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Jimmy Logan

2022-04-22T17:04:21Z

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{{short description|Scottish performer, producer, impresario and director}}
{{Other people|James or Jimmy Logan|Jim Logan (disambiguation)}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jimmy Logan
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[RSAMD|FRSAMD]]
| image =
| caption =
| imagesize =
| birth_name = James Allan Short
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|4|4}}
| birth_place = [[Dennistoun]], [[Glasgow]], [[Lanarkshire]], Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2001|4|13|1928|4|4}}
| death_place = [[Clydebank]], [[West Dunbartonshire]], Scotland
| occupation = Performer<br/>Theatrical producer<br/>Impresario<br/>Theatre director
| years_active = 1944–2001}}

'''James Allan Short''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[RSAMD|FRSAMD]] (4 April 1928 – 13 April 2001), known professionally as '''Jimmy Logan''', was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] performer, [[theatrical producer]], [[impresario]] and [[Theatre director|director]].

==Family==
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.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |title=Jimmy Logan: A great entertainer |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1275420.stm |date=13 April 2001 |access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref> His aunt, from whom he took his stage surname, was [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] performer [[Ella Logan]].<ref name="dt">{{cite news |title=Jimmy Logan dies |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1316134/Jimmy-Logan.html |date=14 April 2001 |access-date=17 November 2010}}</ref> He had four siblings including actress/singer [[Annie Ross]].<ref name="gr">{{cite news|title=Jimmy Logan |first=Stephen |last=Dixon |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/apr/14/guardianobituaries |date=14 April 2001 |access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref>

==Career==
Educated at Gourock High School, [[Inverclyde]], and latterly [[Bellahouston Academy]], Glasgow, Logan left school at the age of 14. 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. He was in [[pantomime]] by 1944, playing the cat in ''[[Dick Whittington and His Cat]]'', and soon became a comedy star with [[BBC Scotland]]. His connection with pantomime continued throughout his life,<ref name="gr"/> most famously with the long-running pantomimes produced by [[Howard & Wyndham]] in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Aberdeen.<ref>Alhambra Glasgow by Graeme Smith, published 2011</ref><ref>The Theatre Royal: Entertaining a Nation by Graeme Smith, published 2008</ref>

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 Glasgow|Alhambra Theatre]].<ref name="bbc" />{{sfnp|Smith|2011|p=}} Logan purchased the Empress Theatre for £80,000 in 1964. He refurbished it, reopening it as the New Metropole. One of the last events to be staged there was the first Scottish production of the rock musical ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]''.

His first acting role was in the film ''[[Floodtide]]'' (1949),<ref name="ind">{{cite news |title=Jimmy Logan |first=Gordon |last=Irving |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jimmy-logan-729019.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204204320/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jimmy-logan-729019.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 December 2010 |date=14 April 2001 |access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref> a drama set on [[Clydeside]].

His other film roles included ''[[The Wild Affair]]'' (1964), ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' (1972), ''[[Carry On Girls]]'' (1973), ''[[Living Apart Together (film)|Living Apart Together]]'' (1982), ''[[Captain Jack (film)|Captain Jack]]'' (1999), and ''[[The Debt Collector (1999 film)|The Debt Collector]]'' (1999) with [[Billy Connolly]]. His London stage debut came in ''The Mating Game'' (1973).

He staged an adaptation of [[Oor Wullie]], the ''[[Sunday Post]]'' comic strip character, for the [[Dundee]] stage. His one-man musical based on the life of Scottish entertainer Sir [[Harry Lauder]] was called ''[[Lauder]]'' (1976).<ref name="ind" /> Logan collected Lauder memorabilia, which is now housed in the Scottish Theatre Archive at the [[University of Glasgow]].

Other theatrical events included ''[[The Entertainer (play)|The Entertainer]]'' (1984), ''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs]]'' (1989), [[Bill Bryden]]'s ''The Ship'', ''[[Comedians (play)|The Comedians]]'' (1991), ''[[On Golden Pond (play)|On Golden Pond]]'' (1996) and ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' at the Pitlochry Festival (1992). In 1991, he had a supporting role in the Swedish comedy film ''[[Den ofrivillige golfaren]]'' which was partly filmed in Scotland.

Logan was awarded an honorary doctorate by [[Glasgow Caledonian University]] (1994), honoured with the Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE)<ref name="dt"/> for "services to Scottish theatre" in 1996, and was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama]] in 1998.

His last two performances were at [[Pitlochry Festival Theatre]] and Glasgow's [[Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow)|Pavilion Theatre]] respectively. An extensive archive of his personal papers and performance ephemera is now held by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland archives.

Logan published his autobiography, ''It's a Funny Life'', in 1998.<ref name="gr"/>

==Death==
Logan died of [[cancer]] in a hospital in [[Clydebank]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Farewell tributes to entertainer Logan|work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1284473.stm|date=19 April 2001}}</ref> [[West Dunbartonshire]], Scotland, nine days after his 73rd birthday.

