- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1978 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to television.
- When WWII broke out in 1939, he was too young for the army and volunteered for the local Home Guard. He drew on this experience to create Dad's Army (1968). He was called up in 1941 and sent to Burma, where he was part of a Royal Artillery Concert Party to entertain the troops.
- British screenwriter (and occasional actor), usually in collaboration with David Croft with whom he created the classic sitcom Dad's Army (initially titled "The Fighting Tigers").
- Following his death, he left £1.3m to his wife Gilda, and £500,000 to Mary Husband, with whom he had a long-term relationship.
- Brother-in-law of Diane Holland
- After the war, he trained as an actor at Rada, funding his studies with stints as a Redcoat at Butlin's holiday camps.
- He was the youngest of seven.
- Jimmy ran concert partys in Inda.
- Jimmy ran concert parties in Inda. for5 years and used his experiences for the sit com It Ain't Half Hot Mom.
- When he returned to England from Inia he went to RADA and worked at Butlins Holiday Camps as a Redcoat while David used to produce the shows.
- He was a bombardier in the Royal Artillery in Tndia., After the end of the war he had to stay on in India and ran concert parties. and used his experience in writing It Ain't Half Hot Mom. he was also a Red Coat at Butlins at Filey and Phwelli which was used for the tv series Hi -Di- Di.
- He was a bombardier in the Royal Artillery in Tndia., After the end of the war he had to stay on in India and ran concert parties. and used his experience in writing It Ain't Half Hot Mom He was also a Red Coat at Butlins at Filey and Phwelli which was used for the tv series Hi -Di- Di.
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