Jim Dale
![Dale with his ''[[Barnum (musical)|Barnum]]'' co-star [[Glenn Close]] performing in ''[[Busker Alley]]'' in 2006](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/DaleClose.jpg)
Jim Dale (born James Smith; 15 August 1935) is an English actor, composer, director, narrator, singer and songwriter. In the United Kingdom he is known as a pop singer of the 1950s who became a leading actor at the National Theatre. In British film, along with Angela Douglas he is now one of the last two surviving actors to appear in multiple ''Carry On'' films. Dale was also a leading actor on Broadway, where he had roles in ''Scapino'', ''Barnum'', ''Candide'' and ''Me and My Girl''. He also narrated the U.S. audiobooks for all seven novels in the ''Harry Potter'' series, for which he won two Grammy Awards. Dale appeared in the ABC series ''Pushing Daisies'' (2007–2009); he also starred in the Disney film ''Pete's Dragon'' (1977). He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for portraying a young Spike Milligan in ''Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall'' (1973).
As a lyricist, Dale was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for the song "Georgy Girl", the theme for the 1966 film of the same title. Provided by Wikipedia
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