Trying to find good writers was very difficult because they had to not only be able to write good comedy, but write comedy that suited your personality.[14]. Consequently in 1964 he bought the old Empress Theatre at St George's Cross in Glasgow, refurbished it and renamed it the Metropole, having paid 80,000 for it. Springers mother was under the impression that the twin had died, while Lewis mother knew a bit more. The bank would lend him no more money and the Metropole closed in 1973 with Logan in debt to the tune of 170,000. After getting off to a rocky start, the two girls uncover some unsettling similarities and finally realize they're twins. News Coverage of the Funeral of Jimmy Logan (2001) - YouTube Scotland Today coverage of the funeral of Jimmy Logan OBE in 2001. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. The trappings of success followed rapidly, and while in his twenties he was living in a wing of Culzean Castle in Ayrshire, had his own Rolls-Royce with personalised number plate, and flew his own plane. Remember that time Big Brother puttwins in the house, and then pretended they were one person, and then one of them went on to win the whole season? Logan, starring with Jack Radcliffe and Eve Boswell, held the record number of performances of the famed Five Past Eight shows staged each summer at the Alhambra Theatre. Logan attributed the success to the play's subject matter. 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. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. 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). No word yet on whether Jim Springer knows anyone named Sandy. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. Positions: How do we create a person's profile? In 1998 he appeared in Rab C. Nesbitt as the father-in-law of Rab's son Gash. One was a plumber, the other sold beer as a sales rep. The Trouble with Alec, starring Logan in the lead role, which was first broadcast on BBC-1 Scotland on Thursday evenings (9.09.25pm) from 11 November to 16 December 1965, directed by David Bell and produced by Eddie Fraser. 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]. We present them here for purely educational purposes. At the bingo the women could sit and natter with their pals and maybe win a small fortune too. Logan married Angela, a divorced mother of six who is now 55, in 1993. Died. He began the arrangements to produce videotapes to be made available to newly diagnosed cancer sufferers to console them, but he died on Good Friday, April 13, 2001 in the Health Care International Hospital (now the Golden Jubilee Hospital) in Clydebank. In the 1940s he was a leading light in his family's show, which he left to become a pantomime performer in his own right. Jimmy was born into a Glasgow theatrical family in 1928. By the late 1960s and early 1970s, the outlook for the Metropole looked bleak. After a prologue that features the twin fetishes of John Denver nostalgia and pickup-truck repair, the action gets set in motion when Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum), a beefy divorced dad who lives . A career spanning more than six decades made him a household name as an actor, musician, singer, comedian and theatrical entrepreneur. 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. Aldi launches tasty Easter treat 2 cheaper than high street equivalent. Consequently, the family home was always filled with music and the sound of somebody singing. "I tried my best to master the part," he recalled, "but it just didn't work. 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. Produced by ITP for ATV, it was broadcast on Sunday 29 July 1956 (20:0021:00)in England only. [3], Educated at Gourock High School, Inverclyde, and latterly Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow, Logan left school at the age of 14. B B the C gull. Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop Bats: Right Throws: Right 5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg) . It was so successful another edition was broadcast on 24 May 1958. Latterly he performed regularly at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, one summer revelling in performing three very different plays on successive nights. Logan began work as a child, selling programmes at his parents' shows. Samantha Gilbert tragically lost her life, leaving her loved ones completely devastated. It was that passing message that ultimately drove Jim Lewis to look for his twin. They performed parts of their Fife Past Eight set, appearing as themselves at the opening, later on as two babies, then as two Teddy Boys. He went on to marry a woman named Linda. At the age of 49 (1977/78) he found himself with no home, no wife, no money. The venue was forced to close in the early 1970s because of money problems, leaving Jimmy to start over again. A one-man show he had written on the life of his great hero Sir Harry Lauder. His other screen roles included parts in two Carry On films. 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. 