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Jim Dale, MBE (born James Smith, 15 August 1935) is an English actor, voice artist, singer and songwriter. He is best known in the United Kingdom for his many appearances in the Carry On series of films and in the US for narrating the Harry Potter audiobook series, for which he received two Grammy Awards, and the ABC series Pushing Daisies. In the 1970s Dale was a member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company. Dale was born to William Henry Smith and Miriam Jean Wells in Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England. He trained as a dancer for six years before his debut as a stage comic in... MORE

Jim Dale, MBE (born James Smith, 15 August 1935) is an English actor, voice artist, singer and songwriter. He is best known in the United Kingdom for his many appearances in the Carry On series of films and in the US for narrating the Harry Potter audiobook series, for which he received two Grammy Awards, and the ABC series Pushing Daisies. In the 1970s Dale was a member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company. Dale was born to William Henry Smith and Miriam Jean Wells in Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England. He trained as a dancer for six years before his debut as a stage comic in 1951, when, at the age of seventeen and a half, he became the youngest professional comedian on the British Music hall stage. He performed two years national service in the Royal Air Force. As a songwriter, Dale is best remembered as the lyricist for the movie theme, "Georgy Girl", which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1966. The song (performed by The Seekers) reached number 2 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year, and sold over seven million records. He is a gifted songwriter who also wrote lyrics for the title song of the movies Shalako, Joseph Andrews, Twinky ("Lola" in the LESS