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]. His 1998 autobiography It's a Funny Life was also a best-seller. 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 brother John was the vocalist 'Buddy Logan' (19211992). "I don't want any of this play thing," Milroy told him. Take a look at some of the famous twins of Hollywood, including Cole and Dylan Sprouse, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and more. 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. 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. 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. 1950 The legendary Scottish entertainer came from a family of entertainers. And he is also the late Scottish comedian Jimmy Logan's stepson. At the same time, during the summer, he performed in the hugely successful Five Past Eight revue which he did from 1954 to 1961, working alongside Jack Radcliffe and Stanley Baxter: Fortunes were spent on beautiful costumes and wonderful scenery, and by the time I did my first one at Edinburgh in 1954 they had become the top shows around. He then took it to Glasgow and ended up playing to more people that year than Five Past Eight, which Logan had finished with the previous year. were arrested. On 1 February 1975 he was a guest on the Parkinson programme, talking about his career and the influence of Sir Harry Lauder, and was then joined by his sister Annie Ross. Jimmy Logan (James Short), entertainer, born April 4 1927; died April 13 2001, Scots comedian whose warmth and sincerity shone through his performances on stage and screen, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. One of the last events to be staged there was the first Scottish production of the rock musical Hair. As a schoolboy, he enjoyed math and carpentry but never spelling. A one-off special edition of The Jimmy Logan Show from the Alhambra was broadcast on the evening of Saturday 14 October 1961. His father passed away in early 1982 when Logan was in pantomime with Terry Scott at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Wherever it played in Britain audiences flocked from all over. He was joined initially by two other young actors, Eddie Fraser and Primrose Milligan, and a couple of members of the Scottish Variety Orchestra. 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. He was a stocky, short man who stood at only 5-foot-4-inches. 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. He refurbished it, reopening it as the New Metropole. 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 started by selling programmes then moved onto operating theatre lights at the age of 8 and performing a cowboy act at 10. Friday, 13 April, 2001, 09:56 GMT 10:56 UK, "Jimmy Logan was one of the great Scottish entertainers", ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------. In 2012, his brother alluded in an interview that his twin was running a Gold Coast based plumbing company that dealt with mining contracts. The nature of their business meant their young family stayed at a number of houses in a number of different cities. His one-man musical based on the life of Scottish entertainer Sir Harry Lauder was called Lauder (1976). It was no wonder. THE widow of Scottish showbiz legend Jimmy Logan died yesterday. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. How do we create a person's profile? 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. 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. He is survived by his second wife, Angela, and 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabelle. 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). 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. At the age of 49 (1977/78) he found himself with no home, no wife, no money. 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. Jimmy was born into a Glasgow theatrical family in 1928. His Scottish Teddy Boy act which had gone down well on Five Past Eight proved to be a great success with an English audience "and I can only say there were no bad nights".[15]. 500k likes and we'll go on a double date with the twins!The Mian Twins . It was such a big deal that the twins were being thrust into the house AS ONE PERSON. It was all about a coalman cheating housewives by including dross and slate in their bags of highly prized coal! Hurran decided that the 1961 season would be the last featuring Logan and Radcliffe in the starring roles. 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. Housemate Glenn revealed the secret, but a lot of the housemates already had an inkling. Scots woman, 35, dies in sleep as heartbroken family hail 'amazing' little sister. Gunshots caught on chilling doorbell footage in Greenock street after dad 'shot dead'. In the winter of 1955 Logan starred in the first Howard & Wyndham pantomime at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow, which the company had just bought. Jimmy's career had taken him to the Albert Hall in London and to the Carnegie Hall in New York; but he still continued to take part in his real love, pantomime. When a new director, Dickie Hurran took over. No word yet on whether Jim Springer knows anyone named Sandy. Opened on 26 May 1976. The 32-piece orchestra was conducted by the great Geraldo, and the dancers' hair and clothes were all styled and designed to suit their own individual personality. Michael Mosley shares the weight loss snack that 