In 2012, his brother alluded in an interview that his twin was running a Gold Coast based plumbing company that dealt with mining contracts. which is now a burnt down creepy ghost hangout. 1950 The legendary Scottish entertainer came from a family of entertainers. But it was a big success and they were soon signed to perform it at the Glasgow Pavilion, beginning a wonderful career.[26]. He also appeared on the first night of Scottish Television in 1956. He refurbished it, reopening it as the New Metropole. So in one episode I suddenly said: "You can like eggs, you can like ham, but sausages is the boys." The best part, was when Greg spent the entire eviction with a lollipop in his mouth. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Milo, 14, Iggy, 12, and Scout, 6, appear to be based in Avalon with mum who late last year re-married her partner Hayden Guppy. 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 of his last major dramatic roles was something of a tribute from an old admirer, appearing alongside Billy Connolly in Anthony Neilson's The Debt Collector (1998). His plans, however, fell foul of licensing authorities. Later, he and Linda divorced, and he married a woman named Betty. 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. His family, in the 1930s and 1940s, toured the small music halls of Scotland and Northern Ireland and ran seasons at the Metropole, Glasgow and in the Theatre, Paisley, where Logan became house manager for the family. 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. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Friday, 13 April, 2001, 09:56 GMT 10:56 UK, "Jimmy Logan was one of the great Scottish entertainers", ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Then, read about the Hilton sisters, conjoined twins who made a life for themselves as part of a freak show. Charm and personality are the most important things in show business and Jimmy Logan has plenty of both. He left school at 14 with no qualifications, but already certain that his future lay in the world of entertainment. His memoir, It's a Funny Life, was published in 1998. A pair of identical twins (not the Jim Twins). In 1955 the BBC Scotland light entertainment producer Eddie Fraser asked Logan to do the first Scottish children's television programme. Jimmy was delighted as he believed them to be his first children and three years later the family moved to part of 152 East Clyde Street in Helensburgh (pictured left). The TV viewer was then led into the auditorium as though they were a special guest before things settled for the beginning of the performance. [32] 1976 Lauder at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. One was a plumber, the other sold beer as a sales rep. And he is also the late Scottish comedian Jimmy Logan's stepson. Instead we tended to make things up as we went along. Get it."[9]. He went on to marry a woman named Linda. 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. Facebook gives people the power to. One woman ventured out to see what outlets would offer her freebies for her special day. Slavery plaque on Scots memorial could go after plan approved for its removal. There were also plaudits for his television performances. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. He attended the Lodges 75th year celebrations in 1995 along with Edward Ashley Past Master, long-time Manager at the Kings Theatre.[34]. 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]. Some people said she chose the name Logan after sticking a pin in a newspaper race sheet and coming up with a horse called 'Triumphant Logan' Logan, 19. 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". "These comedy plays saved by career and exposed people to a Jimmy Logan they never knew existed. It was so successful another edition was broadcast on 24 May 1958. 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. He went on to marry a woman named Linda. When his divorce to Grace came through in 1967, Logan asked Gina Fratini (nee Butler), a London fashion designer, to be his wife. Logan Lucky is a rare thing: a heist film where no one gets hurt. 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. were arrested. He also became well known on the BBC's Scottish Home Service radio show It's All Yours. [2] He had four siblings including actress/singer Annie Ross. It was such a big deal that the twins were being thrust into the house AS ONE PERSON. Housemate Glenn revealed the secret, but a lot of the housemates already had an inkling. 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. 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. THE former wife of late Scots showbiz star Jimmy Logan has remarried. Logan was part of a family of entertainers beginning with his parents who were the music hall act Short and Dalziel. 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.". View the profiles of professionals named "Jimmy Logan" on LinkedIn. Amazon Fire TV Stick warning as tech giant issues serious alert to users. Prison inmates nearly riot in the cafeteria, pummeling each other and prison guards. A lot of our time was taken up just thinking what the hell we were going to do next. He teamed up with Stanley Baxter for a comedy routine which made them national names and coined a string of popular catchphrases. 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. [21] The presenter was Tommy Trinder. 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. . Once again I had produced a catchphrase that seemed to capture the heart of a nation. The cost of producing the shows was phenomenal but the standard was superb. 13 April 2001 (aged 73) Jimmy Logan, (4 April 1928 - 13 April 2001), born James Short in Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland was an Entertainer, theatre owner, producer, director, and actor. 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. There were five children and we all had our jobs to do," he said in a BBC interview. He was the kind of boy who would say "Aw yeah, Mishta Logan, don't worry about it Mishta Logan, no problem Mishta Logan." 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. His vision was to run American-style showbars that had never been seen in Glasgow before. He was an assistant manager at 15, tackled juvenile leads and landed his own show at the Metropole Theatre Glasgow at 19. Too young to go with them, James and his siblings moved to Gourock to stay with their mother's sister, Aunt Jean, and her husband Uncle Bert Lawton. All rights reserved. 