Jim Dale MBE (born James Smith on August 15, 1935 in Rothwell, England) is an English singer, songwriter, and actor.

Several of his songs entered the UK singles chart:

• "Be My Girl" (1957)
• "Just Born" (1958)
• "Crazy Dream" (1958)
• "Sugartime" (1958)

He wrote the song "Dick-a-Dum-Dum (King's Road)," which became a minor hit for Des O'Connor in 1969, and his lyrics for the movie theme Georgy Girl were nominated for an Academy Award in 1966. The song (performed by The Seekers) reached number 1 in the US charts the following year. Dale appeared in a number of the Carry On films, generally playing the romantic lead. He was in the noted silent short film The Plank, and played the young Spike Milligan in the film version of My Part in his Downfall. He also had success as a comic villain in the Disney films Pete's Dragon and The Spaceman and King Arthur aka Unidentifed Flying Oddball. He is an accomplished stage actor (in both straight and musical roles) who has been nominated for four Tony Awards, winning one for Barnum. He is the narrator of the American edition of the Harry Potter audiobooks, and also the Harry Potter DVDs.

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Awww, new Winnie the Pooh read by Jim Dale http://www.sffaudio.com/?p=12798
tamahome02000 (tamahome02000) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:23:42 -0000
Awww, new Winnie the Pooh read by Jim Dale http://www.sffaudio.com/?p=12798
Listening to A Christmas Carol read by Jim Dale. I don't think people today actually pay attention to the message in this story anymore.
mightymur (Mur Lafferty) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:29:52 -0000
Listening to A Christmas Carol read by Jim Dale. I don't think people today actually pay attention to the message in this story anymore.
I"m not going to lie. I'm listening to Jim Dale reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Always a comfort, that Jim Dale.
jackiekashian (Jackie Kashian) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:48:57 -0000
I"m not going to lie. I'm listening to Jim Dale reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Always a comfort, that Jim Dale.
Running for the third day in a row. Thanks goes out to the voice stylings of Jim Dale for reading me audiobooks on my journeys.
cody4francis (Cody Francis) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:58:09 -0000
Running for the third day in a row. Thanks goes out to the voice stylings of Jim Dale for reading me audiobooks on my journeys.
is wondering why the heck @bear1989 is listening to the Jim Dale audiobooks when there are friggin' @stephenfry ones out there?!?!?!?! freak
yonone (Annie-Rose ) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:20:10 -0000
is wondering why the heck @bear1989 is listening to the Jim Dale audiobooks when there are friggin' @stephenfry ones out there?!?!?!?! freak
is wondering why the hell the jim dale audiobooks for hp7 makes fleur sound german :S
bear1989 (Claire Kelly) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:21:15 -0000
is wondering why the hell the jim dale audiobooks for hp7 makes fleur sound german :S

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