Actor

Jimmy Clitheroe

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

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.

Often works with

Joss Ambler
2 titles together
Much Too Shy, Rhythm Serenade
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Betty Jardine
2 titles together
Rhythm Serenade, Rhythm Serenade

Full filmography · 6

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
as General Tom Thumb
19675.5
Stars in Your Eyes
cast
1956
School for Randle
cast
1949
Rhythm Serenade
cast
1943
Much Too Shy
as Jimmy
1942