Day Two in the house was basically a detail by detail unpacking of what was different about each twin. But even then, life was not always kind to him. His memoir, It's a Funny Life, was published in 1998. Emmerdale's Amy Nuttall 'discovered Andrew Buchan's affair from racy lingerie purchase'. His father then decided 'Jimmy' was a better first name for the rising comic and he began appearing under that name from 1947. An extensive archive of his personal papers and performance ephemera is now held by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland archives. At the bingo the women could sit and natter with their pals and maybe win a small fortune too. He died on August 11, 1989 in Hermitage, Missouri, USA. During the Second World War his parents went off round Britain entertaining the troops with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). 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] His sister Annabelle (19302020) was the actress and singer 'Annie Ross', highly successful on both sides of the Atlantic, counting Liza Minelli among her closest friends. I was on piano, my dad played the accordion, my mother, Buddy and Heather sang, and Bertie did other things including playing the xylophone. 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. How dare they not share their entire lives with us like the Skyes, Tullys and Fitzys of the world. Jimmy Logan died of cancer on 13 April 2001 in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, nine days after his 73rd birthday. 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. But never forget Sausages is the boys."[10]. A one-man show he had written on the life of his great hero Sir Harry Lauder. He toured the show extensively, dancing and working his way through 36 Lauder songs. [22] Eddie Fraser and George Inns were to produce and direct again, but the BBC subsequently decided Fraser was required in Glasgow and, then, Inns was forced to pull out. In turn, Logan influenced others: Billy Connolly decided to become an entertainer after seeing him in pantomime. We havent seen or heard anything from Greg and David in years. We did know the punchline, though, and stretched the sketches out to round off on that. It was formed at a meeting in Edinburgh in around September 1953 when Alex McCrindle, the first Scottish organiser, was formally introduced. Self-confessed 'Friends fanatic' Harry took comfort in the sitcom while navigating panic attacks after completing his second tour of Afghanistan a decade ago. He had a son named James Alan Lewis, worked as a security guard, drove a Chevrolet, and was an avid chain smoker. The nature of their business meant their young family stayed at a number of houses in a number of different cities. The Trouble with Alec, starring Logan in the lead role, which was first broadcast on BBC-1 Scotland on Thursday evenings (9.09.25pm) from 11 November to 16 December 1965, directed by David Bell and produced by Eddie Fraser. My father told me: "Son, get out of that rubbish!" [1] [6] Logan purchased the Empress Theatre for 80,000 in 1964. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Logan was a keen supporter of the Lodge, held office and participated in degree work. The play became the basis of a BBC Scotland television situation comedy. In 1988 he became a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. . The cost of producing the shows was phenomenal but the standard was superb. Mehmet Sunna, who runs Sunna Salon Furniture in the city, has spoken of the moment found his hometown Pazarcik reduced to rubble. There were also plaudits for his television performances. 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 show improved and became very successful, such that Logan became known as Jimmy 'It's All Yours' Logan. Four days later he was meeting him in person. in his own words "my responsibilities to the building and my debts were destined to crush me for another decade.". Consequently, the family home was always filled with music and the sound of somebody singing. Good on them (but where are you please). "When I was six or seven I was selling programmes, chocolates, cigarettes - but I wanted to get on the stage.". Love Island fans buzz as Olivia is 'exposed' and storms off after furious Jessie row. In 1993 he received the Gulliver Award for excellence in the theatre. 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. Or write about sports? As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Ex-chief constable of Police Scotland 'said bulk of rape complaints were regretful sex'. 500k likes and we'll go on a double date with the twins!The Mian Twins . In 1998 he produced his best-selling autobiography, aptly entitled "It's a Funny Life". 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. He also became well known on the BBC's Scottish Home Service radio show It's All Yours. Almsot 400,000 people came to the Alhambra during that 24-week season, almost ten per cent of the Scottish population. 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. In 1979, Jim Lewis met Jim Springer, and the truth behind their startling similarities came out. Jimmy Logan was known as one of the great Scottish entertainers. He had a quadruple heart bypass operation. 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. We've been dating twins for a few months now and we surprised our friends with them!! ": Carry on Abroad (1972) and Carry on Girls (1973), the latter of which he played a gay director. They moved into a house together in London and Logan spent his time between the capital and Glasgow. Jimmy toured the world and became a highly paid entertainer with a lifestyle to match. Earlier he had tried his hand at business by buying the Metropole, but it was not a success. 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. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. More bio, uniform, draft, salary info 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. 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. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. 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. Amazon Fire TV Stick warning as tech giant issues serious alert to users. The children then moved back to Glasgow to live with their parents in Ibrox, with Logan moving to the local school, Bellahouston Academy. Even as a young man, he campaigned at Equity meetings for the rights of chorus girls and smaller acts. 