Jim Dale

Name: Jim Dale
Date of Birth: August 15, 1935
Place of Birth: Rothwell, Northants, England

Mini-bio: Jim Dale began his career as a stand-up comic. He sharpened his comedy skills during a stint in the army, where he organized and performed in camp shows. After his discharge he pursued a comedy career...( read more)

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Jim Dale MBE (born 15 August 1935) is an English actor, voice artist, singer and songwriter. He is best known in the United Kingdom for his many appearances in the Carry On series of films and is known in the US for his roles as narrator in the Harry Potter audiobook series, for which he received two Grammy Awards, and the ABC series Pushing Daisies.

Dale was born James Smith to William Henry Smith and Miriam Jean Wells in Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England. After attending Kettering Grammar School there, he performed two years national service in the Royal Air Force.

Dale's film debut was a tiny role as a trombone player who thwarts orchestral conductor Kenneth Williams in the comedy Raising The Wind (1961). However he is most famous in the UK for his appearances in eleven Carry On films, a long running series of comedy farces, generally playing the hapless romantic lead.

His Carry on career began as an expectant father in Carry on Cabby followed by Carry on Spying (1964), Carry on Jack (1964), Carry on Cowboy (1965) where he played a character called Marshall P Knutt, soon followed by playing Horsa in 1965 film Carry on Cleo, then Follow That Camel, Carry on Screaming (both 1966), and the famous Carry on Doctor (1967).

His last 'Carry On' appearance in the main series was in Carry On Again Doctor in 1969, where he broke his arm during filming, as he preferred to do his own stunts. However 23 years later he appeared in the title role in the last 1992 Carry On film, Carry on Columbus

On stage he appeared in both straight and musical roles, and has been nominated for five Tony Awards, winning one for Barnum when in 1980 he became “The Toast of Broadway” (N.Y.Times), also winning the second of four Drama Desk Awards. In 2006, Dale performed on Broadway (at Studio 54) in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The Threepenny Opera, as Mr. Peachum. In 1970, at the request of Sir Laurence Olivier, he joined the The National Theatre in London as a leading actor.

His Broadway successes include Scapino (Drama Desk Award/Outer Critics Award/Tony Award Nomination), Joe Egg (Outer Critics Award /Tony Award Nomination). Me And My Girl and Candide (Tony Award Nomination). Other credits Off-Broadway include Travels With My Aunt (Drama Desk Award / Lucille Lortel Award / Outer Critics Award), Privates On Parade, The Taming of the Shrew, The Invisible Man, The Music Man, Comedians (Drama Desk Award nomination and a Lucille Lortel Award nomination),

To millions of fans in the United States and Canada, Jim Dale is the "voice" of Harry Potter.

Because of his popularity as the narrator, Dale now narrates the new ABC drama, Pushing Daisies, adding the "fairy tale" voice for this "forensics fairy tale."

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Jim Dale Information:

Eye color:green

Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)

Nickname(s):jimmy

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Education: Kettering Grammar School

Family: parents:William Henry Smith and Miriam Jean Wells
Patrica Dale (1957-1977)
Julia Schafler (1980-present)
4 children:Murray,Toby,Adam & his daughter Belinda died in 1980 of leukemia

Resides in:new york

Religious affiliations:church of england

Political affiliation:

Personal interests/hobbies:collecting art,singing & song writing,comedian

Charities/Causes:cancer charities

Other:Performs the unabridged Harry Potter audio books and is cited twice in the Guinness Book of World Records for creating the most character voices in an audiobook (more than 200) and for voicing the first six "Top Ten" selling audiobooks of all time. He also has won a record nine "Audie" awards.

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