"The real Jimmy Logan, if the truth be told, knows virtually nothing about football and most certainly doesn't support a team."[33]. 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). Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter. in his own words "my responsibilities to the building and my debts were destined to crush me for another decade.". Scottish performer, producer, impresario and director, For other people named James or Jimmy Logan, see, Alhambra Glasgow by Graeme Smith, published 2011, The Theatre Royal: Entertaining a Nation by Graeme Smith, published 2008, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Logan&oldid=1084117228, Officers of the Order of the British Empire, Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 22 April 2022, at 17:04. When his divorce to Grace came through in 1967, Logan asked Gina Fratini (nee Butler), a London fashion designer, to be his wife. James Jim Springer, of Piqua Ohio, was adopted in 1940 just three weeks after he was born. How dare they not share their entire lives with us like the Skyes, Tullys and Fitzys of the world. Fail and theyd have to enter as one person, aka, nominated and evicted as one. "It goes on all night. They moved into a house together in London and Logan spent his time between the capital and Glasgow. In fact, the theme of the series was single, sexy, and competitive(LOL) and instead of asking for video-taped auditions, the producers toured the country looking for the sexiest singles in all the land. One woman ventured out to see what outlets would offer her freebies for her special day. Consequently at the age of 49 he now also lost his home and all that he owned. We present them here for purely educational purposes. 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. 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. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? 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'. Logan suggested taking the plays he had done at the Metropole and tailoring them for television. Duncan Macrae was elected chairman of the new committee, with two vice-chairmen: Lennox Milne, Edinburgh, and Roddy MacMillan, Glasgow. We did know the punchline, though, and stretched the sketches out to round off on that. [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. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. But he returned to the stage as an actor and won critical acclaim in plays such as Death of a Salesman and The Entertainer. No word yet on whether Jim Springer knows anyone named Sandy. Earlier he had tried his hand at business by buying the Metropole, but it was not a success. 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. In 1991, he had a supporting role in the Swedish comedy film Den ofrivillige golfaren which was partly filmed in Scotland. 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. After 16 weeks the shows were stopped. In 1985 he married Pamela Donald and the following year twins were born. During this event he made his last appearance on stage. 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. 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. This perception came from plays like Wedding Fever where he played a Rangers fan. Someone crashes a car through a convenience store window. News Coverage of the Funeral of Jimmy Logan (2001) - YouTube Scotland Today coverage of the funeral of Jimmy Logan OBE in 2001. Loganberry Pie was produced by the voice of children's radio Kathleen Garscadden and broadcast on the BBC-tv network. 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. But even then, life was not always kind to him. Aware that he was going to have to reinvent himself to keep up with the times, they formed a company, Star Scripts Ltd, with the aim of adapting and writing comedy plays to put on at theatres round the country. His memoir, It's a Funny Life, was published in 1998. Find out more. Links to more Scotland stories are at the foot of the page. Jimmy Logan was known as one of the great Scottish entertainers. Fenn, who's also famous for playing seductive teen Audrey Horne on Twin Peaks, played both . 500k likes and we'll go on a double date with the twins!The Mian Twins . He had made his credited film debut at 21 in the Clydebank drama Floodtide (1949), with Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson, but a cinema career did not follow, although there were a trickle of roles and he appeared in Carry on Abroad (1972) and Carry on Girls (1973). He attended Gourock Primary School and then Gourock High School. 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. Latterly he performed regularly at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, one summer revelling in performing three very different plays on successive nights. The venue was forced to close in the early 1970s because of money problems, leaving Jimmy to start over again. Logan devised a series of sophisticated revues, Five Past Eight, that drew Scotland-wide audiences to Glasgow's Alhambra Theatre. . If all you know of WWE is what you see on Total Divas, Jimmy Uso is a loving, kind-hearted husband with a heart of gold. By the late 1960s and early 1970s, the outlook for the Metropole looked bleak. The brass plate on the Melville Monument dedicated to Henry Dundas claims he used his influence to delay the abolition of slavery. 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. My father told me: "Son, get out of that rubbish!" Lisa Wiltse/Getty ImagesA pair of identical twins (not the Jim Twins). In 1993 he received the Gulliver Award for excellence in the theatre. Greg went on to win the whole damn thing, and they were still (technically) being treated as one, so got to share in the prize equally. When Logan was working at the London Palladium in pantomime he got a writer to come up with a play for the double act Francie and Josie, played by Rikki Fulton and Jack Milroy. 