"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.". He took on a considerable amount of responsibility at a young age: as well as playing the accordion and acting as the comedian's 'feed' in sketches, he would put the show on, pay the performers, and make sure nothing went wrong. His first job was as an assistant manager at the Victory Theatre in Paisley, but he left after six months and began performing in open-air summer concert parties working for, and with, his parents. At 39 years of age, Jim Lewis called the probate court, which had a record of his adoption, and contacted the Springer family in Piqua. In 2012, his brother alluded in an interview that his twin was running a Gold Coast based plumbing company that dealt with mining contracts. There were five children and we all had our jobs to do," he said in a BBC interview. 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? The Jimmy Logan Theatre Hour was subsequently born, opening with Logan sitting behind his desk welciming the TV audience on their visit to the theatre. [28], In an effort to generate money through the summer months Logan submitted a number of plans to the council to diversify his business. Greg went on to win the whole damn thing, and they were still (technically) being treated as one, so got to share in the prize equally. 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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. It was released to cinemas in May 1949 and was a success. Jimmy Logan was known as one of the great Scottish entertainers. 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. 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. View the profiles of people named Jimmy Logan. "When I was six or seven I was selling programmes, chocolates, cigarettes - but I wanted to get on the stage.". He appeared in Scotland and England in Harvey, The Entertainer, Death of a Salesman, Comedians, Uncle Vanya and many other stage plays. The legendary Scottish entertainer came from a family of entertainers. His other screen roles included parts in two Carry On films. 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. His Scots accent, though broad, was not indecipherable to English viewers, although he was happy to lay the doric on with a trowel much later in his career as Rab C Nesbitt's father-in-law in the successful comedy TV series of the 1990s. There were so many sketches you didn't have time to mess about on such trivial things as what was going to be in them. In fact many people still know me better for Lovely Biscuits than anything else. Straight off the back of the success of Floodtide, Logan was chosen as the star of a new comedy series on the Scottish Home Service, It's All Yours, which began on 11 July 1949. But even then, life was not always kind to him. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? In 1993 his divorce was complete, he survived a quadruple heart bypass, and then to the delight of his friends he married Angela and they enjoyed eight years of happy life together. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Logan Lucky is a rare thing: a heist film where no one gets hurt. The following year Hurran brought in Max Bygraves, a massive star at the time, who was a big success, but the show was vastly more expensive and the profits dropped. He refurbished it, reopening it as the New Metropole. His first acting role was in the film Floodtide (1949),[7] a drama set on Clydeside. [21] The presenter was Tommy Trinder. Andrew Linton's wife Alison described him as a "happy family man" as she said his disappearance is extremely out of character, adding that his granddaughter Myla needs her papa home. This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 01:50. 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. Logan suggested taking the plays he had done at the Metropole and tailoring them for television. Jimmy was born into a Glasgow theatrical family in 1928. They were magnificent, glamorous affairs full of great comedy, and lively singing and dancing. 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. As a schoolboy, he enjoyed math and carpentry but never spelling. This surprised many as most people believed Logan to be a die-hard Rangers fan. And he is also the late Scottish comedian Jimmy Logan's stepson. Edinburgh loved him.[12]. [4], We took a lot of chances in those family shows. 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'. In his later years he won praise for his portrayal of Sir Harry Lauder in his one-man show. 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"! But we also had great writers like Stan Mars, who would take our ideas and turn them into great comedy. Died. The following Thursday a memorial service was held for him in Glasgow Cathedral once again he had a packed house. Sherilyn Fenn As Sasha & Anna. The plays would be split over two different episodes, and went well, but there was a complaint from the television authorities that this kind of programme broke commercial TV rules because it generated too much free publicity for the Metropole. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Successful new claims for Pension Credit may also qualify for the 900 cost of living payment. His aunt, from whom he took his stage surname, was Broadway performer Ella Logan. Murder probe after man shot dead on doorstep of Greenock home in 'targeted' attack. He refurbished it, reopening it as the New Metropole. Michael Mosley shares the weight loss snack that 'won't add to your waistline'. He went on to marry a woman named Linda. "I was picking up different vibes that he was two different people. Was a major coup. A career spanning more than six decades made him a household name as an actor, musician, singer, comedian and theatrical entrepreneur. The best part, was when Greg spent the entire eviction with a lollipop in his mouth. He left school at 14 with no qualifications, but already certain that his future lay in the world of entertainment. His brother John was the vocalist 'Buddy Logan' (19211992). 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. During the subsequent divorce Pamela insisted on DNA tests which eventually revealed that Jimmy was not the biological father of the twins. He was named James by his adoptive parents and had a dog named Toy. My father told me: "Son, get out of that rubbish!" It was all about a coalman cheating housewives by including dross and slate in their bags of highly prized coal! Loganberry Pie was produced by the voice of children's radio Kathleen Garscadden and broadcast on the BBC-tv network. His last two performances were at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre respectively. a parody of Adam Faith's "What Do You Want". THE widow of Scottish showbiz legend Jimmy Logan died yesterday. Logan published his autobiography, It's a Funny Life, in 1998.[3]. Worse was to follow. He is survived by his second wife, Angela, and 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabelle. The twins, who are now 15, live in Inverness with their mother, Pamela Donald, whom Logan married in 1985, and natural father. He initially fronted a couple of one-off comedy variety shows for the BBC-tv network from London. 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. 