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, Patricia Franklin, Hugh Futcher, Alexandra Dane, Valerie Leon, Jacki Piper, Anita Harris, Bill Cornelius and others, he is now among the last surviving actors to star in multiple ''Carry On'' films. Dale was also a leading actor on Broadway, where he had roles in ''

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'', '' Barnum'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also narrated the U.S.

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s for all seven novels in the ''

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'' series, for which he won two

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. Dale appeared in the ABC series '' Pushing Daisies'' (2007–2009); he also starred in the

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film '' Pete's Dragon'' (1977). He was nominated for a

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for portraying a young

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in '' Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall'' (1973). As a lyricist, Dale was nominated for both an

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and

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for the song " Georgy Girl", the theme for the 1966 film of the same title.

Early life

Dale was born James Smith, to William Henry and Miriam Jean (''née'' Wells) Smith in Rothwell, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Kettering Grammar School. He trained as a dancer for six years before his debut as a stage comic in 1951."Jim Dale Biography"
AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2014 He completed two years of

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in the

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Career

Music

At the age of 22, Dale became the first pop singer to work with

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. He achieved four hits on the UK singles chart; "Be My Girl" (1957, UK No. 2), "Just Born (To Be Your Baby)" (1958, UK No. 27), "Crazy Dream" (1958, UK No. 24), and "Sugartime" (1958, UK No. 25). Dale recorded an album with Martin, '' Jim!'' (1958), and appeared contemporaneously as a presenter and performer on

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's ''

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'', but he was vocal about comedy aspirations and his career as a

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was ultimately short-lived. As a songwriter, Dale is best remembered as the lyricist for the film theme " Georgy Girl", for which he was nominated for the

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and the

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in 1966. The song (performed by

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) reached number 2 in the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100

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the following year, it also made number 3 in Dale's native UK and Number 1 in Australia, going on to sell over 11 million records around the world. He also wrote lyrics for the title songs of the films ''The Winter's Tale'', '' Shalako'', '' Twinky'' (''Lola'' in the United States) and '' Joseph Andrews''. He also wrote and recorded the song "Dick-a-Dum-Dum (King's Road)", which became a hit for Des O'Connor in 1969. Between 1957 and 1958, Dale was the compère for Stanley Dale's National Skiffle Contest, a touring music competition.

Film

Dale's film debut was in ''Break-In'' (1956), a War Office information film. He next appeared in ''Six Five Special'' (1958), a spin-off from the BBC TV series of the same title. This film was also released under the name ''Calling All Cats''. He then had a tiny role in the comedy '' Raising the Wind'' (1961) as a trombone player who thwarts orchestral conductor

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. However, he is best known in Britain 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 in small roles: first as an expectant father in '' Carry On Cabby'' (1963), which was followed by '' Carry On Jack'' (1964). From '' Carry On Spying'' (1964) onwards, his roles were more substantial. Following '' Carry On Cleo'' (1964), his first principal role was '' Carry On Cowboy'' (1965), set in the

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, where he played an immigrant English sanitary engineer called Marshall P. Knutt who is mistakenly hired as a police

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. Then came '' Carry On Screaming!'' (1966), '' Don't Lose Your Head'' (1966), '' Follow That Camel'' (1967), '' Carry On Doctor'' (1967), '' Carry On Again Doctor'' (1969) and the 1992 revival '' Carry On Columbus''. Dale played Harold, the policeman in the 1965 comedy film '' The Big Job'' with two of his regular Carry On co-stars, Sidney James and Joan Sims. In 1973, Dale appeared in the role of

in '' Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall,'' the film adaptation of the first volume of

's autobiography. It starred Dale as the young Terence "Spike" Milligan, while Milligan himself plays the part of his father, Leo. Dale was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for his performance. Dale played Dr. Terminus in

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's ''Pete's Dragon'' (1977). In the 1978

comedy film '' Hot Lead and Cold Feet'' he played three characters, including both lead male parts, whilst 1973 saw him co-star in '' The National Health''.

Stage

At the age of 17, Dale became one of the youngest professional comedians in Britain, touring all the variety music halls. In 1970

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invited Dale to join the National Theatre Company in London, then based at the

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. At the Young Vic Theatre, he created the title role in ''

'' (ca. 1970), which he co-adapted with Frank Dunlop,Billington, Michael
"Young Vic at 40: the Young and the restless"
''The Guardian'', 19 October 2010 and played Petruchio in ''

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''. His other UK credits include ''

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'' (1973), and ''The Wayward Way'' in London. He appeared in ''

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'' as Autolycus and ''

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'' as Bottom at the Edinburgh Festivals in 1966 and 1967 for Frank Dunlop's Pop Theatre. He took over the part of Fagin in

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's ''

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'' at the

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in September 1995. For his Broadway performances, Dale has been nominated for five

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s, winning one for '' Barnum'' (1980) for which the ''

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'' described him as "The Toast of Broadway","Jim Dale"
masterworksbroadway.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014 also winning the second of five Drama Desk Awards, and the second of five Outer Critics Awards."Jim Dale Credits and Awards"
playbillvault.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014 Other work includes ''Scapino'' (1974) (Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Award, Tony Award Nomination), '' A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'' (1985) (Outer Critics Award, Tony Award Nomination), ''

