Jimmy Clitheroe

Jimmy Clitheroe

Known For

Acting

Born

December 24, 1921

Died

June 6, 1973 (aged 51)

Birthplace

Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, UK

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.