'won't add to your waistline'. Logan's warmth and sincerity shone through his performances. They were twins, separated at birth, who had grown up not 45 miles from each other, and ended up leading almost identical lives. But he returned to the stage as an actor and won critical acclaim in plays such as Death of a Salesman and The Entertainer. This surprised many as most people believed Logan to be a die-hard Rangers fan. [4], We took a lot of chances in those family shows. His first marriage of 21 years standing had already failed in 1969, and he believed that his financial problems played a large part in the failure of his second marriage. Something went wrong, please try again later. Logan returned to the Five Past Eight show for the summer season of 1960, heading the cast along with Jack Radcliffe and Eve Boswell. 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. We present them here for purely educational purposes. [7] Logan collected Lauder memorabilia, which is now housed in the Scottish Theatre Archive at the University of Glasgow. He died, aged 73, in hospital in Clydebank, near Glasgow, during the early hours His father was a Rangers fan though. Logan wrote that the planning authorities in Glasgow were "consistently obstructive and unhelpful". His big break came when he was offered a part in the feature film, Floodtide, alongside professional actors such as Gordon Jackson, Rona Anderson, John Laurie, Elizabeth Sellars and Janet Brown. He also owns hotels and restaurants. In 2012, his brother alluded in an interview that his twin was running a Gold Coast based plumbing company that dealt with mining contracts. It was that passing message that ultimately drove Jim Lewis to look for his twin. 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. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. They ended up walking away with $836,000 which was the amount left over after the various subtractions along the way. 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. Jimmy Logan was known as one of the great Scottish entertainers. 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. Here are nine actors who played two parts on the show. Logan and his Fife Past Eight co-star Jack Radcliffe were original shareholders in STV, each contributing 1,000. He is also a dad. 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]. Getting . Being centred in the south or north of England, most of their references left me bewildered. At the age of 21 the film Floodtide - a gritty Clydeside drama with Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson - made him a movie star. 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. 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. Destined for a life in showbusiness, James Short left school at the age of 14 without any academic qualifications. It was formed at a meeting in Edinburgh in around September 1953 when Alex McCrindle, the first Scottish organiser, was formally introduced. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. The following Spring he presented some editions of the children's TV show All Your Own when it came from Glasgow. . But he returned to the stage as an actor and won critical acclaim in plays such as Death of a Salesman and The Entertainer. View the profiles of professionals named "Jimmy Logan" on LinkedIn. Because how fun are identical twins. The venue was forced to close in the early 1970s because of money problems, leaving Jimmy to start over again. Logan suggested taking the plays he had done at the Metropole and tailoring them for television. The following Thursday a memorial service was held for him in Glasgow Cathedral once again he had a packed house. "The real Jimmy Logan, if the truth be told, knows virtually nothing about football and most certainly doesn't support a team."[33]. A career spanning more than six decades made him a household name as an actor, musician, singer, comedian and theatrical entrepreneur. 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"! During that season he got a call from an Edinburgh advertising agency to appear in a television advert for Simmers Biscuits. "Most Kyiv business people are away from 20th December to the 15th of January. In 1993 came a follow-up at the festival. When that marriage was dissolved in 1969 he married a world famous fashion designer Gina Fratini; this marriage lasted eight years. 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. As a result, for the next two years he slept on the settee in his father's one-bedroom flat in Ibrox, and hung his clothes on the back of the upright piano. Last a fortnight under the name of Logan (their shared middle name) and theyd get to enter the house as individuals. 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. In his later years he won praise for his portrayal of Sir Harry Lauder in his one-man show. Typically of Jimmy he continued to cherish "his" now distant twins. "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. [1] [6] Logan purchased the Empress Theatre for 80,000 in 1964. One reviewer wrote that "Logan made a particularly deep impression with British viewers on his television debut". Friday, 13 April, 2001, 09:56 GMT 10:56 UK, "Jimmy Logan was one of the great Scottish entertainers", ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Heres a snippet. The bulk of what they discovered centered around the effect environment has on child-rearing and the way genetics factor in as a comparison. His memoir, It's a Funny Life, was published in 1998. The Calum Kennedy Show opened the Metropole, followed by the gala opening performance of Wedding Fever on 1 September 1964, directed by Eddie Fraser, with a cast including Marillyn Gray, Paul Young, Stanley Baxter's sister Alice Dale, and Morag Hood. The commercial became hugely successful when it went out on STV. Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop Bats: Right Throws: Right 5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg) . 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. 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'. Jimmy's first radio appearance was with his family in a Logan Show broadcast from a Paisley cinema [date unknown]. Logan was part of a family of entertainers beginning with his parents who were the music hall act Short and Dalziel. [7] Filmed by the J. Arthur Rank Organisation at Pinewood Studios, London, the film broke down a lot of barriers, employing an all-Scots cast and using real Scots accents. In this day and age, if they wanted a public profile, they could easily do that with social media. Neil Wilson was found seriously injured on Nairn Road at around 1.15am on Tuesday morning. The Jimmy Logan Show, produced by Eddie Fraser and directed by George Inns (who went on to work with the Black and White Minstrels), was broadcast on St Andrew's Day, Saturday 30 November (8.08.50pm). After 16 weeks the shows were stopped. While he was best known for driving three different cars, all of which were not vans, he did have access to other kinds of vehicles because he worked transport the brickyard, according to the Fall Line. Just like "Sausages is the boys", people were saying "Lovely Biscuits" in response to just about anything. James Allan Short was born in the family home at 3 Inglis Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow on 4 April 1928, the middle child in a series of five.[1]. "When I was six or seven I was selling programmes, chocolates, cigarettes - but I wanted to get on the stage.". . Later, he and Linda divorced, and he married a woman named Betty. He went on to marry a woman named Linda. During the 1960s Logan did five coast-to-coast tours of Canada and America, playing to packed houses of expatriate Scots. 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. He left school at 14 with no qualifications, but already certain that his future lay in the world of entertainment. Courteney Cox responds to Prince Harry's memoir claims he took magic mushrooms at her house. Data Provided By 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. The response was phenomenal, and before we knew where we were it had really taken on "You can build your skyscrapers, you can build your palashes, you can take vast areas of the desert and ush oil and water. 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. In 1998 he appeared in Rab C. Nesbitt as the father-in-law of Rab's son Gash. Pam Donald, 50, wed Inverness surgeon David MacIntyre, 55, at a quiet ceremony last week at Castle Stuart, Inverness-shire. [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. Their research sparked more than 170 separate studies . 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. But it was a big success and they were soon signed to perform it at the Glasgow Pavilion, beginning a wonderful career.[26]. At the age of 21 the film Floodtide - a gritty Clydeside drama with Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson - made him a movie star. There were also plaudits for his television performances. 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). 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! The place was in uproar and somewhere in the darker recesses of my mind there came a sort of 'Eureka'! So in the interest of reliving the Big Brother glory days, allow us to take you on a journey back in time to that house on the Gold Coast tucked off to the side of Dreamworld (which is now a burnt down creepy ghost hangout) where Australian reality TV was born. He wanted to be not just an actor, but an actor-manager, in the best old traditions of the theatre. Young people in Lanarkshire can access new mental health support service through their smart phones, It's aimed at all 10 to 18-year-olds, and care experienced adults aged up to 26 years old, The food chains that give free birthday treats to customers from Greggs to Costa. [32] 1976 Lauder at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and received an OBE from the Queen in 1996. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Theatre was the major form of entertainment when Logan came to prominence in the 1950s, but it was clear to him that television was going to play a major part in the future after it arrived in Scotland (in 1952) and he went to America to study commercial television. 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 quietly intelligent performer who was ahead of his time. Slavery plaque on Scots memorial could go after plan approved for its removal. Unfortunately, remains of a baby have been found in woodland close to where Constance Marten and Mark Gordon. The venue was forced to close in the early 1970s because of money problems, leaving Jimmy to start over again. 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. 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