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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 he 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 Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow, appearing in 6 monthly runs of the revue 'Five Past Eight' and 4 month runs of Pantomime productions. In 1957 he played to over 320,000 in 21 weeks and in the same year appeared before the Queen in the Royal Command Performance at the London Palladium.- Ginni Barlow was born in Dumbarton, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for ITV Play of the Week (1955), The Fall of Shug McCracken (2003) and The Scobie Man (1972). She died on 22 February 2022 in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK.
- Doris McLatchie was born in 1932 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for The Stanley Baxter Show (1963), The Rise and Fall of César Birotteau (1965) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She was married to Pharic Maclaren. She died in 1995 in Clydebank, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK.