Jimmy Clitheroe

Biography

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.

Known For

That's My Boy!

Jimmy

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

General Tom Thumb

Stars in Your Eyes

Rhythm Serenade

Funny Up North

Himself

Much Too Shy

Jimmy

School for Randle

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2011	Funny Up North	Himself
1967	Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon	General Tom Thumb
1956	Stars in Your Eyes
1949	School for Randle
1943	Rhythm Serenade
1942	Much Too Shy	Jimmy

Year	TV Show	Role
1963	That's My Boy!	Jimmy