Autographs of Jimmy Edwards
James Keith O'Neill Edwards, DFC (23 March 1920 – 7 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in Take It from Here and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in Whack-O!. More about Jimmy Edwards
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Edwards was born in Barnes, Surrey, the son of Reginald Walter Kenrick Edwards, professor of mathematics. at King's College London, and Phyllis Katherine Cowan, from New Zealand. He was the eighth of nine children and fifth of five sons. His father died in 1935, leaving the family in dire financial straits. Jimmy's brother Alan had to leave school and enter the mounted police, while his brother Hugh joined the Merchant Navy as an apprentice aged fourteen. Hugh subsequently gained a reputation as a smuggler of cigarettes, whisky, and occasionally people and published a memoir, Midnight Trader, in 1959.
Edwards was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, where he became head boy, and attended the Silver Jubilee of George V in that capacity. His poem, "The Train", which first appeared in The Mortarboard – a school magazine founded by Edwards in competition with the existing one – was included in Walter de la Mare's compilation of children's poems, This Year, Next Year (1937). Having won a scholarship, Edwards went on to King's College School in Wimbledon. He subsequently became a choral scholar at St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied history and sang in the college choir. Read even more about Jimmy Edwards at Wikipedia
Edwards was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, where he became head boy, and attended the Silver Jubilee of George V in that capacity. His poem, "The Train", which first appeared in The Mortarboard – a school magazine founded by Edwards in competition with the existing one – was included in Walter de la Mare's compilation of children's poems, This Year, Next Year (1937). Having won a scholarship, Edwards went on to King's College School in Wimbledon. He subsequently became a choral scholar at St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied history and sang in the college choir. Read even more about Jimmy Edwards at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Jimmy Edwards
The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Edwards (Tony Hancock, Vera Lynn & Jimmy Edwards - Signed Autograph Programme (1952)) was sold in February 2024 for £260.00 while the cheapest item (Jimmy Edwards Autograph Postcard. Unposted) found a new owner for £0.99 in March 2024. The month with the most items sold (4) was November 2020 with an average selling price of £5.09 for an autographed item of Jimmy Edwards. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2022 with £41.75 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.00 was July 2019. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Edwards is worth £6.51.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jimmy Edwards were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Take It From Me (signed), Jimmy Edwards, Werner Laurie, 1953, Har | £12.49 | |
| Actors & celebrities. Jimmy Edwards, Noelle Gordon, and others, signed. photos | £5.19 | |
| Eric Sykes & Jimmy Edwards Hand Signed Big Bad Mouse Brighton Programme 1977 | £20.00 | |
| JIMMY EDWARDS (Comedian) Genuine Signed Autograph 3 x 5 | £10.00 | |
| JIMMY EDWARDS Genuine Handsigned Signature on Album Page. | £3.99 | |
| JIMMY EDWARDS SIGNED Theatre Programme 1951, Comedian, Actor, Trombone Player | £4.99 | |
| Jimmy Edwards, TAKE IT FROM ME, including Autograph | £4.99 | |
| JIMMY EDWARDS-SIX OF THE BEST-SIGNED-1ST-1984-HB-VG-ROBSON BOOKS-V RARE | £75.00 | |
| Original Hand Signed Autograph - Jimmy Edwards - Take It From Us - 1950 | £2.95 | |
| Rare beautifully signed Jimmy Edwards book | £20.00 | |
| Rare Signed Flyer TONY HANCOCK, VERA LYNN, JIMMY EDWARDS. LONDON LAUGHS. 1951-2 | £39.99 | |
| Rock Legend - P J PROBY signed album page & `Pa Glum` JIMMY EDWARDS | £6.51 | |
| Six of the Best - Jimmy Edwards - 1st ed signed book + 1962 Theatre programme | £8.50 | |
| SIX OF THE BEST by JIMMY EDWARDS - signed by the author (SB2994) | £14.99 | |
| TONY HANCOCK, JIMMY EDWARDS & VERA LYNN HAND SIGNED PROGRAMME 1952 | £5.00 | |