie Fraser was the producer. He is survived by his second wife, Angela, and 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabelle. We took a lot of chances, and just made it up was we went along. In 1968 he got the chance to do pantomime at the London Palladium, performing in Robinson Crusoe, with Englebert Humperdinck in the lead role and Logan playing his brother. WATCH/LISTEN: ON THIS STORY: BBC Scotland's Forbes McFall reports "Jimmy Logan . Many thanks to him. In 1998 he produced his best-selling autobiography, aptly entitled "It's a Funny Life". But that's all we got. He was named James by his adoptive parents and had a dog named Toy. Face masks were introduced in schools because Boris Johnson was told it was 'not worth an argument' with Nicola Sturgeon. Over the years he became, in the words of his obituary writers, "a consummate performer and inspiration to many entertainers" (The Herald) and "a gentleman, a very generous man, and one of Helensburgh's best loved residents" (Helensburgh Advertiser). [3], Educated at Gourock High School, Inverclyde, and latterly Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow, Logan left school at the age of 14. [16] A few months later they drafted in Logan as vice-chairman. But he returned to the stage as an actor and won critical acclaim in plays such as Death of a Salesman and The Entertainer. Logan even set up a mobile ticket office that went round the schemes. In early 1959, Eric Maschwitz, the BBC's head of light entertainment, signed Logan up on an exclusive contract with the BBC to present an entire series of The Jimmy Logan Show for network, scheduled to run every second Saturday night for six months. If they wanted to come to the Metropole they were looking at a long and expensive journey two buses each way, or a bus and the tube. His father then decided 'Jimmy' was a better first name for the rising comic and he began appearing under that name from 1947. When a new director, Dickie Hurran took over. They swapped on Big Brother's demand, regularly changing places in the diary room or the toilet, while giving the other a quick download of conversations and updates they needed to absorb. "[29], He wrote: "I was also recording a television programme that in my heart of hearts I thought wasn't right."[30]. His other screen roles included parts in two Carry On films. Hurran decided that the 1961 season would be the last featuring Logan and Radcliffe in the starring roles. I guess there are limits to the kind of characters I can make people believe in. Greg used his half of the winnings wisely, becoming a pub owner in Newcastle. Our secret was never down to good scripts because we didn't have any scripts. But for many, Jimmy will be best remembered as a panto star. Jimmy toured the world and became a highly paid entertainer with a lifestyle to match. Finally in 1973 the bank pegged his overdraft at 170,000 and so he had to close the theatre . Being centred in the south or north of England, most of their references left me bewildered. James Logan was an actor, known for Mary Poppins (1964), You Are There (1953) and Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955). He had a son named James Allan Springer, worked as a deputy sheriff, drove a Chevrolet, and was an avid chain smoker. Take a look at some of the famous twins of Hollywood, including Cole and Dylan Sprouse, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and more. Through fellow comedian Jack Milroy, Logan met Sam Cree, who came from the north of Ireland and wrote for a great Irish comedian and actor James Young, and the pair clicked. Logan's stage act included character-based sketches, and these transferred well to the British television of the 1950s. Rank. Links to more Scotland stories are at the foot of the page. On the opening night, Saturday 31 August 1957, he and Stanley Baxter appeared in This is Scotland, an hour-long variety special broadcast live from the Theatre Royal studios. "It was my chance to get into the lucrative management side of things, and with my name and Sam's writing ability, we thought we would make a good team.". It was during those six consecutive years at the Metropole that Jim's father decided that his son should be a comic, taking part in sketches which were mostly ad-libbed: I discovered I had a flair to play a schoolboy with a slight lisp that always got good laughs. "My father and mother were in showbusiness. Produced by ITP for ATV, it was broadcast on Sunday 29 July 1956 (20:0021:00)in England only. which is now a burnt down creepy ghost hangout. We did know the punchline, though, and stretched the sketches out to round off on that. Jimmy Logan was known as one of the great Scottish entertainers. Or write about sports? Angela, 65, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, died after a 15-month battle against cancer. Logan was chairman of the board of directors, his father was managing director, and his mother and wife Grace the remaining directors. He was in pantomime by 1944, playing the cat in Dick Whittington and His Cat, and soon became a comedy star with BBC Scotland. . As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Fenn, who's also famous for playing seductive teen Audrey Horne on Twin Peaks, played both . Logan went on to