'' (1986) ''

'' (1997) (Tony Award Nomination) and ''

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'' (2006) for the Roundabout Theatre Company. Dale played Mister Peacham and won a Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics' Award, The Richard Seff Award and a Tony Award nomination. Dale's credits Off-Broadway include '' Travels with My Aunt'' (1995) (Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Outer Critics Award), '' Privates On Parade'' (1989), ''

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'' (2003) (Drama Desk Award nomination and a Lucille Lortel Award nomination) and '' Address Unknown'' (2004). In 1988, he performed as Oscar in ''

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'' at

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. Dale's other stage work includes ''

'' as Petruchio with the Young Vic, London (1970) and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York (1974); ''

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'' U.S. tour (1984),"Jim Dale Biography"
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'' at the Cleveland Play House (1998). He played the part of Ebenezer Scrooge in ''

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'' at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, from 28 November to 27 December 2003. In November 2006 Dale starred as Charlie Baxter in a one-night only concert version of the Sherman brothers musical '' Busker Alley'' alongside

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. This was a benefit for the York Theatre Company, and was held at Hunter College in New York City. He wrote and appeared in his one-man show, ''Just Jim Dale'', looking back over nearly sixty years in show business. It opened on 15 May 2014 at the

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Laura Pels Theatre, winning Dale his fifth Outer Critics Circle Award, and his fifth Drama Desk Award. It opened at the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End in May 2015.

Television

Source: ''The New York Times''"Filmography"
''The New York Times''. Retrieved 16 June 2014 * ''

'' (1957) – BBC (Host) * '' Thank Your Lucky Stars'' (1965–66) – ITV (Host) * '' Join Jim Dale'' (1969) – ITV (Host) * '' Sunday Night at the London Palladium'' (1973) – (Host) * ''Cinderella'' (Host) Ballet (1981) * ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1986) – ''American Playhouse'' for PBS * ''The American Clock'' (1993) – by Arthur Miller * '' The Bill Cosby Show'' (1998) * ''

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'' * '' The Dinah Shore Show'' * '' Meet Jim Dale'' – ATV London * '' The Jim Dale Show'' – ATV London * '' The Equalizer'' (1985) – as Gilbert – Episode: " Mama's Boy" Dale opened every episode of the ABC drama '' Pushing Daisies'' (2009) as the unseen narrator." ''Pushing Daisies'' Overview"
allmovie.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014

Voice work

In the United States, Dale is known as the voice of the ''

'' audiobooks, narrating the U.S. versions of all seven novels in the series. Dale's ''Harry Potter'' narrations are universally acclaimed. He won two

(in 2001 and 2008) and received seven Grammy nominations and a record ten Audie Awards including "Audio Book of the Year 2004" for ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', "Best Children's Narrator 2001/2005/2007/2008," "Best Children's Audio Book 2005," two Benjamin Franklin Awards from the Independent Book Publishers Association (one of these was in 2001 for ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'') and 23 ''AudioFile'' Earphone Awards. The audio short series '' Dirty Potter'' uses sound editing of Dale's past voice work to narrate the series. The series is a parody narrated by a "re-imagined" version of Dale, and its content was created without Dale's input. Dale narrates the ''Harry Potter'' video games and many of the interactive "extras" on the ''Harry Potter'' DVD releases. He also holds one current and two former

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s. He holds one current record for occupying the first six places in the Top Ten Audio Books of America and Canada 2005. Previously, he held records for creating the most character voices for an audiobook (134 for '' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' in 2003, followed by 146 voices for ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' in 2007), though the record was later awarded to Roy Dotrice for his 2004 recording of '' A Game of Thrones''. Dale opened every episode of the ABC drama '' Pushing Daisies'' as the unseen narrator. In the mid-1960s, Dale presented '' Children's Favourites'' on

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for a year. Dale narrated the '' Peter and the Starcatchers'' (2004) audio book, and its three sequels. In 2018, Dale narrated ''SPIN: The Rumpelstiltskin Musical'' by Edelman and Fishman, noted as being the first audiobook musical of its kind. ''SPIN'' was released by Harper Audio on 9 January 2018. The following year, Dale narrated ''Puss In Boots a Musical'' by Edelman and Fishman, adapted for the audiobook by Edelman, Fishman, and Khristine Hvam. It was released by Harper Audio on 27 August 2019.

Honours

In 2003, Dale was awarded the MBE, as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours List, for his work in promoting children's English literature.

