Comedian and comic writer. Born Barnes. Achieved national fame as Pa Glum in 'Take It From Here', as the headmaster in 'Whack-O!' and on the radio quiz show that he devised 'Does the Team Think?' in which he appeared 1957-1977. Died in the Cromwell Hospital, London.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Jimmy Edwards DFC
Commemorated ati
BBC Television Centre - Jimmy Edwards
Jimmy Edwards DFC, 1920 - 1988. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
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Dame Thora Hird DBE
Character actor. Born Lancashire. Played many comic roles. Late in her life Alan Bennett wrote a number of roles for her.
2 memorials
Willie Rushton
Satirical cartoonist, comedian and author. Born 3 Wilbraham Place, Chelsea. Worked on 'That was the week that was', 'Not only...But also', 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue' (where he revelled in the arc...
2 memorials
Wendy Richard, MBE
Actor best known as Pauline Fowler in the soap, East Enders, and as Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served?, alongside John Inman. She also had a number 1 hit in 1962 with Mike Sarne, Come Outside, on...
2 memorials
Roy Kinnear
Character actor. Born Lancashire. Played Mr. Salt in the 1971 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'. Died following a fall from a horse while filming in Spain.
1 memorial
Dame Gracie Fields
Entertainer. Born over a chip shop in Rochdale, Lancashire as Grace Stansfield. Worked at Gainsborough Film Studios. Gracie and her husband Archie moved from Upper Street, N1 in 1929 to The Towers...
4 memorials
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Andrew O'Connor
Sculptor. Born USA, not to be confused with his father also a sculptor with the same name, of Irish descent. In London c.1894-8, met and worked with John Singer Sargent. Also worked in Paris c.1...
1 memorial
Dr John Langdon Down
TW11, Kingston Road, Langdon Park
We could not get close enough to take easily legible photographs and initially read the dates as '1957' but given that Normansfield close...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Paul Matthews
N1, Rodney Street, Joseph Grimaldi Park
Londonist report that when this church was converted for office use Grimaldi's grave (the above ground part at least) was moved to this l...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Reformers tree / Reform tree
The text on the memorial says that the original tree was burnt by the people at the Reform League meeting at the tree on that day in 1866 but we can find no confirmation of that. Wikipedia has qui...
1 memorial
Austin Dobson
SW10, Redcliffe Street, 10
London County Council Austin Dobson, 1840-1921, poet and essayist, lived here.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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