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. He started by selling programmes then moved onto operating theatre lights at the age of 8 and performing a cowboy act at 10. Scots woman, 35, dies in sleep as heartbroken family hail 'amazing' little sister. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Their research sparked more than 170 separate studies . Around the same time he was asked to appear in Sunday Night at Blackpool, an offshoot of the popular variety show Meet the Stars which decamped to Blackpool for a series of summer shows. Logan also started appearing on his own, performing in wartime variety seasons at the Palladium in Edinburgh, and the Hippodrome and Opera House in Dunfermline. He went on to marry a woman named Linda. They would say: "Beeby the Seagull, do you understand? 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). [4], We took a lot of chances in those family shows. Five thousand would be subtracted every time a housemate broke a rule. Charm and personality are the most important things in show business and Jimmy Logan has plenty of both. Died. Last edited on 20 February 2023, at 01:50, Floodtime: Film with a Clydebank Background, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19530917/058/0011, http://wiki.scotlandonair.com/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Logan&oldid=64292. 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. Eddie Fraser was the producer. The squad eventually learns that the girl twin, Lindsay, was born a boy but a botched circumcision led to her parents making her a girl at the recommendation of the sex therapist the twins are currently seeing. Michael Mosley shares the weight loss snack that 'won't add to your waistline'. In 1965, Logan's friend, Francis Essex, the head of productions at STV, wrote him asking if he had any ideas for new material. Gunshots caught on chilling doorbell footage in Greenock street after dad 'shot dead'. Edinburgh loved him.[12]. Family of missing Scots man 'worried sick' and 'desperate for papa to come home'. It was a financial gamble that took every penny Logan had (40,000 was his share) along with substantial loans from the bank. He then took it to Glasgow and ended up playing to more people that year than Five Past Eight, which Logan had finished with the previous year. Logan played a major part in the establishment of a Scottish committee of the British Actors' Equity Association. 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. 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. 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. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. 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. Frank Kinnis, 83, suffered fatal injuries after David Johnstone stamped on his head in woodland in Elgin. 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. 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. 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 attended the Lodges 75th year celebrations in 1995 along with Edward Ashley Past Master, long-time Manager at the Kings Theatre.[34]. Links to more Scotland stories are at the foot of the page. His aunt, from whom he took his stage surname, was Broadway performer Ella Logan. A career spanning more than six decades made him a household name as an actor, musician, singer, comedian and theatrical entrepreneur. He initially fronted a couple of one-off comedy variety shows for the BBC-tv network from London. Apparently the Logan twins have put their life-in-the-limelight days behind them, and are living very under the radar lives. Take a look at some of the famous twins of Hollywood, including Cole and Dylan Sprouse, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and more. The bemused carpenter suddenly found himself on stage with Logan doing a This is Your Life on him, and soon the audience was spellbound by the old man's stories of the great music hall stars he had known. View the profiles of people named Jimmy Logan. Apparently the Logan twins have put their life-in-the-limelight days behind them, and are living very under the radar lives. Getting . On Wednesday's instalment of the Channel 4 property show, Julie and Peter enlisted Lee's help to find their dream holiday home in South West France. By the end of the 1950s, and at the peak of his profession in Scotland, Logan wanted to make a name for himself beyond Scotland's borders. Greg and David were given a task as the seasons exciting new play-thing. It was so well liked I became known as Jimmy 'Lovely Biscuits' Logan. 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. 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. After the death of her 73-year-old husband in 2001 from throat cancer, she helped start the Jimmy Logan Memorial Cancer Trust. The funeral will be held at St Joseph's Church in Helensburgh on Friday. He also did around 150 radio shows with his friend Stanley Baxter. Last a fortnight under the name of Logan (their shared middle name) and theyd get to enter the house as individuals. Springers mother was under the impression that the twin had died, while Lewis mother knew a bit more. In this day and age, if they wanted a public profile, they could easily do that with social media. 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'. In 1970, however, he surprised many when he announced the theatre would be playing host to Hair, the hottest musical to hit London in years, not to mention the most controversial primarily because of the on-stage nudity and its political stance against the war in Vietnam. B B the C gull. Logan was born in Dennistoun, Glasgow, a member of a family of entertainers; the tradition began with his parents (Jack Short and Mary Dalziel "May" Allan) who were the music hall act Short and Dalziel. 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 . He claimed that because in 1964 the city fathers had an agenda to move prospective developers from St George's Cross and concentrate new shopping and entertainment developments in nearby Maryhill, "the Metropole was effectively hung out to dry. 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. One had a noticeable scar on their forehead, the other had a tattoo on their ankle, one was right-handed and the other left-handed. Jimmy published his autobiography in 1998. At the age of 21 the film Floodtide - a gritty Clydeside drama with Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson - made him a movie star. . Initially a hard-working team with under-the-radar buzz . I guess there are limits to the kind of characters I can make people believe in. Get it."