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. "These comedy plays saved by career and exposed people to a Jimmy Logan they never knew existed. If they liked something no matter what it was they would say: "Aw lovely biscuits, lovely biscuits. Logan felt their act was getting tired and suggested the play to Milroy who was not keen at first. In 1988 the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama made him a Fellow and, as a consequence, in his words "in a way I became respectable"! James Logan was an actor, known for Mary Poppins (1964), You Are There (1953) and Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955). of Friday after losing his battle with cancer of the oesophagus. Fail and theyd have to enter as one person, aka, nominated and evicted as one. Father ignored daughter's screams and texted her to 'stop' on night she died covered in maggots. Family of missing Scots man 'worried sick' and 'desperate for papa to come home'. The story is told of a disastrous production of Sinbad the Sailor at the Alhambra in the 1960s, when a burst pipe caused the safety curtain to fall, halting proceedings. Loganberry Pie was produced by the voice of children's radio Kathleen Garscadden and broadcast on the BBC-tv network. . Advance sales were disappointing but the play went down a storm with audiences and word quickly spread. Micheal shared some of the benefits of eating one type of food, including improved brain health. But it was a big success and they were soon signed to perform it at the Glasgow Pavilion, beginning a wonderful career.[26]. In his later years he won praise for his portrayal of Sir Harry Lauder in his one-man show. He is also a dad. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. His 1998 autobiography It's a Funny Life was also a best-seller. Joe Gordon and Sally Logan in the Harleqin Rooms in the Mount Royal Hotel, Edinburgh Scottish entertainer Joe Gordon, who has died in Ayr at the age of 85, enjoyed a showbusiness career spanning . However, typically, Jimmy Logan bounced back. On 10 February 1957 he appeared on the bill of Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium' (ATV) along with Guy Mitchell and The Beverley Sisters. On Wednesday's instalment of the Channel 4 property show, Julie and Peter enlisted Lee's help to find their dream holiday home in South West France. He was in pantomime by 1944, playing the cat in Dick Whittington and His Cat, and soon became a comedy star with BBC Scotland. "Those films paid poorly," he wrote, "but I was so desperate I needed the money. It had been a big hit in Belfast where it had run at the Ulster Theatre since September 1960, and Logan thought that it might transfer well to Scotland, so in April 1961 he took it on tour for two weeks at His Majesty's, Aberdeen, and the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, with himself in the starring role his first stage part in a play. 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. Logan published his autobiography, It's a Funny Life, in 1998.[3]. His other catchphrase was "Smashing' in't it". Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. The former Celtic skipper was proud of his players as they battled for 45 minutes with ten men, only to lose in the 90th minute. This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 01:50. a parody of Adam Faith's "What Do You Want". It was while performing at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre in the summer of 2000 that he learnt that he had incurable cancer. He is survived by his second wife, Angela, and 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabelle. No recording of this show is known to exist. . He also became well known on the BBC's Scottish Home Service radio show It's All Yours. He also became well known on the BBC's Scottish Home Service radio show It's All Yours. A career spanning more than six decades made him a household name as an actor, musician, singer, comedian and theatrical entrepreneur. His aunt, from whom he took his stage surname, was Broadway performer Ella Logan. By the end of the 1950s, and at the peak of his profession in Scotland, Logan wanted to make a name for himself beyond Scotland's borders. And he is also the late Scottish comedian Jimmy Logan's stepson. 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. A lot of our time was taken up just thinking what the hell we were going to do next. Logan and his Fife Past Eight co-star Jack Radcliffe were original shareholders in STV, each contributing 1,000. He teamed up with Stanley Baxter for a comedy routine which made them national names and coined a string of popular catchphrases. The bulk of what they discovered centered around the effect environment has on child-rearing and the way genetics factor in as a comparison. However, he was left facing financial ruin after he bought Glasgow's Metropol Theatre. "I don't want any of this play thing," Milroy told him. We encourage you to . Died: 26 July, 2010, in Helensburgh, aged 65. The place was in uproar and somewhere in the darker recesses of my mind there came a sort of 'Eureka'! Post continues after video. 