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]. His father passed away in early 1982 when Logan was in pantomime with Terry Scott at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh. A career spanning more than six decades made him a household name as an actor, musician, singer, comedian and theatrical entrepreneur. WATCH/LISTEN: ON THIS STORY: BBC Scotland's Forbes McFall reports "Jimmy Logan . His father was a Rangers fan though. Post continues after video. "[29], He wrote: "I was also recording a television programme that in my heart of hearts I thought wasn't right."[30]. 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. Ultimately, both Jimmy and his daughter overcome the Loganand Americancurse. In 2012, his brother alluded in an interview that his twin was running a Gold Coast based plumbing company that dealt with mining contracts. Sherilyn Fenn As Sasha & Anna. 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. 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. 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. More bio, uniform, draft, salary info We havent seen or heard anything from Greg and David in years. Worse was to follow. At the age of 21 the film Floodtide - a gritty Clydeside drama with Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson - made him a movie star. Glasgow salon owner visiting Turkish home after earthquake shares heartbreaking video of devastation. The bank would lend him no more money and the Metropole closed in 1973 with Logan in debt to the tune of 170,000. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Scott Taylor, who plays for Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, is recovering in hospital in an induced coma after undergoing a 10-hour operation. 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? Jimmy Logan's connections with Helensburgh go back even to the time before he was born, as it was in Helensburgh that his parents, Jack Short and May Dalziel, met each other. Micheal shared some of the benefits of eating one type of food, including improved brain health. Angela, 65, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, died after a 15-month battle against cancer. Jimmy toured the world and became a highly paid entertainer with a lifestyle to match. SNP leadership contender Ash Regan announces 'bonkers' currency plan for independent Scotland. It was during those six consecutive years at the Metropole that Jim's father decided that his son should be a comic, taking part in sketches which were mostly ad-libbed: I discovered I had a flair to play a schoolboy with a slight lisp that always got good laughs. 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. Logan suggested taking the plays he had done at the Metropole and tailoring them for television. 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]. Samantha Gilbert tragically lost her life, leaving her loved ones completely devastated. The children then moved back to Glasgow to live with their parents in Ibrox, with Logan moving to the local school, Bellahouston Academy. No word yet on whether Jim Springer knows anyone named Sandy. THE widow of Scottish showbiz legend Jimmy Logan died yesterday. "I was picking up different vibes that he was two different people. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Logan ad-libbed in front of the curtain to the 2,000-strong audience for a while and then asked the orchestra leader to find the theatre carpenter, who had worked there all his life and was about to retire. 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. Latterly he performed regularly at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, one summer revelling in performing three very different plays on successive nights. 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'. STV used the advert for about a year, and showed it to potential advertisers as an example of the best type of advertising.[31]. It was a financial gamble that took every penny Logan had (40,000 was his share) along with substantial loans from the bank. Max apparently gets into another altercation with the Logan brothers later: We don't see the fight, but do see Max's bruised, bandaged face after the fact. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. [3], Educated at Gourock High School, Inverclyde, and latterly Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow, Logan left school at the age of 14. He was an assistant manager at 15, tackled juvenile leads and landed his own show at the Metropole Theatre Glasgow at 19. Four days later he was meeting him in person. "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.". The brass plate on the Melville Monument dedicated to Henry Dundas claims he used his influence to delay the abolition of slavery. Instead, nearly everyone involved or affected by the heist is rewarded. . Logan went on to perform in a decade of pantomimes for Howard & Wyndham, each running for about 16 weeks of the year, for which he was paid the handsome rate of 500 per week. We encourage you to . Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. 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. But even then, life was not always kind to him. The following Thursday a memorial service was held for him in Glasgow Cathedral once again he had a packed house. However, typically, Jimmy Logan bounced back. In 1985 he married Pamela Donald and the following year twins were born. Logan did 14 comedy plays with Cree, each of them made for family laughter. 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. He also did around 150 radio shows with his friend Stanley Baxter. Eddie Fraser was the producer. In 1988 he became a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. During that season he got a call from an Edinburgh advertising agency to appear in a television advert for Simmers Biscuits. a parody of Adam Faith's "What Do You Want". He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and received an OBE from the Queen in 1996. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Jimmy published his autobiography in 1998. Consequently, the family home was always filled with music and the sound of somebody singing. By 2005, Big Brother had already been on air for four years so the producers were ready to throw all the spanners into all the works. . Join Facebook to connect with Jimmy Logan and others you may know. He was named James by his adoptive parents and had a dog named Toy. Many thanks to him. When their divorce came through in 1967, Logan asked Gina Fratini (nee Butler), a London fashion designer, to be his wife. "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. Michael Mosley shares the weight loss snack that 'won't add to your waistline'. Edinburgh loved him.[12]. His one-man musical based on the life of Scottish entertainer Sir Harry Lauder was called Lauder (1976). Logan's biggest influence was Sir Harry Lauder "in my opinion Scotland's finest ambassador, and a true megastar," he said. 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. 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