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name: "Jimmy Jewel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jimmy-jewel"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 December 1909"
died: "3 December 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-16T21:40:11.208613+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jimmy Jewel

Actor. Born 4 December 1909 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Died 3 December 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 December 1909, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
- **Died:** 3 December 1995

## Biography

Jimmy Jewel (1909–1995) was an English comedian and actor. Born James Arthur Thomas Jewel Marsh in Sheffield, he began performing in music hall as a child and later formed a long-running double act with his cousin Ben Warriss that lasted 32 years until 1966.

He appeared in numerous stage, radio and television productions, including the sitcom *Nearest and Dearest* (1968–1973) as Eli Pledge. Later roles included appearances in *The Avengers* (1968), *One Foot in the Grave* (1990), *Casualty* (1991) and *Lovejoy* (1993). In film he played Cannonball Lee in *The Krays* (1990) and Ashby Senior in *American Friends* (1991).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *One Foot in the Grave* (1990), Fi1m 83, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-foot-in-the-grave.md)
- *The Krays* (1990), Fi1m 74, as Cannonball Lee — [page](https://film.one/film/the-krays.md)

## Also known for

- *The Avengers* (1961), Maxie Martin
- *Casualty* (1986), Sid Towers
- *Lovejoy* (1986), Boswell

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