==References==
'''Notes'''
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'''Bibliography'''
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Graeme |title=Alhambra Glasgow |year=2011 |publisher=Glasgow Publications |isbn=978-0-9559420-1-3 }}
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0517587}}
* {{Discogs artist|Jimmy Logan}}

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Hilary Pritchard

2022-04-18T13:12:01Z

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{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox person
| image = Hilary_Pritchard.jpg
| caption = in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' episode ''Take-Over'' (1969)
| imagesize =
| name = Hilary Pritchard
| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|4|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Isle of Man]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|7|29|1942|4|16|df=y}}
| death_place = Isle of Man
| othername =
| occupation = [[Film actor]]
| yearsactive = 1967–1979
}}

'''Hilary Pritchard''' (1942–1996) was a Manx [[film actor|film]] and [[television actress]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/270633 |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112121536/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/270633 |archive-date=12 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career==
Television roles included parts in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' episode "Take-Over" and three episodes of the BBC's department store sitcom ''[[Are You Being Served?]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba7a566da|title=Hilary Pritchard|website=BFI}}</ref> Pritchard also appeared as the "dumb blonde" in live comedy sketches in the TV consumer programme ''[[That's Life!]]'', and played [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0563024/ Tanya] in an episode of ''[[Doctor at Large (TV series)|Doctor At Large]]'' (1971).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b87351aa5|title=Saturday Matinee (1971)|website=BFI}}</ref> She was originally hired to voice Princess Yum-Yum in ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]'', but was later replaced by [[Sara Crowe]] for unknown reasons.

== Filmography ==


=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1970
|''[[Futtocks End]]''
|The Bird
|
|-
|1971
|''[[She'll Follow You Anywhere]]''
|Diane Simpson
|AKA, ''Passion Potion''
|-
|1974
|''[[Just One More Time|The Over-Amorous Artist]]''
|Bev
|AKA, ''Just One More Time''
|-
|1974
|''[[All I Want Is You... and You... and You...]]''
|Freda Donohue
|
|-
|1976
|''[[Under the Doctor]]''
|Lady Victoria Stockbridge
|
|-
|1977
|''[[Adventures of a Private Eye]]''
|Sally
|
|-
|1979
|''{{sortname|A|Touch of the Sun|A Touch of the Sun (1979 film)}}''
|Miss Funnypenny
|AKA, ''No Secrets!''
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1964
|''[[Crossroads (UK TV series)|Crossroads]]''
|Zelda Haye
|TV series
|-
|1968
|''{{sortname|The|Jazz Age|nolink=1}}''
|Mazie
|"Broadway"
|-
|1968
|''B and B''
|Tara Gordon
|"Anniversary Schmaltz"
|-
|1968
|''{{sortname|The|Old Campaigner|nolink=1}}''
|Nanni
|"Man of Letters"
|-
|1969
|''{{sortname|The|Avengers|The Avengers (TV series)}}''
|Circe
|"Take-Over"
|-
|1969
|''[[As Good Cooks Go]]''
|Susan
|"A Good Pull Up for Bentleys"
|-
|1969
|''{{sortname|The|Very Merry Widow and How|nolink=1}}''
|Karen Bergmann
|"How to Lose Friends and Not Influence People"
|-
|1970
|''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''
|Ruxton
|"Meter Maids"
|-
|1970
|''[[Department S (TV series)|Department S]]''
|Lydia
|"Spencer Bodily Is Sixty Years Old"
|-
|1970
|''Fraud Squad''
|Liz Simms
|"Whizz Kid"
|-
|1970
|''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]''
|Cordelia
|"Shadows"
|-
|1971
|''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''
|Mary
|"Equal Partners"
|-
|1971
|''[[Doctor at Large (TV series)|Doctor at Large]]''
|Tanya
|"Saturday Matinee"
|-
|1971
|''[[From a Bird's Eye View]]''
|Yvonne
|"I Too Was a Novice"
|-
|1971
|''[[Bachelor Father (UK TV series)|Bachelor Father]]''
|Barbara
|"Woman About the House"
|-
|1972
|''{{sortname|The|Dave Cash Radio Show|nolink=1}}''
|Cunitia
|"The Dave Cash Comedy Hour", "1.6"
|-
|1973
|''[[Whoops Baghdad|Whoops Baghdad!]]''
|Saccharine
|TV series
|-
|1973
|''[[Are You Being Served?]]''
|Wealthy Client
|"Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend"
|-
|1974
|''Men of Affairs''
|Chris
|"Silver Threads"
|-
|1975
|''[[Are You Being Served?]]''
|Newlywed Female Customer
|"Shoulder to Shoulder"
|-
|1976
|''[[Are You Being Served?]]''
|The Wedding Hat
|"No Sale"
|-
|1976
|''[[Big Boy Now!]]''
|Mavis
|"Staff Relations"
|-
|1979
|''Tropic''
|Polly Blossom-Smith
|TV series
|-
|1981
|''{{sortname|The|Dick Emery Show|nolink=1}}''
|
|"19.6"
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0698034}}

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