Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson OBE 13 December 1953 Is An English Actor Blue Comedian And TV Presenter Best Known For Presenting Popular Television Gameshows Big Break And The Generation Game. Biography
Davidson Attended St Austen’s School In Charlton. He Was Chosen To Appear In Ralph Reader’s Gang Show At The Golders Green Hippodrome Aged 12 And Found His Way Into Show Business When He Was In A Pub In Woolwich To Which The Regular Comedian Hadn’t Turned Up. He Became A Regular On The London Comedy Circuit And First Auditioned For Opportunity Knocks In 1975. He Was Unsuccessful And Told By Hughie Green To "go Away". His Audition For New Faces Was More Successful And He Proceeded To Win The Show By One Point And Then To Come Second In The Overall Contest. Television
His Success Was Quickly Followed By Many Appearances On Television Including What’s On Next And Several Series Of His Own Show The Jim Davidson Show Which Ran For Five Complete Series And Won Davidson The TV Times 'Funniest Man On Television' Award. Davidson Made A Few Appearances On Tiswas In 1977 And Claims To Have Been The First Phantom Flan Flinger On That Programme. He Starred In The TV Sitcoms Up The Elephant And Around The Castle And Home James. His One Man Show For Thames Stand Up Jim Davidson Was Recorded On Stage At London’s Royalty Theatre. In Recent Years He Is Most Famous For His Television Roles On Big Break And Successor To Bruce Forsyth As Host Of The Generation Game. Touring Show
Davidson's Touring Was Developed From His Original London Comedy Circuit Show For Pub And Club Audiences. Aimed At A Very Different Audience Than His Television Work It Was At Best Blue Language And At Worst Anglo-Saxon Swearing - He Was Quite Open And Honest In Promoting His Stage Shows As Adult Entertainment Citation Needed . This Also Developed Into His Adult Pantomime Work Including Productions With Titles Such As Boobs In The Wood And SINderella - Both Of Which Played To Sell-Out Audiences. In 2006 For The First Time In 14 Years He Refused To Play At Great Yarmouth Stating That The Resort Was "full Of Fucking Coons". 4 The Inhabitants Of The Town Took This As A Personal Affront Though He Was Referring To The Tourists Citation Needed . Business
Davidson Has Several Business Interests. He Set Up A Company Which Either Bought Or Leased Several Seaside Theatres And Piers Including The Winter Gardens Building In Great Yarmouth Which He Converted Into A Nightclub. He Sold The Company After Losing £700 000 On A Pantomime Production Of Dick Whittington And A Meeting With The Inland Revenue In 2003. Personal Life
Davidson Has Always Been A Good Subject For The Tabloid Press. His Multiple Marriages Abusive Language On Stage Battles With Substance Abuse And Admissions Of Domestic Violence Have Made Him A Compelling Target. In Davidson's First Autobiography The Full Monty He Frankly Talked About His Turbulent Relationship With His Wife "We’re Like A Couple Of Boxers. On The First Occasion I Poked Her In The Eye By Accident. I Actually Went For The Mouth. Thank Heaven I Missed I’d Have Fallen In. I Just Took A Playful Punch. Unfortunately I Caught Her Completely Wrong. The Second Time I Gave Her A Shiner. I Threw A Bunch Of Keys Which Whacked Her In The Eye." In His Second Autobiography Close To The Edge He Writes Tales Of His Four Marriages And Six-Year Battle With Alcoholism. Ex-Wife Alison Holloway's New Husband Burt Kearns Had Plotted To Have Davidson Knee-Capped As A Result Of His Confession Of Battering Holloway. Davidson's Numerous Marriages Spurred Sir John Mills To Send A Telegram On The Occasion Of His Fourth Which Read Simply "Will It Last?" The Marriage Ended Ten Years Later. Davidson Subsequently Returned The Compliment To Mills And His Wife On Their 60th Wedding Anniversary With A Telegram Bearing The Same Wording. Davidson Was Quoted In July 2004 As Saying In Light Of Footballer Ray Parlour's Divorce Which Set A Precedent Of Allowing Wives To Earn From Their Husband's Future Earnings "As Much As I Love My Girlfriend I Will Not Be Making Her My Fifth Wife." Credit Wikipedia read less