Jimmy Clitheroe
Actor
- Born
- December 24, 1921 · Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, UK
- Died
- June 6, 1973 (age 51)
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
Acting6
- 2011Funny Up North as Himself
- 1967Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon as General Tom Thumb
- 1956Stars in Your Eyes
- 1949School for Randle
- 1943Rhythm Serenade
- 1942Much Too Shy as Jimmy