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. Twins Separated At Birth Reunited To Find Theyd Led The Same Life. Logan devised a series of sophisticated revues, Five Past Eight, that drew Scotland-wide audiences to Glasgow's Alhambra Theatre. When she had gone to a judge to get her adoption paperwork finalized, she had overheard someone mention that the other baby had also been named James. If they liked something no matter what it was they would say: "Aw lovely biscuits, lovely biscuits. Duncan Macrae was elected chairman of the new committee, with two vice-chairmen: Lennox Milne, Edinburgh, and Roddy MacMillan, Glasgow. (Jimmy) Logan. He was an assistant manager at 15, tackled juvenile leads and landed his own show at the Metropole Theatre Glasgow at 19. Ms Donald and Logan were married for three years, but after they split fought a bitter custody battle over their twin children, Robert and Annabelle. 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. Jimmy Logan. Micheal shared some of the benefits of eating one type of food, including improved brain health. There were five children and we all had our jobs to do," he said in a BBC interview. He attended the Lodges 75th year celebrations in 1995 along with Edward Ashley Past Master, long-time Manager at the Kings Theatre.[34]. He was named James by his adoptive parents, and had a dog named Toy. Scott Brown has no Fleetwood Town red card complaints after brave Burnley FA Cup showing in FA Cup. Crawford believed the quality that had taken Logan to the top was his charm: I must admit that I have seen consistently funnier comedians on the Scottish stage than Jimmy not many, but a few. Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting. It did not start well: The first six shows were a disaster, and the script was so bad I was getting letters saying: "You stink," and "Get off the air ya big balloon". 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. 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. I guess there are limits to the kind of characters I can make people believe in. They would say: "Beeby the Seagull, do you understand? He wanted to be not just an actor, but an actor-manager, in the best old traditions of the theatre. "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. During their preparations, the Logans and the Bangs send a CMS office worker a birthday cake and wreck her car. At the age of 21 the film Floodtide - a gritty Clydeside drama with Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson - made him a movie star. . No word yet on whether Jim Springer knows anyone named Sandy. [32] 1976 Lauder at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. Amazon Fire TV Stick users may soon start seeing a warning message when trying to side-load dodgy unofficial apps. His other catchphrase was "Smashing' in't it". Angela, 65, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, died after a 15-month battle against cancer. How do we create a person's profile? They also starred in the long-running Five Past Eight show at the Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow. He had been the first Scot to perform there in 16 years. There were also plaudits for his television performances. When men got home from their work at night they just wanted to sit and watch television and that television was soon in colour, a wonderful novelty. They formed a successful show business partnership and it was natural that Jimmy would follow in their footsteps. Jimmy set up the Jimmy Logan for Cancer Trust to deal with the 30,000 raised by the occasion. The body of Kyle Sambrook and his beagle Bane were found in Glencoe on Saturday following a three-day search. 1973 was the subject of This Is Your Life. They ended up walking away with $836,000 which was the amount left over after the various subtractions along the way. But that's all we got. Samantha Gilbert tragically lost her life, leaving her loved ones completely devastated. Jimmy published his autobiography in 1998. Greg was married to the mother of this three children former Elle magazine editor-in-chief (now Jones magazine editor) Justine Cullen, but the pair have since parted ways. Upon hearing about the Jim twins uncanny resemblances, researchers at the University of Minnesota invited the pair to come to their facility for testing. He was the kind of boy who would say "Aw yeah, Mishta Logan, don't worry about it Mishta Logan, no problem Mishta Logan." 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 . Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. His plans, however, fell foul of licensing authorities. He teamed up with Stanley Baxter for a comedy routine which made them national names and coined a string of popular catchphrases. Initially a hard-working team with under-the-radar buzz . Consequently, the family home was always filled with music and the sound of somebody singing. Andrew is best known for his role in the STV drama Broadchurch reportedly left his wife of 11 years after falling for his co-star Leila Farzad, 39. [16] A few months later they drafted in Logan as vice-chairman. But for many, Jimmy will be best remembered as a panto star. in his own words "my responsibilities to the building and my debts were destined to crush me for another decade.". "[29], He wrote: "I was also recording a television programme that in my heart of hearts I thought wasn't right."[30]. Opened on 26 May 1976. The secret of Five Past Eight was that it offered the glamour of what you might find in Paris or London alongside the unique Scottish humour you found nowhere else. Jimmy was born in Glasgow on April 4 1928 the same year as Mickey Mouse, as he pointed out and he first appeared on stage at the age of 12, although his career in the theatre actually started at the age of seven as during holidays he would sell programmes, chocolates and cigarettes at his father's summer show in Northern Ireland. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. A career spanning more than six decades made him a household name as an actor, musician, singer, comedian and theatrical entrepreneur. As Iain Crawford in the Radio Times observed, this was quite an achievement: Scotlands capital has written finis to the career of more than one promising Glasgow comedian the couthy west and the chilly east dont always take kindly to each other in the theatre but with Jimmy it was just another chapter in the Logan success story. It was quite a disappointment when the pantomime was able to recommence. In his later years he won praise for his portrayal of Sir Harry Lauder in his one-man show. conjoined twins that survived being separated. Ex-chief constable of Police Scotland 'said bulk of rape complaints were regretful sex'. Mehmet Sunna, who runs Sunna Salon Furniture in the city, has spoken of the moment found his hometown Pazarcik reduced to rubble. She walked out on him. Prison inmates nearly riot in the cafeteria, pummeling each other and prison guards. Take a look at some of the famous twins of Hollywood, including Cole and Dylan Sprouse, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and more. "My father and mother were in showbusiness. He thought he was a well enough known name to take a touring show round Scotland, but he ended up playing to half-empty theatres. 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. Listening as a young man, the Scottish comedian Billy Connolly was struck by how Logan made people laugh using a strong Glasgow accent: I have been brought up, like lots of people of my generation, listening to BBC Radio and early television. But he returned to the stage as an actor and won critical acclaim in plays such as Death of a Salesman and The Entertainer. 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