Acting

Jimmy Clitheroe

Born December 24, 1921 · Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, UK

Died June 6, 1973 · aged 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

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon · 1967

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

MovieComedyAdventure

Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts...

School for Randle

School for Randle · 1949

School for Randle

Flatfoot Mason and his friends are the bane of the staff of the school at which Flatfoot is janitor - and where one of the pupils is Mason's long-lost daughter

Much Too Shy

Much Too Shy · 1942

A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency and are published with nude bodies added to them.

Stars in Your Eyes

Stars in Your Eyes · 1956

Stars in Your Eyes

MovieComedyMusic

A group of feisty, talented young performers pool their resources and buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts – but unscrupulous property developers also want the theatre and resort to dirty tricks to disrupt the first night's performance!

Rhythm Serenade

Rhythm Serenade · 1943

Rhythm Serenade

MovieRomanceDrama

Patriotic musical romance. After her school is closed, teacher Ann tries to join up. However, she is persuaded to organise a nursery for a munitions factory.

That's My Boy!

That's My Boy! · 1963

A half-hour sitcom, the series starred radio and theatre star Jimmy Clitheroe. Using his four-foot three-inch stature and mischievous persona to comic effect, causing further mischief and mayhem for his fictional family. It ran for one series of seven episodes in 1963.

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Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon · 1967

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

MovieComedyAdventure

Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts...

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School for Randle

School for Randle · 1949

School for Randle

Flatfoot Mason and his friends are the bane of the staff of the school at which Flatfoot is janitor - and where one of the pupils is Mason's long-lost daughter

Much Too Shy

Much Too Shy · 1942

A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency and are published with nude bodies added to them.

Jimmy

Stars in Your Eyes

Stars in Your Eyes · 1956

Stars in Your Eyes

MovieComedyMusic

A group of feisty, talented young performers pool their resources and buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts – but unscrupulous property developers also want the theatre and resort to dirty tricks to disrupt the first night's performance!

Rhythm Serenade

Rhythm Serenade · 1943

Rhythm Serenade

MovieRomanceDrama

Patriotic musical romance. After her school is closed, teacher Ann tries to join up. However, she is persuaded to organise a nursery for a munitions factory.

That's My Boy!

That's My Boy! · 1963

A half-hour sitcom, the series starred radio and theatre star Jimmy Clitheroe. Using his four-foot three-inch stature and mischievous persona to comic effect, causing further mischief and mayhem for his fictional family. It ran for one series of seven episodes in 1963.

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