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"! [2] He had four siblings including actress/singer Annie Ross. There were five children and we all had our jobs to do," he said in a BBC interview. 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. Housemate Glenn revealed the secret, but a lot of the housemates already had an inkling. He started by selling programmes then moved onto operating theatre lights at the age of 8 and performing a cowboy act at 10. The bank would lend him no more money and the Metropole closed in 1973 with Logan in debt to the tune of 170,000. 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. 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. It was quite a disappointment when the pantomime was able to recommence. Gunshots caught on chilling doorbell footage in Greenock street after dad 'shot dead'. It was such a big deal that the twins were being thrust into the house AS ONE PERSON. In 1998 he appeared in Rab C. Nesbitt as the father-in-law of Rab's son Gash. But it was merely a stay of execution. Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results James F "Jimmy" Logan (twin) BLANTON (1934 - 1944) Try FREE for 14 days Try FREE for 14 days. Last a fortnight under the name of Logan (their shared middle name) and theyd get to enter the house as individuals. 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. Due to high winds, however, the regular compere Tommy Trinder failed to get a flight up from London in time for the live broadcast and Logan was asked to stand in a huge undertaking because, as well as having to come up with lots of new material, he also had to learn the format of the show and all the games that were played on it.[20]. Logan's warmth and sincerity shone through his performances. In this day and age, if they wanted a public profile, they could easily do that with social media. Worse was to follow. The ring, however, paints a very different picture. Logan then discovered that he had lost his audience. THE widow of Scottish showbiz legend Jimmy Logan died yesterday. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Consequently, the family home was always filled with music and the sound of somebody singing. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Day Two in the house was basically a detail by detail unpacking of what was different about each twin. 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. Twins Separated At Birth Reunited To Find Theyd Led The Same Life. This loss was a gain for the University of Glasgow and the people of Scotland as these items now form part of the Logan Theatre Collection in the University Library, thanks to the MacFarlane Trust. Post continues after video. The following Thursday a memorial service was held for him in Glasgow Cathedral once again he had a packed house. He was a performer who loved an audience - and was equally loved by those who came to enjoy his shows. 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. Ex-chief constable of Police Scotland 'said bulk of rape complaints were regretful sex'. 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. Logan was a keen supporter of the Lodge, held office and participated in degree work. After a prologue that features the twin fetishes of John Denver nostalgia and pickup-truck repair, the action gets set in motion when Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum), a beefy divorced dad who lives . At the age of 21 the film Floodtide - a gritty Clydeside drama with Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson - made him a movie star. He also did around 150 radio shows with his friend Stanley Baxter. 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. Most families were short of money so if the wife who had been bored to tears in the house all day wanted to go out at night, she would invariably go to the bingo, a welcome replacement for the old-fashioned quiz nights. One was a plumber, the other sold beer as a sales rep. Jimmy published his autobiography in 1998. 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. WATCH/LISTEN: ON THIS STORY: BBC Scotland's Forbes McFall reports "Jimmy Logan . Get it."[9]. When men got home from their work at night they just wanted to sit and watch television and that television was soon in colour, a wonderful novelty. Titford heard Kaylea screaming shortly before she died but instead of checking if she was unwell, he texted her to stop. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. At the age of 49 (1977/78) he found himself with no home, no wife, no money. He had been the first Scot to perform there in 16 years. Check out these conjoined twins that survived being separated at the head, the worlds most difficult surgery. [1] His aunt, from whom he took his stage surname, was Broadway performer Ella Logan. Family of missing Scots man 'worried sick' and 'desperate for papa to come home'. Amateur Scots football captain in intensive care after 'sudden and severe accident'. If they wanted to come to the Metropole they were looking at a long and expensive journey two buses each way, or a bus and the tube. Most of the time I find I am laughing with him and not at him and the comedian who can evoke that kind of laughter is no ordinary clown. When Helensburgh Heritage Trust was set up the same year, he became its first Honorary President, and he contributed a piece on another great entertainer from Helensburgh, Jack Buchanan, another of his great heroes, for the Trusts bicentenary book, 200 Years of Helensburgh. Warner Bros. TV. The legendary Scottish entertainer came from a family of entertainers. Born: March 24, 1965 Full Name: James Thomas Logan View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen. We've been dating twins for a few months now and we surprised our friends with them!! However, he was left facing financial ruin after he bought Glasgow's Metropol Theatre. