Buddy would be singing a nice melody and I would be screaming in the background: "Oh, dear God, take him away."[5]. Between 1979 and 1999, the team studied 137 pairs of twins, including the Jim twins, that had been reared apart from each other. Paper Subscription to the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, Paper Subscription to the Paisley Daily Express, 2023 Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd, Body of baby found in search for missing infant after parents arrested. Neil Wilson, also known as Neil Canney, was found seriously wounded after he was targeted at his house on Nairn Road at around 1.15am on Tuesday. His other screen roles included parts in two Carry On films. [1] His aunt, from whom he took his stage surname, was Broadway performer Ella Logan. They also starred in the long-running Five Past Eight show at the Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow. 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. Hurran decided that the 1961 season would be the last featuring Logan and Radcliffe in the starring roles. WATCH/LISTEN: ON THIS STORY: BBC Scotland's Forbes McFall reports "Jimmy Logan . 1973 was the subject of This Is Your Life. 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. 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. 500k likes and we'll go on a double date with the twins!The Mian Twins @miantwins The Twin's instagram and tiktok! Logan was chairman of the board of directors, his father was managing director, and his mother and wife Grace the remaining directors. Micheal shared some of the benefits of eating one type of food, including improved brain health. 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. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and received an OBE from the Queen in 1996. Ultimately, both Jimmy and his daughter overcome the Loganand Americancurse. "When I was six or seven I was selling programmes, chocolates, cigarettes - but I wanted to get on the stage.". All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Ex-chief constable of Police Scotland 'said bulk of rape complaints were regretful sex'. On 10 February 1957 he appeared on the bill of Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium' (ATV) along with Guy Mitchell and The Beverley Sisters. Logan married Angela, a divorced mother of six who is now 55, in 1993. They also starred in the long-running Five Past Eight show at the Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow. Something went wrong, please try again later. Jimmy Uso: Bio. He knew that the theatre itself would probably lose money, but he believed that by building a complex of bars and restaurants with entertainment on the plot next door, he could subsidise the losses of the theatre. and purchased a second-hand twin-engined Miles Gemini plane for 2,000 which he flew himself. Ash Regan claimed a devolved parliament could set up a new central bank and ditch the pound just months after a vote for indepenence. Jimmy toured the world and became a highly paid entertainer with a lifestyle to match. Born: March 24, 1965 Full Name: James Thomas Logan View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen. But it was merely a stay of execution. Instead we tended to make things up as we went along. Facebook gives people the power to. He also became well known on the BBC's Scottish Home Service radio show It's All Yours. One reviewer wrote that "Logan made a particularly deep impression with British viewers on his television debut". Jimmy was born in Glasgow on April 4 1928 the same year as Mickey Mouse, as he pointed out and he first appeared on stage at the age of 12, although his career in the theatre actually started at the age of seven as during holidays he would sell programmes, chocolates and cigarettes at his father's summer show in Northern Ireland. In his later years he won praise for his portrayal of Sir Harry Lauder in his one-man show. I guess there are limits to the kind of characters I can make people believe in. "The real Jimmy Logan, if the truth be told, knows virtually nothing about football and most certainly doesn't support a team."[33]. We did all sorts of things. Logan was married to Grace in 1958. A review in The Scotsman stated that Logan "often comes perilously near to stealing the picture". 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]. Most of the money went to the people running the musical, and not the people running the Metropole. Jimmy published his autobiography in 1998. Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. 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. Links to more Scotland stories are at the foot of the page. By 1950 ha had his own radio . Fail and theyd have to enter as one person, aka, nominated and evicted as one. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. It was a financial gamble that took every penny Logan had (40,000 was his share) along with substantial loans from the bank. Almsot 400,000 people came to the Alhambra during that 24-week season, almost ten per cent of the Scottish population. By The Newsroom 17th Aug 2010, 1:00am Angela Logan provided stalwart support for one of Scotland's finest comedians, Jimmy. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. There are 40+ professionals named "Jimmy Logan", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Other theatrical events included The Entertainer (1984), Brighton Beach Memoirs (1989), Bill Bryden's The Ship, The Comedians (1991), On Golden Pond (1996) and Death of a Salesman at the Pitlochry Festival (1992). 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]. 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. [2] He had four siblings including actress/singer Annie Ross. 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]. Typically of Jimmy he continued to cherish "his" now distant twins. It seemed that nothing could go wrong, but it did. After 16 weeks the shows were stopped. Along with his twin brother Jey, Jimmy has caused nightmares for the WWE Tag Team division for years. Produced by ITP for ATV, it was broadcast on Sunday 29 July 1956 (20:0021:00)in England only. Logan and his Fife Past Eight co-star Jack Radcliffe were original shareholders in STV, each contributing 1,000. 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. Advance sales were disappointing but the play went down a storm with audiences and word quickly spread. During the subsequent divorce Pamela insisted on DNA tests which eventually revealed that Jimmy was not the biological father of the twins. He was a stocky, short man who stood at only 5-foot-4-inches. Was a major coup. 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. Logan wrote that the planning authorities in Glasgow were "consistently obstructive and unhelpful". "I wanted to witness this wonderful new medium in the land that was really pioneering its progress," he recalled. Face masks were introduced in schools because Boris Johnson was told it was 'not worth an argument' with Nicola Sturgeon. 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. He had a son named James Allan Springer, worked as a deputy sheriff, drove a Chevrolet, and was an avid chain smoker. It was no wonder. His last two performances were at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre respectively. Greg was married to the mother of this three children former Elle magazine editor-in-chief (now Jones magazine editor) Justine Cullen, but the pair have since parted ways. His father was a Rangers fan though. Twins Separated At Birth Reunited To Find Theyd Led The Same Life. Logan suggested taking the plays he had done at the Metropole and tailoring them for television. [32] 1976 Lauder at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. They performed parts of their Fife Past Eight set, appearing as themselves at the opening, later on as two babies, then as two Teddy Boys. Logan felt their act was getting tired and suggested the play to Milroy who was not keen at first. Slavery plaque on Scots memorial could go after plan approved for its removal. Jimmy Logan (19282001) was a Scottish comedian, actor, theatrical producer, impresario and director, who was a frequent broadcaster on both radio and television in the post-war era. His father decided it was not a good idea for his son to share the same surname because the audience might think they were not getting their money's worth, and so from 1943 James Short became 'Jim Logan'. Because how fun are identical twins. were arrested. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. His belief in himself was justified, as his natural flair for comedy was so great that by the age of 19 he was principal comedian at the Metropole Theatre in Stockwell Street, Glasgow. ": Carry on Abroad (1972) and Carry on Girls (1973), the latter of which he played a gay director. Scott Taylor, who plays for Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, is recovering in hospital in an induced coma after undergoing a 10-hour operation. 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. He left school at 14 with no qualifications, but already certain that his future lay in the world of entertainment. In 2012, his brother alluded in an interview that his twin was running a Gold Coast based plumbing company that dealt with mining contracts. In 1955 the BBC Scotland light entertainment producer Eddie Fraser asked Logan to do the first Scottish children's television programme. Five thousand would be subtracted every time a housemate broke a rule. An accomplished stand-up and sketch comedian, he favoured chat, insight and observation over gags. 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. At the age of 20 he had married a dancer, Grace Pagan. [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]. He died on August 11, 1989 in Hermitage, Missouri, USA. He is also a dad. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. In its ten months at the Metropole in 1971 it was a great success and saved the theatre from immediate closure. He initially fronted a couple of one-off comedy variety shows for the BBC-tv network from London. 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. They formed a successful show business partnership and it was natural that Jimmy would follow in their footsteps. 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