James Logan

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Birth Name: James Allan Short

Born: 4 April 1928 Died: 13 April 2001

Country of origin: United Kingdom

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Description: The legendary Scottish entertainer came from a family of entertainers. He started by selling programmes then moved onto operating theatre lights at the age of 8 and performing a cowboy act at 10. He was an assistant manager at 15, tackled juvenile leads and landed his own show at the Metropole Theatre Glasgow at 19. By 1950 ha had his own radio show - 'It's All Yours; - then broke into television in England with his own sketch series for ATV Television who broadcast them under the 'Saturday Showtime banner. Entitled 'Jimmy Logan' they were written for him by Eric Sykes. He practically held court at The Alhambta Theatre in Glasgo ... (more)

Tags: Scottish (1), Writer (1), Actor (1), OBE (1), Born 1928 (1), Died 2001 (1), Entertainer (1), Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire (1)

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