Editing Jimmy Edwards (section)

{{Short description|English comedy actor (1920–1988)}}
{{For|other people also known as Jimmy Edwards or James Edwards|James Edwards (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_suffix        = [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]]
| name                    = Jimmy Edwards
| image                   = Jimmy Edwards at CHRIS SHAW's Book Launch.jpg
| caption                 = Edwards at a book launch, 1966
| birth_name              = James Keith O'Neill Edwards
| birth_date              = {{birth date|1920|3|23|df=y}}
| birth_place             = [[Barnes, London|Barnes]], [[Surrey]], England
| death_date              = {{death date and age|1988|7|7|1920|3|23|df=y}}
| death_place             = [[London]], England
| resting_place           = The Parish Church of St. Andrew and St. Mary the Virgin, [[Fletching, East Sussex|Fletching]], [[East Sussex]], England
| occupation              = Comedy Writer, actor
| yearsactive             = 1946–1988
| spouse                  = {{marriage|Valerie Seymour|1958|1969|end=divorced}}
}}

'''James Keith O'Neill Edwards''', [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]] (23 March 1920{{spaced ndash}}7 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor of stage, radio, television and film, known for his roles as Pa Glum in ''[[Take It from Here]]'' and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in ''[[Whack-O!]]''.