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. He starred in Saturday Showtime, written by Eric Sykes, for ITV in 1956, and from 1957 to 1961 in BBC TV's Jimmy Logan Show - much of it written by himself. . On opening night it was revealed the $1 million prize was also getting the shakeup. 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. But never forget Sausages is the boys."[10]. He also became well known on the BBC's Scottish Home Service radio show It's All Yours. Despite having been declared by the press as one of the country's best young comics, Logan was still little known outside of Glasgow. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. 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. This surprised many as most people believed Logan to be a die-hard Rangers fan. Logan began work as a child, selling programmes at his parents' shows. So in one episode I suddenly said: "You can like eggs, you can like ham, but sausages is the boys." He also owns hotels and restaurants. His father was a Rangers fan though. 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. "I was picking up different vibes that he was two different people. Jimmy Logan was known as one of the great Scottish entertainers. Rank. Logan married Angela, a divorced mother of six who is now 55, in 1993. . In 1968 Logan was offered his own colour TV series on the BBC. Frank Kinnis, 83, suffered fatal injuries after David Johnstone stamped on his head in woodland in Elgin. 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. His other screen roles included parts in two Carry On films. 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 and his Fife Past Eight co-star Jack Radcliffe were original shareholders in STV, each contributing 1,000. HELENSBURGH man Jimmy Logan OBE a world famous and colourful Scottish actor and entertainer served until his death in 2001 as the first honorary president of Helensburgh Heritage Trust and took a keen interest in the work of the Trust. Finally in 1973 the bank pegged his overdraft at 170,000 and so he had to close the theatre . He had twins, a boy and a girl, with Pamela. . Jimmy Logan was known as one of the great Scottish entertainers. But for many, Jimmy will be best remembered as a panto star. Jimmy toured the world and became a highly paid entertainer with a lifestyle to match. It was so successful another edition was broadcast on 24 May 1958. . "I tried my best to master the part," he recalled, "but it just didn't work. However, typically, Jimmy Logan bounced back. Once again I had produced a catchphrase that seemed to capture the heart of a nation. 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! An extensive archive of his personal papers and performance ephemera is now held by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland archives. WATCH/LISTEN: ON THIS STORY: BBC Scotland's Forbes McFall reports "Jimmy Logan . One of the last events to be staged there was the first Scottish production of the rock musical Hair. I have heard better singers than Jimmy quite a number. It was released to cinemas in May 1949 and was a success. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. The venue was forced to close in the early 1970s because of money problems, leaving Jimmy to start over again. The play became the basis of a BBC Scotland television situation comedy. He attended the Lodges 75th year celebrations in 1995 along with Edward Ashley Past Master, long-time Manager at the Kings Theatre.[34]. Jimmy Logan died of cancer on 13 April 2001 in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, nine days after his 73rd birthday. [4], We took a lot of chances in those family shows. 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. In the winter of 1955 Logan starred in the first Howard & Wyndham pantomime at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow, which the company had just bought. "[29], He wrote: "I was also recording a television programme that in my heart of hearts I thought wasn't right."[30]. 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. HELENSBURGH man Jimmy Logan OBE a world famous and colourful Scottish actor and entertainer served until his death in 2001 as the first honorary president of Helensburgh Heritage Trust and took a keen interest in the work of the Trust. He was a performer who loved an audience - and was equally loved by those who came to enjoy his shows. 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. At the age of 21 the film Floodtide - a gritty Clydeside drama with Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson - made him a movie star. 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. His aunt from w read more. Wherever it played in Britain audiences flocked from all over. A career spanning more than six decades made him a household name as an actor, musician, singer, comedian and theatrical entrepreneur. In 1965, Logan's friend, Francis Essex, the head of productions at STV, wrote him asking if he had any ideas for new material. There were five children and we all had our jobs to do," he said in a BBC interview. Scott Taylor, who plays for Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, is recovering in hospital in an induced coma after undergoing a 10-hour operation. We were fed a diet of comedians who, while brilliant at their craft, were somewhat foreign to me [] they were all very funny in their own right but tended to talk about things I knew little or nothing about. In fact many people still know me better for Lovely Biscuits than anything else. 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. 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