Biography: life and films
Jim Dale is an English actor and singer whose birth name is James Smith. He was born in Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England on 15th August 1935.His best films as an actor include Gerald Thomas's comedy-thriller Carry On Screaming (1966), Don't Lose Your Head (1966), Follow That Camel (1967), Norman Cohen's Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall (1972) and Don Chaffey's Pete's Dragon (1977), and whose best work as a musician include Frank Dunlop's The Winter's Tale (1968).
Jim Dale has so far appeared in 27 films and supplied the music for 2 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Gerald Thomas (15 films).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (23 films), history (4), comedy-romance (4), comedy-thriller (3), Thriller (3), Fantasy (3), comedy-drama (2) and Western (2).
Our average rating for Jim Dale over all films is: 2.9
Filmography
Key: a = actor; m = musician
The 6.5 Special (1958) [a]
The Iron Maiden (1962) [a]
Nurse on Wheels (1963) [a]
The Big Job (1965) [a]
Don't Lose Your Head (1966) [a]
The Plank (1967) [a]
The Winter's Tale (1968) [a,m]
Carry on Again Doctor (1969) [a]
Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969) [a]
B.S. I Love You (1971) [m]
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall (1972) [a]
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) [a]
The National Health (1973) [a]
Joseph Andrews (1977) [a]
Pete's Dragon (1977) [a]
Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978) [a]
The Spaceman and King Arthur (1979) [a]
Scandalous (1984) [a]
Idol of Evil (2009) [a]
French cinema during the Nazi Occupation
The best French war films ever made
The history of French cinema
