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Jim Dale

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British actor, singer and songwriter

Person · Open Library

Born
1948
Works
11

Top works

  • Joys of Motherhood
  • Happy Birthday
  • Tiger Woods made me look like a genius
  • The Frank Dunlop Young Vic production of Scapino!
  • The too-bad-it's-your-birthday book

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Film & TV

Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Jim Dale, MBE (born James Smith, 15 August 1935) is an English actor, voice artist, singer and songwriter. He is best known in the United Kingdom for his many appearances in the Carry On series of films and in the US for narrating the Harry Potter audiobook series, for which he received two Grammy Awards, and the ABC series Pushing Daisies. In the 1970s…

Known for

  • Jeepers Creepers — USA Talk Show Host (voice)2020
  • Carry On Forever2015
  • Pushing Daisies — Narrator (voice)2007
  • On Location: The Carry Ons — Lord Darcy Pue / Bo West (archive footage) (uncredited)2001
  • What's a Carry On? — Self - Interviewee1998
  • The Hunchback — Clopin1997
  • Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams — (Archive footage)1996
  • The American Clock — Ted Quinn1993
  • Carry On Columbus — Christopher Columbus1992
  • Lincoln — Baltimore Correspondent (voice)1992

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
12,901
Total plays
904,764

Tags

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Jim Dale MBE (born James Smith on August 15, 1935) is a British singer, songwriter, and actor. Several of his songs entered the UK singles chart: * "Be My Girl" (1957) * "Just Born" (1958) * "Crazy Dream" (1958) * "Sugartime" (1958) He wrote the song "Dick-a-Dum-Dum (King's Road)," which became a minor hit for Des O'Connor in 1969, and his lyrics for the movie theme Georgy Girl were nominated for an Academy Award in 1966. The song (performed by The Seekers) reached number 1 in

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jim
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Rothwell
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.jim-dale.com
Image
Jim Dale (1974) (cropped).jpg
Number of children
4
Show 5 more facts
date of birth
1935-08-15
start of work period
1951-00-00
birth name
James Smith
Commons category
Jim Dale
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