perform in a decade of pantomimes for Howard & Wyndham, each running for about 16 weeks of the year, for which he was paid the handsome rate of 500 per week. Jimmy Logan (19282001) was a Scottish comedian, actor, theatrical producer, impresario and director, who was a frequent broadcaster on both radio and television in the post-war era. The following Spring he presented some editions of the children's TV show All Your Own when it came from Glasgow. He was an assistant manager at 15, tackled juvenile leads and landed his own show at the Metropole Theatre Glasgow at 19. Michael Mosley shares the weight loss snack that 'won't add to your waistline'. The latest incarnation of The Jimmy Logan Show, a variety show with songs, laughter and special guests, was a lot more successful than his previous series of nearly a decade earlier. A career spanning more than six decades made him a household name as an actor, musician, singer, comedian and theatrical entrepreneur. His memoir, It's a Funny Life, was published in 1998. [17], Logan made his TV debut on 4 March 1953 when he compered Cabaret from Scotland, Scotland's first televised cabaret, live from the Central Hotel, Glasgow, and broadcast across the BBC-tv network. One had a noticeable scar on their forehead, the other had a tattoo on their ankle, one was right-handed and the other left-handed. The force said the alleged comments are wholly unacceptable, and referred the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. He was also helped by sympathetic neighbours, especially Angela Mackenzie who lived in the east wing of the house she later became his driver and dresser during his continuing career. We were fed a diet of comedians who, while brilliant at their craft, were somewhat foreign to me [] they were all very funny in their own right but tended to talk about things I knew little or nothing about. This included plans for restaurants and cocktail bars in a new building next to the hotel. As a schoolboy, he enjoyed math and carpentry but never spelling. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Neil Wilson was found seriously injured on Nairn Road at around 1.15am on Tuesday morning. It was so popular company bosses would send their secretaries down to stand in queues to make sure they got their tickets for the next change of programme.[24]. In 2012, his brother alluded in an interview that his twin was running a Gold Coast based plumbing company that dealt with mining contracts. [], In the early days there would be about eight different programmes in the 22-week season, and we had a lot of gags and sketches to fill each one up. He was joined initially by two other young actors, Eddie Fraser and Primrose Milligan, and a couple of members of the Scottish Variety Orchestra. Self-confessed 'Friends fanatic' Harry took comfort in the sitcom while navigating panic attacks after completing his second tour of Afghanistan a decade ago. Micheal shared some of the benefits of eating one type of food, including improved brain health. In Scotland, and occasionally elsewhere in Britain, Jimmy Logan appeared in 35 pantomimes, usually as the dame, and when variety went into decline he switched with ease to straight acting. In 1979, Jim Lewis met Jim Springer, and the truth behind their startling similarities came out. He was initiated into the Lodge Anima No.1223 on 17th October 1948. Died. 21 North Korean Propaganda Depictions Of Americans, No, The Civil War Wasn't About "States' Rights" Just Slavery, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. In the winter of 1955 Logan starred in the first Howard & Wyndham pantomime at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow, which the company had just bought. "I organise the Burns Night event with other Kyiv Lions Club members as part of our contribution of time to the club," Stuart tells me. In 1964 Logan bought the New Metropole Theatre at St George's Cross, Glasgow for 80,000 (not to be confused with the original Metropole Theatre in Stockwell Street which burned down in 1961) and renamed it 'Jimmy Logan's Metropole Theatre'. But I don't know of any contemporary Scots comic whom it so warms my heart to watch, who commands my sympathy to the extent that Jimmy does. Logan then discovered that he had lost his audience. At the bingo the women could sit and natter with their pals and maybe win a small fortune too. It was a financial gamble that took every penny Logan had (40,000 was his share) along with substantial loans from the bank. Logan asks a landlady what she thinks of the product and in a series of different ways she would repeatedly say "Lovely biscuits, lovely biscuits.". Later on in the series, a special eviction was held where one twin was evicted based on the votes of the other housemates and the remaining twin was allowed to continue on as a normal housemate. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. After 16 weeks the shows were stopped. Opened on 26 May 1976. 1973 was the subject of This Is Your Life. The King Street Hotel, Argyle House and Greenroof Hotel are all part of his empire with his smart investments turning him into a multi-millionaire. Was a major coup. THE widow of Scottish showbiz legend Jimmy Logan died yesterday. 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