[9]. Jimmy Logan was known as one of the great Scottish entertainers. "When I was six or seven I was selling programmes, chocolates, cigarettes - but I wanted to get on the stage.". Logan felt their act was getting tired and suggested the play to Milroy who was not keen at first. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. [7] Logan collected Lauder memorabilia, which is now housed in the Scottish Theatre Archive at the University of Glasgow. The ring, however, paints a very different picture. In 1955 Logan undertook a two-week run in variety season at the London Palladium "the greatest variety theatre in the world" as he described it after being invited to do so by the theatre's boss, Val Parnell. His father was a Rangers fan though. Two new writers, Andrew McIntyre and Jack McLeod, were also hired came up with one of Logan's catchphrases "sausages is the boys": They reckoned it would be perfect for one of my characters, the gormless youth Sammy Dreep, a kind of wee Glaswegian you could imagine wearing a bunnet and thick glasses, who always spat out phlegm when he was talking. Upon hearing about the Jim twins uncanny resemblances, researchers at the University of Minnesota invited the pair to come to their facility for testing. which is now a burnt down creepy ghost hangout. 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]. Scotland Today coverage of the funeral of Jimmy Logan. On the opening night, Saturday 31 August 1957, he and Stanley Baxter appeared in This is Scotland, an hour-long variety special broadcast live from the Theatre Royal studios. 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. He was the kind of boy who would say "Aw yeah, Mishta Logan, don't worry about it Mishta Logan, no problem Mishta Logan." Many thanks to him. A career spanning more than six decades made him a household name as an actor, musician, singer, comedian and theatrical entrepreneur. When they weren't "in play" they were holed up in the isolation room playing playstation and watching DVDs (remember those.). Received an OBE in 1996 for services to entertainment. His brother John was the vocalist 'Buddy Logan' (19211992). Over the years he became, in the words of his obituary writers, "a consummate performer and inspiration to many entertainers" (The Herald) and "a gentleman, a very generous man, and one of Helensburgh's best loved residents" (Helensburgh Advertiser). 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. Born: March 24, 1965 Full Name: James Thomas Logan View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen. Chief medical officer Chris Whitty told Johnson that there were no strong reason against in corridors etc, and no very strong reasons for" introducing the masks. The writers kept suggesting things like using the sound effect of a seagull when something funny happened. Neil Wilson was found seriously injured on Nairn Road at around 1.15am on Tuesday morning. Through fellow comedian Jack Milroy, Logan met Sam Cree, who came from the north of Ireland and wrote for a great Irish comedian and actor James Young, and the pair clicked. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. 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. View the profiles of professionals named "Jimmy Logan" on LinkedIn. 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 tried my best to master the part," he recalled, "but it just didn't work. Jimmy was born into a Glasgow theatrical family in 1928. Warner Bros. TV. "My father and mother were in showbusiness. 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. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. Being centred in the south or north of England, most of their references left me bewildered. For the first time on stage, it made people laugh at the Catholic/Protestant divide that was predominant in parts of Scotland. 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. He started by selling programmes then moved onto operating theatre lights at the age of 8 and performing a cowboy act at 10. 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. 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. Andrew is best known for his role in the STV drama Broadchurch reportedly left his wife of 11 years after falling for his co-star Leila Farzad, 39. It was quite a disappointment when the pantomime was able to recommence. A one-off special edition of The Jimmy Logan Show from the Alhambra was broadcast on the evening of Saturday 14 October 1961. 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. Fail and theyd have to enter as one person, aka, nominated and evicted as one. He died, aged 73, in hospital in Clydebank, near Glasgow, during the early hours Consequently at the age of 49 he now also lost his home and all that he owned. In his later years he won praise for his portrayal of Sir Harry Lauder in his one-man show. 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. Jimmy Logan was known as one of the great Scottish entertainers. Later, he and Linda divorced, and he married a woman named Betty. "Most Kyiv business people are away from 20th December to the 15th of January. [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. Ultimately, both Jimmy and his daughter overcome the Loganand Americancurse. The latest incarnation of The Jimmy Logan Show, a variety show with songs, laughter and special guests, was a lot more successful than his previous series of nearly a decade earlier. Rank. Well done to Greg, though, sounds like hes made the most of his winnings in a business that can be quite risky. Opened on 26 May 1976. There were five children and we all had our jobs to do," he said in a BBC interview. One was a plumber, the other sold beer as a sales rep. Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter. He also appeared on the first night of Scottish Television in 1956. 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). Jimmy Logan. 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. He is survived by his second wife, Angela, and 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabelle. He was a performer who loved an audience - and was equally loved by those who came to enjoy his shows. 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