When that marriage was dissolved in 1969 he married a world famous fashion designer Gina Fratini; this marriage lasted eight years. "[27] "I learned in later years when I was peforming serious plays like Death of a Salesman that I had learned so many valuable lessons from appearing in Sam Cree comedies."[201]. Logan returned to the Five Past Eight show for the summer season of 1960, heading the cast along with Jack Radcliffe and Eve Boswell. The King Street Hotel, Argyle House and Greenroof Hotel are all part of his empire with his smart investments turning him into a multi-millionaire. In his later years he won praise for his portrayal of Sir Harry Lauder in his one-man show. Positions: Angela, 65, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, died after a 15-month battle against cancer. But it was a big success and they were soon signed to perform it at the Glasgow Pavilion, beginning a wonderful career.[26]. An accomplished stand-up and sketch comedian, he favoured chat, insight and observation over gags. Consequently in 1964 he bought the old Empress Theatre at St George's Cross in Glasgow, refurbished it and renamed it the Metropole, having paid 80,000 for it. Friday, 13 April, 2001, 09:56 GMT 10:56 UK, "Jimmy Logan was one of the great Scottish entertainers", ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Well done to Greg, though, sounds like hes made the most of his winnings in a business that can be quite risky. I have heard better singers than Jimmy quite a number. 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. 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. The funeral will be held at St Joseph's Church in Helensburgh on Friday. Find out more. Though theres no doubt that the Jim twins are alike in multiple ways, one brother has since diverged from the shared lifestyle. The secret of Five Past Eight was that it offered the glamour of what you might find in Paris or London alongside the unique Scottish humour you found nowhere else. It was while performing at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre in the summer of 2000 that he learnt that he had incurable cancer. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. [28], In an effort to generate money through the summer months Logan submitted a number of plans to the council to diversify his business. Jimmy's career had taken him to the Albert Hall in London and to the Carnegie Hall in New York; but he still continued to take part in his real love, pantomime. His first marriage of 21 years standing had already failed in 1969, and he believed that his financial problems played a large part in the failure of his second marriage. The bank would lend him no more money and the Metropole closed in 1973 with Logan in debt to the tune of 170,000. 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]. Later, he and Linda divorced, and he married a woman named Betty. 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. Jimmy was born into a Glasgow theatrical family in 1928. Family of missing Scots man 'worried sick' and 'desperate for papa to come home'. Twins Separated At Birth Reunited To Find Theyd Led The Same Life. [4], We took a lot of chances in those family shows. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Facebook gives people the power to. A year later he was on the boards himself.[3]. But even then, life was not always kind to him. His last two performances were at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre respectively. Enjoy this article on thw Jim Twins? The cost of producing the shows was phenomenal but the standard was superb. Check out these conjoined twins that survived being separated at the head, the worlds most difficult surgery. On opening night it was revealed the $1 million prize was also getting the shakeup. [3], Educated at Gourock High School, Inverclyde, and latterly Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow, Logan left school at the age of 14. Edinburgh loved him.[12]. Data Provided By Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. . 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. After the death of her 73-year-old husband . 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. Many thanks to him. At the age of 49 (1977/78) he found himself with no home, no wife, no money. At the age of 12 or 13 possibly around 1955 Connolly saw Logan on stage in Five Past Eight at Glasgow's Alhambra Theatre and cites him as the inspiration behind his decision to become a comedian: On the fateful night at the Alhambra, among other hysterically funny things, Jimmy came on dressed as a Glasgow coalman, trousers tied nicky-tan style below the knee, with big leather back protector over his shoulders and sang in my accent yes, my Glasgow accent! However, he was left facing financial ruin after he bought Glasgow's Metropol Theatre. 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. His aunt, from whom he took his stage surname, was Broadway performer Ella Logan. The writers kept suggesting things like using the sound effect of a seagull when something funny happened. His other film roles included The Wild Affair (1964), Carry On Abroad (1972), Carry On Girls (1973), Living Apart Together (1982), Captain Jack (1999), and The Debt Collector (1999) with Billy Connolly. Join Facebook to connect with Jimmy Logan and others you may know. He left school at 14 and became assistant manager of Paisley's Victory Theatre. Logan wrote that the planning authorities in Glasgow were "consistently obstructive and unhelpful". Jimmy was distraught, but with typical courage bounced back, helped by his sister, the famous jazz singer, Annie Ross, who flew over from the USA to be with him for several months. Logan and his Fife Past Eight co-star Jack Radcliffe were original shareholders in STV, each contributing 1,000. 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. Scots woman, 35, dies in sleep as heartbroken family hail 'amazing' little sister. Trying to find good writers was very difficult because they had to not only be able to write good comedy, but write comedy that suited your personality.[14]. James Logan was an actor, known for Mary Poppins (1964), You Are There (1953) and Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955). It was so well liked I became known as Jimmy 'Lovely Biscuits' Logan. He had a son named James Allan Springer, worked as a deputy sheriff, drove a Chevrolet, and was an avid chain smoker. As a young man he modelled himself on the Scottish matinee idol and song and dance star of the 1930s and 40s Jack Buchanan, who had made a good living playing languid Englishmen. 