Selected filmography

Source: ''The New York Times'' * ''Break-In'' (1956) as Private Berry * '' Six Five Special'' (1958) as Presenter * '' Raising the Wind'' (1961) as Violinist * ''

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'' (1962) as Bill * '' Nurse on Wheels'' (1963) as Tim Taylor * '' Carry On Cabby'' (1963) as Expectant Father * '' Carry On Jack'' (1964) as Carrier * '' Carry On Spying'' (1964) as Carstairs * '' Carry On Cleo'' (1964) as Horsa * '' The Big Job'' (1965) as Harold * '' Carry On Cowboy'' (1965) as Marshall P. Knutt * '' Carry On Screaming!'' (1966) as Albert Potter * '' Don't Lose Your Head'' (1967) as Lord Darcy de Pue * '' Follow That Camel'' (1967) as Bertram Oliphant (BO) West * '' Carry On Doctor'' (1967) as Dr. Jim Kilmore * '' The Plank'' (1967) as Painter * '' Lock Up Your Daughters'' (1969) as Lusty * '' Carry On Again Doctor'' (1969) as Dr. Jimmy Nookey * '' Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World'' (1973) as Jeff Eldon * '' The National Health'' (1973) as Barnet/ Dr. Boyd * '' Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall'' (1973) as Terence "Spike" Milligan * ''Pete's Dragon'' (1977) as Dr. Terminus * '' Joseph Andrews'' (1977) as Pedlar * '' Hot Lead and Cold Feet'' (1978) as Jasper Bloodshy/Wild Billy Bloodshy/Eli Bloodshy * ''

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'' (1979) as Sir Mordred * '' Scandalous'' (1984) as Inspector Anthony Crisp * '' Carry On Columbus'' (1992) as Christopher Columbus * '' The Hunchback'' (1997) as Cloplin * '' Pushing Daisies'' (2007) as The Narrator

Awards and nominations

Sources: allmusic.com; Playbillvault; Audio Publisher ;Awards * 1966 International Laurel Award – Best Song – ''Georgy Girl'' * 1974 Drama Desk Award – Outstanding Performance – ''

'' * 1974 Outer Critics Circle Award – Outstanding Actor – ''Scapino'' * 1980 Drama Desk Award – Outstanding Actor in a Musical – ''Barnum'' * 1980 Tony Award – Best Actor in a Musical – ''Barnum'' * 1984 Outer Critics Circle Award – Outstanding Actor – ''Joe Egg'' * 1995 Drama Desk Award – Unique Theatrical Ensemble Experience – ''Travels with My Aunt'' * 1995 Outer Critics Circle Award – Outstanding Actor – ''Travels with My Aunt'' * 2001 Grammy Award – Best Spoken Word Album for Children – ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' * 2001 Audie Award – Best Male Narrator – ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' * 2004 Audie Award – Audiobook of the Year – ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' * 2004 Audie Award – Children's Title – ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' * 2005 Audie Award –

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– ''A Christmas Carol'' * 2005 Audie Award – Best Male Narrator – ''Peter and the Star Catchers'' * 2005 Audie Award – Children's Title – ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' * 2006 Thespian Award – Friars Club, New York. * 2006 Drama Desk Award – Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical – ''The Threepenny Opera'' * 2006 Outer Critics Circle Award – Outstanding Actor – ''The Threepenny Opera'' * 2006 The Richard Seff Award – ''The Threepenny Opera'' * 2006 The Order of St. George's Society, New York * 2006 Audie Award –

– ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' * 2006 Audie Award – Hall of Fame - ''Harry Potter'' series * 2007 Audie Award – Best Male Narrator – ''Peter and the Shadow Thieves'' * 2008 Audie Award – Best Male Narrator – ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' * 2008 Grammy Award – Best Spoken Word Album for Children – ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' * 2009 Audie Award – Young Listeners' Title – ''James Herriot's Treasury For Children'' * Twenty-three Audiofile Headphone Awards * 2009 – Inducted into the

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. * 2018 – Urban Stages' 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award * 2019 Audie Award –

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– ''SPIN: The Rumpelstiltskin Musical'' * 2019 SOVAS Awards - Audiobook Narration (Infant to 12) - ''Puss in Boots: A Musical'' ;Nominations * 1967 Academy Award – Best Music, Original Song – ''Georgy Girl'' (shared with Tom Springfield for the song "Georgy Girl") * 1967 Golden Globe Award – Best Music, Original Song – ''Georgy Girl'' (shared with Tom Springfield for the song "Georgy Girl") * 1974 BAFTA Academy Award – Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles – ''Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall'' * 1975 Tony Award – Best Actor in Play – ''Scapino'' * 1985 Drama Desk Award – Outstanding Actor in a Play – ''Joe Egg'' * 1985 Tony Award – Best Actor in Play – ''Joe Egg'' * 1997 Drama Desk Award – Outstanding Actor in a Musical – ''

'' * 1997 Tony Award – Best Actor in a Musical – ''

'' * 2000 Audie Award – Children's Title – ''Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince'' * 2001 Audie Award – Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Eight and Up – ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' * 2003 Drama Desk Award – Outstanding Actor in a Play – ''Comedians'' * 2006 Tony Award – Best Featured Actor in a Musical – ''The Threepenny Opera'' * 2006 Audie Award – Audiobook of the Year – ''Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince'' * 2006 Audie Award – Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Eight and Up – ''Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince'' * 2008 Audie Award – Audiobook of the Year – ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' * 2009 Audie Award – Young Listeners' Title – ''The Shoe Bird'' * 2018 Audie Award – Young Listeners' Title – ''A Sick Day for Amos McGee'' * 2020 Audie Award –

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– ''Puss in Boots: The Musical''

References

External links

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