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{{Short description|British comedian (1909–1995)}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Jimmy Jewell (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jimmy Jewel
| image = Actor_and_comedian_Jimmy_Jewel.jpg
| caption =
| birthname = James Arthur Thomas Jewel Marsh
| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|12|04|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Sheffield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|12|03|1909|12|04|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[London]], England
| othername = Maurice Marsh
| occupation = Comedy actor<br>Music hall artist
| spouse = {{marriage|Belle Bluett|1939|1985|end=her death}}
| children = 2
}}

'''James Arthur Thomas Jewel Marsh''' (4 December 1909 – 3 December 1995),<ref name=jewelob>Gifford, Dennis [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jimmy-jewel-1524176.html Obituary: Jimmy Jewel] ''[[The Independent]]'', 5 December 1995. Note: This obituary wrongly gives the year of birth as 1912, which is contradicted by the Ben Warriss obituary. Retrieved 23 May 2013</ref><ref>The birth of James Arthur T. J. Marsh was [http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=123019860&d=bmd_1368513983 registered at Sheffield] in the first quarter of 2010. (Information at FreeBMD, retrieved 23 May 2013)</ref> known professionally as '''Jimmy Jewel''', was an English comedian and actor whose long career in stage, radio, television and film productions, included a 32-year partnership with his cousin [[Ben Warriss]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Denis Gifford |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ben-warriss-1479327.html |title=Obituary: Ben Warriss |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref>

==Career==
The son of a comedian and actor who also used the stage name Jimmy Jewel, the younger performer made his stage debut in ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' in [[Barnsley]], at the age of four, worked with his father from the age of 10 and subsequently became stage manager for the family show.

When young Jimmy started his own act, his father refused to let him use his stage name 'Jimmy Jewel', so he performed as Maurice Marsh; the name was chosen because he was often seen doing [[Maurice Chevalier]] impressions. He made his first London stage appearance at the Bedford Music Hall, [[Camden Town]] in 1925.

===Jewel and Warriss===
Jewel and [[Ben Warriss]] were first cousins and were brought up in the same household, even being born in the same bed (a few months apart). Jewel worked as a solo act until 1934, when he formed an enduring double act with Warriss, initially at the Palace Theatre, [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]].<ref name=jewelob/><ref name=warrissob>Gifford, Dennis: [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ben-warriss-1479327.html Obituary: Ben Warriss] ''[[The Independent]]'', 18 January 1993. Retrieved 23 May 2013</ref> They toured [[Australia]] and [[United States|America]], as well as appearing in the 1946 [[Royal Variety Performance]] and five [[pantomime]]s for [[Howard & Wyndham Ltd]] at the Opera House, [[Blackpool]], [[Lancashire]].

A major success of their partnership was the [[BBC radio]] series ''Up the Pole'' which began in October 1947.<ref name=warrissob/> The premise of ''Up the Pole'' was that Jewel and Warriss were the proprietors of an Arctic trading post. Each episode included a musical interlude; sometimes it featured [[Julie Andrews]], then not yet an adult.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04v9db6 |title=BBC Radio 4 Extra - Up the Pole |website=Bbc.co.uk |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref> Only one episode is known to survive.

The two men were top of the bill in two [[London Palladium]] shows - ''Gangway'' (1942) and ''High Time'' (1946) and made regular television appearances in the 1950s and 60s. The duo had the lead roles in the short-lived 1962 comedy series ''It's a Living''.

===Post-1966===
After splitting from Warriss in 1966, and having done a stint working as a [[joiner]] and [[bricklayer]], Jewel appeared in a ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' and two ''[[ITV Playhouse]]'' productions. He also played a murderous [[List of quick-change acts|quick-change]] vaudeville artist in a 1968 episode of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theavengers.tv/forever/pnote-jewel.htm |title=The Avengers Forever: Jimmy Jewel |website=Theavengers.tv |date=2002-01-01 |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref> He then starred in the sitcom ''[[Nearest and Dearest]]'' with [[Hylda Baker]] as bickering brother and sister pickle factory owners Eli and Nellie Pledge from 1968 to 1973, including a film version of the series in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|author=British Comedy Guide |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/nearest_and_dearest/ |title=Nearest And Dearest - ITV Sitcom - British Comedy Guide |website=Comedy.co.uk |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref> As their characters hurled insults at each other onscreen, the insults would continue off-screen as well as the two performers disliked each other intensely.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fiddy|first=Dick|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1368531/index.html |title=Baker, Hylda (1905–1986)|work=BFI Screenonline|date=2003–14|accessdate=22 August 2020}}</ref>

