They moved into a house together in London and Logan spent his time between the capital and Glasgow. His London stage debut came in The Mating Game (1973). He was an assistant manager at 15, tackled juvenile leads and landed his own show at the Metropole Theatre Glasgow at 19. Logan suggested taking the plays he had done at the Metropole and tailoring them for television. There's even less of a trace of David online. 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. Born into a showbusiness family, his father, John Short (known as 'Jack'), and mother, May Dalziel, toured as the musical hall double act 'Short and Dalziel'. Logan was married to Grace in 1958. 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. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. He initially fronted a couple of one-off comedy variety shows for the BBC-tv network from London. An extensive archive of his personal papers and performance ephemera is now held by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland archives. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. They were magnificent, glamorous affairs full of great comedy, and lively singing and dancing. But he returned to the stage as an actor and won critical acclaim in plays such as Death of a Salesman and The Entertainer. Jimmy toured the world and became a highly paid entertainer with a lifestyle to match. . STV used the advert for about a year, and showed it to potential advertisers as an example of the best type of advertising.[31]. 1. At the bingo the women could sit and natter with their pals and maybe win a small fortune too. Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE. Gunshots caught on chilling doorbell footage in Greenock street after dad 'shot dead'. Logan did 14 comedy plays with Cree, each of them made for family laughter. 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]. 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. [21] The presenter was Tommy Trinder. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. Data Provided By 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). . He had a son named James Alan Lewis, worked as a security guard, drove a Chevrolet, and was an avid chain smoker. And he is also the late Scottish comedian Jimmy Logan's stepson. Heres a snippet. Angela, 65, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, died after a 15-month battle against cancer. He refurbished it, reopening it as the New Metropole. Day Two in the house was basically a detail by detail unpacking of what was different about each twin. The venue was forced to close in the early 1970s because of money problems, leaving Jimmy to start over again. [1][6] Logan purchased the Empress Theatre for 80,000 in 1964. He was in pantomime by 1944, playing the cat in Dick Whittington and His Cat, and soon became a comedy star with BBC Scotland. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. It was so successful another edition was broadcast on 24 May 1958. Due to the fact they're identical twins, but one was made . Glasgow salon owner visiting Turkish home after earthquake shares heartbreaking video of devastation. At the age of 12 or 13 possibly around 1955 Connolly saw Logan on stage in Five Past Eight at Glasgow's Alhambra Theatre and cites him as the inspiration behind his decision to become a comedian: On the fateful night at the Alhambra, among other hysterically funny things, Jimmy came on dressed as a Glasgow coalman, trousers tied nicky-tan style below the knee, with big leather back protector over his shoulders and sang in my accent yes, my Glasgow accent! 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. During the Second World War his parents went off round Britain entertaining the troops with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). His connection with pantomime continued throughout his life,[3] most famously with the long-running pantomimes produced by Howard & Wyndham in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Aberdeen.[4][5]. 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. Good on them (but where are you please). 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. Join Facebook to connect with Jimmy Logan and others you may know. It was so popular company bosses would send their secretaries down to stand in queues to make sure they got their tickets for the next change of programme.[24]. He went on to marry a woman named Linda. But even then, life was not always kind to him. 'Schizophrenic's' brutal slaying of Scots dog walker 'could not have been predicted'. Ex-chief constable of Police Scotland 'said bulk of rape complaints were regretful sex'. But it was a big success and they were soon signed to perform it at the Glasgow Pavilion, beginning a wonderful career.[26]. Successful new claims for Pension Credit may also qualify for the 900 cost of living payment. Earlier he had tried his hand at business by buying the Metropole, but it was not a success. We took a lot of chances, and just made it up was we went along. "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 was a performer who loved an audience - and was equally loved by those who came to enjoy his shows. Fenn, who's also famous for playing seductive teen Audrey Horne on Twin Peaks, played both . Links to more Scotland stories are at the foot of the page. 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. One of the last events to be staged there was the first Scottish production of the rock musical Hair. He was joined initially by two other young actors, Eddie Fraser and Primrose Milligan, and a couple of members of the Scottish Variety Orchestra. The bank would lend him no more money and the Metropole closed in 1973 with Logan in debt to the tune of 170,000. Eddie Fraser was the producer. The first few years of Jimmy Logan's Metropole were a success, but all theatres were being threatened by the redevelopment of Glasgow: Thousands of people who lived round about my theatre at St George's Cross were being uprooted from their city centre tenements into the new schemes miles away on the outskirts. Greg used his half of the winnings wisely, becoming a pub owner in Newcastle. 500k likes and we'll go on a double date with the twins!The Mian Twins @miantwins The Twin's instagram and tiktok! 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. 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. Emmerdale's Amy Nuttall 'discovered Andrew Buchan's affair from racy lingerie purchase'. It was that passing message that ultimately drove Jim Lewis to look for his twin. His father passed away in early 1982 when Logan was in pantomime with Terry Scott at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh. 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. Logan died of cancer in a hospital in Clydebank,[8] West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, nine days after his 73rd birthday. 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. The brass plate on the Melville Monument dedicated to Henry Dundas claims he used his influence to delay the abolition of slavery. Latterly he performed regularly at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, one summer revelling in performing three very different plays on successive nights. In 2012, his brother alluded in an interview that his twin was running a Gold Coast based plumbing company that dealt with mining contracts. 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. Warner Bros. TV. After the death of her 73-year-old husband . But he returned to the stage as an actor and won critical acclaim in plays such as Death of a Salesman and The Entertainer. 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. I never knew he existed either. Someone crashes a car through a convenience store window. Tragic hillwalker and dog who plunged 100ft in Glencoe to have ashes scattered together. 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