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Jimmy Tarbuck
James Joseph Tarbuck (born 6 February 1940) is an English comedian, singer, actor, entertainer and game show host.
Tarbuck was a host of Sunday Night at the London Palladium in the mid-1960s and hosted numerous game shows and quiz shows on ITV during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. He is also known for leading ITV's Live from Her Majesty's and its subsequent incarnations during the 1980s.
Actress, television and radio presenter Liza Tarbuck is his daughter.
Tarbuck was born in Wavertree, Liverpool, on 6 February 1940, son of Ada (née McLoughlin) and bookmaker Joseph Frederick Tarbuck. Joseph Tarbuck had been at school with Ted Ray. Jimmy had a brother, Kenneth, and a sister, Norma; another older brother had died at 18 months old. Jimmy was a friend of Dave Morris. He attended Dovedale Primary School in Liverpool, where he was a schoolmate of John Lennon.
In April 1960, at the age of 20, he was convicted of stealing a diamond-encrusted cigarette holder from the dressing room of comedian Terry-Thomas, and was placed on probation for two years. For a period, he worked in a ladies' hairdresser with Mike McCartney (brother of Paul) and Lewis Collins.
His first television show was It's Tarbuck '65! on ITV in 1964, though he had been introduced on Sunday Night at the London Palladium in October 1963 by Bruce Forsyth. He then replaced Forsyth as the last original host of the show from 1965 until it was axed in 1967. He has also hosted numerous quiz shows, including Winner Takes All, Full Swing, and Tarby's Frame Game. In the early 1970s he hosted a variety show Tarbuck's Luck on the BBC.
In the 1980s, he hosted similar Sunday night variety shows, Live from Her Majesty's, Live from the Piccadilly and finally Live from the Palladium, which were produced by London Weekend Television for ITV.
He appeared on the fourth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing in 2006, but was forced to pull out due to high blood pressure, and needed surgery to fit stents in his heart. In 2008, he returned to a variety format on television screens when he co-hosted, alongside Emma Bunton, an edition of ITV1's variety show For One Night Only. He appeared on Piers Morgan's Life Stories on 25 May 2012, while on 3 December that year he was invited to celebrate 100 years of the Royal Variety Performance along with Bruce Forsyth, Ronnie Corbett and Des O'Connor.[citation needed]
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Jimmy Tarbuck
James Joseph Tarbuck (born 6 February 1940) is an English comedian, singer, actor, entertainer and game show host.
Tarbuck was a host of Sunday Night at the London Palladium in the mid-1960s and hosted numerous game shows and quiz shows on ITV during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. He is also known for leading ITV's Live from Her Majesty's and its subsequent incarnations during the 1980s.
Actress, television and radio presenter Liza Tarbuck is his daughter.
Tarbuck was born in Wavertree, Liverpool, on 6 February 1940, son of Ada (née McLoughlin) and bookmaker Joseph Frederick Tarbuck. Joseph Tarbuck had been at school with Ted Ray. Jimmy had a brother, Kenneth, and a sister, Norma; another older brother had died at 18 months old. Jimmy was a friend of Dave Morris. He attended Dovedale Primary School in Liverpool, where he was a schoolmate of John Lennon.
In April 1960, at the age of 20, he was convicted of stealing a diamond-encrusted cigarette holder from the dressing room of comedian Terry-Thomas, and was placed on probation for two years. For a period, he worked in a ladies' hairdresser with Mike McCartney (brother of Paul) and Lewis Collins.
His first television show was It's Tarbuck '65! on ITV in 1964, though he had been introduced on Sunday Night at the London Palladium in October 1963 by Bruce Forsyth. He then replaced Forsyth as the last original host of the show from 1965 until it was axed in 1967. He has also hosted numerous quiz shows, including Winner Takes All, Full Swing, and Tarby's Frame Game. In the early 1970s he hosted a variety show Tarbuck's Luck on the BBC.
In the 1980s, he hosted similar Sunday night variety shows, Live from Her Majesty's, Live from the Piccadilly and finally Live from the Palladium, which were produced by London Weekend Television for ITV.
He appeared on the fourth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing in 2006, but was forced to pull out due to high blood pressure, and needed surgery to fit stents in his heart. In 2008, he returned to a variety format on television screens when he co-hosted, alongside Emma Bunton, an edition of ITV1's variety show For One Night Only. He appeared on Piers Morgan's Life Stories on 25 May 2012, while on 3 December that year he was invited to celebrate 100 years of the Royal Variety Performance along with Bruce Forsyth, Ronnie Corbett and Des O'Connor.[citation needed]