While ''Nearest and Dearest'' was running, Jewel had a regular role in the short-lived 1969 sitcom ''Thicker than Water'' and made an appearance in the 1970 film ''[[The Man Who Had Power Over Women]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6afe13a5 |title=The Man Who Had Power over Women (1970) |publisher=BFI |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref> Jewel then starred in the comedy series ''Spring and Autumn'' (1972–76) as retired railway worker Tommy Butler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82822bf7 |title=Spring and Autumn[23/10/72] (1972) |publisher=BFI |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref> In the early 1980s, he made appearances in the children's series ''[[Worzel Gummidge]]'' (1980) and two ''[[Play For Today]]'' episodes. In 1981 he starred in ''[[Funny Man (TV series)|Funny Man]]'' (1981), a series about a family [[music hall]] act, written by [[Adele Rose]] and based on Jewel's father's company in the 1920s and 1930s. Also that year he performed onstage as Al Lewis in [[Neil Simon]]'s ''[[The Sunshine Boys]]'' at the Churchill Theatre in [[Bromley]], [[Kent|London.]] In 1984, Jewel played the part of a devoted green keeper in the Channel 4 comedy drama ''Arthur's Hallowed Ground'' (1984) and had a regular role in the 1986 BBC crime drama ''Hideaway''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f675251 |title=Jimmy Jewel |publisher=BFI |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref>

In the 1990s, then in his 80s, Jewel continued to make appearances in film and television. He appeared as Cannonball Lee, the boxing-loving grandfather of the [[Kray twins]] in the 1990 film ''[[The Krays (film)|The Krays]]'', and as [[Michael Palin]]'s father in ''[[American Friends]]'' (1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/jimmy-jewel-p35603/filmography |title=Jimmy Jewel | Movies and Filmography |publisher=[[AllMovie]] |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref> On television he appeared in the 1990 [[ITV Network|ITV]] play, ''Missing Persons'' (which was the pilot for the later [[BBC]] series ''[[Hetty Wainthropp Investigates]]''), and also appeared in episodes of ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' (1990) and ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' (1991). His final screen appearance was in a 1993 episode of ''[[Lovejoy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cfd7cb7 |title=Swings and Roundabouts (1993) |publisher=BFI |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref>
[[File:Teddington Riverside, Jimmy Jewel, Comic Heritage plaque.jpg|thumb|Comic Heritage plaque, Teddington]]
Jewel was married to Belle Bluett with whom he had a son and an adopted daughter. In 1985 he won a [[Variety Club of Great Britain]] Special Award. Jewel died on 3 December 1995, the day before his 86th birthday, and was cremated and interred at the [[Golders Green Crematorium]], in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7078419 |title=Jimmy Jewel (1909–1995) - Find A Grave Memorial |website=Findagrave.com |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1943|| ''[[Rhythm Serenade]]'' || Jimmy Martin ||
|-
|1949|| ''What a Carry On!'' || Jimmy B. Jervis ||
|-
|1950|| ''[[Let's Have a Murder]]'' || Jimmy Jewsbury ||
|-
|1970|| ''[[The Man Who Had Power Over Women]]'' || Mr. Pringle ||
|-
|1972|| ''[[Nearest and Dearest (film)|Nearest and Dearest]]'' || Eli Pledge ||
|-
|1984|| ''[[Arthur's Hallowed Ground]]'' || Arthur ||
|-
|1986|| ''Rocinante'' || Projectionist ||
|-
|1990|| ''[[The Krays (film)|The Krays]]'' || Cannonball Lee ||
|-
|1991|| ''[[American Friends]]'' || Ashby Senior ||
|-
|1991|| ''[[Riff-Raff (1991 film)|Riff-Raff]]'' || Pub Band ||
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0422415}}

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[[Category:English male comedians]]
[[Category:English male film actors]]
[[Category:English male television actors]]
[[Category:Music hall performers]]
[[Category:Male actors from Sheffield]]
[[Category:Golders Green Crematorium]]
[[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
[[Category:British male comedy actors]]
[[Category:20th-century British comedians]]
[[Category:Comedians from Yorkshire]]

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