In 1994 he was granted the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by Glasgow Caledonian University, and then in 1996 he was awarded the OBE. Logan concluded: "The Scottishness was being drummed out of the show, and Dickie Hurran failed to realise that was the core of its success."[25]. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. He was named James by his adoptive parents and had a dog named Toy. He had a son named James Allan Springer, worked as a deputy sheriff, drove a Chevrolet, and was an avid chain smoker. One play Cree wrote for Young was Wedding Fever, which centred on the wedding of a daughter and a son, one from a Catholic family, the other from a Protestant one. There's even less of a trace of David online. In 1990 his services to Scottish entertainment, and to charity, led to Logan being awarded an OBE. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. 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. 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". [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. Logan was part of a family of entertainers beginning with his parents who were the music hall act Short and Dalziel. Ex-chief constable of Police Scotland 'said bulk of rape complaints were regretful sex'. Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting. Tragic hillwalker and dog who plunged 100ft in Glencoe to have ashes scattered together. A year later he was on the boards himself.[3]. He was a performer who loved an audience - and was equally loved by those who came to enjoy his shows. He was a stocky, short man who stood at only 5-foot-4-inches. A Place In The Sun host cringes at 'hard work' couple's low offer on property. It was while performing at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre in the summer of 2000 that he learnt that he had incurable cancer. The venue was forced to close in the early 1970s because of money problems, leaving Jimmy to start over again. 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. When they weren't "in play" they were holed up in the isolation room playing playstation and watching DVDs (remember those.). Loganberry Pie was produced by the voice of children's radio Kathleen Garscadden and broadcast on the BBC-tv network. There were also plaudits for his television performances. It was no wonder. The ring, however, paints a very different picture. 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. Logan began work as a child, selling programmes at his parents' shows. He also did around 150 radio shows with his friend Stanley Baxter. How dare they not share their entire lives with us like the Skyes, Tullys and Fitzys of the world. I'd rather do a wee bit, go off, come back on and go off." Jimmy was born into a Glasgow theatrical family in 1928. [1][6] Logan purchased the Empress Theatre for 80,000 in 1964. Between 1979 and 1999, the team studied 137 pairs of twins, including the Jim twins, that had been reared apart from each other. 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]. 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. 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. Logan returned to the Five Past Eight show for the summer season of 1960, heading the cast along with Jack Radcliffe and Eve Boswell. The best part, was when Greg spent the entire eviction with a lollipop in his mouth. . But for many, Jimmy will be best remembered as a panto star. Courteney Cox responds to Prince Harry's memoir claims he took magic mushrooms at her house. View Jimmy Logan results in Texas (TX) including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. The venue was forced to close in the early 1970s because of money problems, leaving Jimmy to start over again. In fact many people still know me better for Lovely Biscuits than anything else. 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"! One was a plumber, the other sold beer as a sales rep. Around the same time he was asked to appear in Sunday Night at Blackpool, an offshoot of the popular variety show Meet the Stars which decamped to Blackpool for a series of summer shows. He refurbished it, reopening it as the New Metropole. Scotland Today coverage of the funeral of Jimmy Logan. He was making more and more of a name for himself as a serious actor, and even wrote and performed in a one-man play on Sir Harry Lauder, one of his great heroes. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. At the age of 21 the film Floodtide - a gritty Clydeside drama with Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson - made him a movie star. His last two performances were at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre respectively. His other catchphrase was "Smashing' in't it". Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. He teamed up with Stanley Baxter for a comedy routine which made them national names and coined a string of popular catchphrases. . The funeral will be held at St Joseph's Church in Helensburgh on Friday. Chief medical officer Chris Whitty told Johnson that there were no strong reason against in corridors etc, and no very strong reasons for" introducing the masks. He wanted to concentrate on the glamour and the spectacle of the show, the emphasis on dancers in tails rather than the rather low-brow humour of Logan's act. Take a look at some of the famous twins of Hollywood, including Cole and Dylan Sprouse, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and more. Both Jims mothers knew their sons had a twin brother. But it was merely a stay of execution. The cost of producing the shows was phenomenal but the standard was superb. He appeared in Scotland and England in Harvey, The Entertainer, Death of a Salesman, Comedians, Uncle Vanya and many other stage plays. [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]. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Scott Taylor, who plays for Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, is recovering in hospital in an induced coma after undergoing a 10-hour operation. Consequently, the family home was always filled with music and the sound of somebody singing. 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) Logan. Love Island fans buzz as Olivia is 'exposed' and storms off after furious Jessie row. For the first time on stage, it made people laugh at the Catholic/Protestant divide that was predominant in parts of Scotland. Titford heard Kaylea screaming shortly before she died but instead of checking if she was unwell, he texted her to stop. Rank. From 19 February 1957 to 26 March 1957 he began a new series of comedy programmes on the Scottish Home Service, Let's Face It which replaced the popular 17 Sauchie Street at the end of its run. 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. 1. They formed a successful show business partnership and it was natural that Jimmy would follow in their footsteps. 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. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. Or write about sports? His career instantly blossomed and he soon started a ten-year run in the famous "Five Past Eight" show at the Alhambra Theatre in the city. 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. A career spanning more than six decades made him a household name as an actor, musician, singer, comedian and theatrical entrepreneur. 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. Find out more. Frank Kinnis, 83, suffered fatal injuries after David Johnstone stamped on his head in woodland in Elgin. In 1991, he had a supporting role in the Swedish comedy film Den ofrivillige golfaren which was partly filmed in Scotland. appeared in two Carry On films in 1972 and 1973. 1950 The legendary Scottish entertainer came from a family of entertainers. During the Second World War his parents went off round Britain entertaining the troops with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). 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. Data Provided By 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. 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. He then married Angela on 30 July 1993. He died, aged 73, in hospital in Clydebank, near Glasgow, during the early hours 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. Jimmy was distraught, but with typical courage bounced back, helped by his sister, the famous jazz singer, Annie Ross, who flew over from the USA to be with him for several months. Amazon Fire TV Stick warning as tech giant issues serious alert to users. We've been dating twins for a few months now and we surprised our friends with them!! As a schoolboy, he enjoyed math and carpentry but never spelling. 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. His one-man musical based on the life of Scottish entertainer Sir Harry Lauder was called Lauder (1976). Housemate Glenn revealed the secret, but a lot of the housemates already had an inkling. 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. His sister Heather married a Catholic and became one herself. Logan was a keen supporter of the Lodge, held office and participated in degree work. Jimmy toured the world and became a highly paid entertainer with a lifestyle to match. Aldi launches tasty Easter treat 2 cheaper than high street equivalent. A lot of our time was taken up just thinking what the hell we were going to do next. I came home one day, Lewis recounted, and had this message to call Jim Springer., He did, and before he could help himself, blurted out an almost comedic: Are you my brother?. Four days later he was meeting him in person. In his later years he won praise for his portrayal of Sir Harry Lauder in his one-man show. We did know the punchline, though, and stretched the sketches out to round off on that. Their research sparked more than 170 separate studies . Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. James Jim Springer, of Piqua Ohio, was adopted in 1940 just three weeks after he was born. Produced by ITP for ATV, it was broadcast on Sunday 29 July 1956 (20:0021:00)in England only. Slavery plaque on Scots memorial could go after plan approved for its removal. We did all sorts of things. Eddie Fraser was the producer. 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. 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. He left school at 14 and became assistant manager of Paisley's Victory Theatre. "[27] "I learned in later years when I was peforming serious plays like Death of a Salesman that I had learned so many valuable lessons from appearing in Sam Cree comedies."[201]. Instead we tended to make things up as we went along. In 1988 he became a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. However this marriage too broke up when Pamela walked out, taking the twins who Jimmy adored. 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.". Earlier he had tried his hand at business by buying the Metropole, but it was not a success. So in one episode I suddenly said: "You can like eggs, you can like ham, but sausages is the boys." When their divorce came through in 1967, Logan asked Gina Fratini (nee Butler), a London fashion designer, to be his wife. "When I was six or seven I was selling programmes, chocolates, cigarettes - but I wanted to get on the stage.". But it was a big success and they were soon signed to perform it at the Glasgow Pavilion, beginning a wonderful career.[26]. It was that passing message that ultimately drove Jim Lewis to look for his twin. 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