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Jimmy James (20 May 1892 – 4 August 1965)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mancunian Film Studio - Biographies of the Stars )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Radio and TV Personalities I and J )〕 was a music hall, film, radio and television comedian and comedy actor. Jimmy had limited use for jokes as such, preferring to say things in a humorous manner, sometimes in surreal situations and as such was seen by some as well ahead of his time. He was often hailed as a ''"comedians' comedian"''.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James, Jimmy )〕 == Biographical details == Jimmy James was born James Casey on 20 May 1892, the eldest of four sons of Jeremiah Casey, an iron puddler or steelmaker,〔 and Polly Gartland.〔 Many sources state he was born in Portrack, Stockton-on-Tees,〔〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography for Jimmy James )〕 although other sources consider that he was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, and moved to Stockton-on-Tees at the age of seven in 1899.〔〔 At the age of ten he won a boy soprano contest at the Stockton Hippodrome and shortly afterwards ran away, hitching a ride to Darlington to join a travelling show.〔 The police located him a few years later at the age of twelve by which time he had become a seasoned performer.〔 His father, an amateur clog dancer himself, encouraged his son's show business talents. At the Sunderland Empire Jimmy met Isabelle Darby, a music hall dancer and they married in 1921;〔〔 they had one son. Although Jimmy appeared on stage as a convincing drunk, often with a cigar or cigarette in his mouth, he was teetotal〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jimmy James (I) )〕 and did not smoke off stage.〔 His weaknesses were gambling and his famed generosity〔 which may account for his declared bankruptcies in 1936, 1955 and 1963.〔 Jimmy was last on stage in 1964, retiring that year.〔 He died in Blackpool of pulmonary congestion on 4 August 1965〔〔 following a heart attack and is buried in Oxbridge Cemetery, Stockton-on-Tees.〔 Interviewed by Marty Feldman in the late 1960s, comedian Eric Morecambe spoke in glowing terms about James: Jimmy James's son James Casey (1922–2011) was a light entertainment executive producer at the BBC producing shows such as ''The Clitheroe Kid'' for radio and television. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimmy James (comedian)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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