Acting
Jimmy Clitheroe
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Born
24 December 1921
Died
6 June 1973 (aged 51)
Birthplace
Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, UK
Northern English comic entertainer best remembered for his long-running BBC Radio programme, The Clitheroe Kid (1956–72). in 1938, aged 16, he was 3 feet 6.5 inches (1.08 m) tall and never grew taller than 4 feet 2 inches (1.27 m) – the average height of an eight or nine-year-old boy, upon whom well into adulthood he based his show business character.
Known for
Filmography
Funny Up North
EN · 20116.0
as Himself
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
EN · 19675.5
as General Tom Thumb
Much Too Shy
EN · 19426.5
as Jimmy