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. 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. He teamed up with Stanley Baxter for a comedy routine which made them national names and coined a string of popular catchphrases. The commercial became hugely successful when it went out on STV. Finally in 1973 the bank pegged his overdraft at 170,000 and so he had to close the theatre . 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. His one-man musical based on the life of Scottish entertainer Sir Harry Lauder was called Lauder (1976). We did all sorts of things. 13 April 2001 (aged 73) Jimmy Logan, (4 April 1928 - 13 April 2001), born James Short in Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland was an Entertainer, theatre owner, producer, director, and actor. He is survived by his second wife, Angela, and 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabelle. Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Duncan Macrae was elected chairman of the new committee, with two vice-chairmen: Lennox Milne, Edinburgh, and Roddy MacMillan, Glasgow. 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 team of researchers had been performing an ongoing study of twins, hoping to discover if separation had any role in the 'nature vs. nurture' debate. I guess there are limits to the kind of characters I can make people believe in. It was a financial gamble that took every penny Logan had (40,000 was his share) along with substantial loans from the bank. . No word yet on whether Jim Springer knows anyone named Sandy. 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. When his divorce to Grace came through in 1967, Logan asked Gina Fratini (nee Butler), a London fashion designer, to be his wife. 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. They formed a successful show business partnership and it was natural that Jimmy would follow in their footsteps. He was a stocky, short man who stood at only 5-foot-4-inches. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. In 1965, Logan's friend, Francis Essex, the head of productions at STV, wrote him asking if he had any ideas for new material. He refurbished it, reopening it as the New Metropole. The plays would be split over two different episodes, and went well, but there was a complaint from the television authorities that this kind of programme broke commercial TV rules because it generated too much free publicity for the Metropole. Almsot 400,000 people came to the Alhambra during that 24-week season, almost ten per cent of the Scottish population. Instead we tended to make things up as we went along. [16] A few months later they drafted in Logan as vice-chairman. 500k likes and we'll go on a double date with the twins!The Mian Twins @miantwins The Twin's instagram and tiktok! Being centred in the south or north of England, most of their references left me bewildered. . However this marriage too broke up when Pamela walked out, taking the twins who Jimmy adored. 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. After 16 weeks the shows were stopped. Logan's biggest influence was Sir Harry Lauder "in my opinion Scotland's finest ambassador, and a true megastar," he said. Between 1979 and 1999, the team studied 137 pairs of twins, including the Jim twins, that had been reared apart from each other. Earlier he had tried his hand at business by buying the Metropole, but it was not a success. He had twins, a boy and a girl, with Pamela. Died. He leased a wing of Culzean Castle that had just been restored, with 16 rooms and four bathrooms, playing around 2,000 a year. There were five children and we all had our jobs to do," he said in a BBC interview. Jimmy was born as James Allan Short but after entering showbusiness he took on the name of Jim Logan it became Jimmy later because, in his own words, "my father soon decided it wasn't a good idea to have the same name as him because the audience wouldn't think they were getting their money's worth", and it was later under the name of Jimmy Logan that he was subsequently known to everyone. His vision was to run American-style showbars that had never been seen in Glasgow before. By the mid-1940s he was featuring in his parents' show, Ma and Pa Logan, at Glasgow's Metropole, and at 19 was principal comedian at the Metropole. He also became well known on the BBC's Scottish Home Service radio show It's All Yours. After the death of her 73-year-old husband in 2001 from throat cancer, she helped start the Jimmy Logan Memorial Cancer Trust. The following Spring he presented some editions of the children's TV show All Your Own when it came from Glasgow. He appeared in Scotland and England in Harvey, The Entertainer, Death of a Salesman, Comedians, Uncle Vanya and many other stage plays. Emmerdale's Amy Nuttall 'discovered Andrew Buchan's affair from racy lingerie purchase'. Mehmet Sunna, who runs Sunna Salon Furniture in the city, has spoken of the moment found his hometown Pazarcik reduced to rubble. However, he was left facing financial ruin after he bought Glasgow's Metropol Theatre. Apparently the Logan twins have put their life-in-the-limelight days behind them, and are living very under the radar lives. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and received an OBE from the Queen in 1996. Logan was chairman of the board of directors, his father was managing director, and his mother and wife Grace the remaining directors. A career spanning more than six decades made him a household name as an actor, musician, singer, comedian and theatrical entrepreneur. In 1991, he had a supporting role in the Swedish comedy film Den ofrivillige golfaren which was partly filmed in Scotland. Was a major coup. In 1979, Jim Lewis met Jim Springer, and the truth behind their startling similarities came out. Born: 1945 in Glasgow. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Links to more Scotland stories are at the foot of the page. [21] The presenter was Tommy Trinder. Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop, More Jimmy Logan Pages at Baseball Reference, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 1:07PM. Ash Regan claimed a devolved parliament could set up a new central bank and ditch the pound just months after a vote for indepenence. The venue was forced to close in the early 1970s because of money problems, leaving Jimmy to start over again. Just like "Sausages is the boys", people were saying "Lovely Biscuits" in response to just about anything. 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