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. They ended up walking away with $836,000 which was the amount left over after the various subtractions along the way. View Jimmy Logan results in Texas (TX) including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting. It was all about a coalman cheating housewives by including dross and slate in their bags of highly prized coal! HELENSBURGH man Jimmy Logan OBE a world famous and colourful Scottish actor and entertainer served until his death in 2001 as the first honorary president of Helensburgh Heritage Trust and took a keen interest in the work of the Trust. All rights reserved. Greg and David were given a task as the seasons exciting new play-thing. Was a major coup. Five thousand would be subtracted every time a housemate broke a rule. It was released to cinemas in May 1949 and was a success. While reminiscing on this nugget of history we realised something. "My father and mother were in showbusiness. Logan's biggest influence was Sir Harry Lauder "in my opinion Scotland's finest ambassador, and a true megastar," he said. I was on piano, my dad played the accordion, my mother, Buddy and Heather sang, and Bertie did other things including playing the xylophone. In 1979, Jim Lewis met Jim Springer, and the truth behind their startling similarities came out. Facebook gives people the power to. Good comics know how to make bad jokes good, and if you got a big laugh at the end of a sketch like that you had succeeded.[6]. Most of the money went to the people running the musical, and not the people running the Metropole. That night at the Alhambra was an example not only of Logan's quick-wittedness but of his humanity and respect for the unsung people of the theatre. "My father and mother were in showbusiness. They moved into a house together in London and Logan spent his time between the capital and Glasgow. The Fabulous Fifties was a nostalgic evocation of Scottish variety's last gasp. His father passed away in early 1982 when Logan was in pantomime with Terry Scott at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh. If all you know of WWE is what you see on Total Divas, Jimmy Uso is a loving, kind-hearted husband with a heart of gold. In March 2001 Scotland's show business stars led a stage spectacular, "A Celebration for Jimmy Logan", in his honour at Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre, and it was sold out even before the box office opened! 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. In 1955 Logan undertook a two-week run in variety season at the London Palladium "the greatest variety theatre in the world" as he described it after being invited to do so by the theatre's boss, Val Parnell. Jimmy was born as James Allan Short but after entering showbusiness he took on the name of Jim Logan it became Jimmy later because, in his own words, "my father soon decided it wasn't a good idea to have the same name as him because the audience wouldn't think they were getting their money's worth", and it was later under the name of Jimmy Logan that he was subsequently known to everyone. We did know the punchline, though, and stretched the sketches out to round off on that. Though theres no doubt that the Jim twins are alike in multiple ways, one brother has since diverged from the shared lifestyle. He died, aged 73, in hospital in Clydebank, near Glasgow, during the early hours Ash Regan claimed a devolved parliament could set up a new central bank and ditch the pound just months after a vote for indepenence. This surprised many as most people believed Logan to be a die-hard Rangers fan. Something went wrong, please try again later. The legendary Scottish entertainer came from a family of entertainers. In his later years he won praise for his portrayal of Sir Harry Lauder in his one-man show. [28], In an effort to generate money through the summer months Logan submitted a number of plans to the council to diversify his business. It was formed at a meeting in Edinburgh in around September 1953 when Alex McCrindle, the first Scottish organiser, was formally introduced. 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. A Place In The Sun host cringes at 'hard work' couple's low offer on property. He was an assistant manager at 15, tackled juvenile leads and landed his own show at the Metropole Theatre Glasgow at 19. Fenn, who's also famous for playing seductive teen Audrey Horne on Twin Peaks, played both . Jim Lewis recently divorced his Betty and remarried a woman named Sandy, with his newfound twin brother as his best man. Jimmy set up the Jimmy Logan for Cancer Trust to deal with the 30,000 raised by the occasion. Dramatic scenes unfolded as the girls gathered around the firepit and Claudia Fogarty attempted to clear the air by saying the girls were 'meant to stick together'. 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