Line #11 Creator/JimDale


1	[[quoteright:251:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s_jimcunew.jpg]]
2	->''"It's a little like casting out hundreds of fishing lines into the audience. You start getting little bites, then more, then you hook a few, then more. Then you can start reeling them in and that's a loveliest feeling - the whole audience laughing with you."''
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4	Jim Dale [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever MBE]] (born James Smith, 15 August 1935 in Rothwell, England) is an English actor and comedian, known for appearing in some of the ''Film/CarryOn'' films, being the narrator for the American releases of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' audio-books[[note]]Creator/StephenFry narrates the UK versions[[/note]] and appearing in many Disney films and other US dramas. He started in stand-up in his late-teens, before appearing in a small role in a Creator/PeterRogersAndGeraldThomas film, ''Film/RaisingTheWind'', alongside Creator/KennethWilliams, before appearing in their later-made ''Film/CarryOnCabby'' and other ''Carry On'' films, eventually appearing in 11 of their movies. In between the films, he did voicework on the radio for about a year in the 1960s, as well as writing songs for many music acts and recording some music himself that did well in the UK and US charts, earning him an Oscar Nomination and an International Laurel Award for the song "Georgy Girl" in 1966.
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6	Dale has also done lots of stage work, appearing in many musicals in the [[UsefulNotes/{{London}} West End]] and Broadway, eventually bagging Tony Award wins and nominations throughout the last 40 years, and still going strong. He also appeared in the Disney films as the lead in ''Film/HotLeadAndColdFeet'' and the antagonist of ''Film/PetesDragon1977'' in 1977. He has become known as the "voice" of ''Harry Potter'', because of his audio recordings of the novels, as well as his voice appearances on many of the video games, which earned him several North American audio-book and children's literature awards, and a World Record for voicing 134 characters on an audio recording. Since then, he has continued to do audio recordings for children's books, mostly back in the UK, as well as receiving an MBE in 2003 for promoting children's literature.
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8	!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
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10	[[AC:Films]]
11	* ''Film/RaisingTheWind'' (1961) -- Phil
12	* ''Film/CarryOnCabby'' (1963) -- Jeremy
13	* ''Film/CarryOnJack'' (1964) -- Young Carrier
14	* ''Film/CarryOnSpying'' (1964) -- Agent Carstairs
15	* ''Film/CarryOnCleo'' (1964) -- Horsa
16	* ''Film/CarryOnCowboy'' (1965) -- Marshal P. Knutt
17	* ''Film/CarryOnScreaming'' (1966) -- Albert Potter
18	* ''Film/DontLoseYourHead'' (1967) -- Lord Darcy Pue
19	* ''Film/FollowThatCamel'' (1967) -- Bo West
20	* ''Film/CarryOnDoctor'' (1967) -- Dr. Jim Kilmore
21	* ''Film/CarryOnAgainDoctor'' (1969) -- Dr. Jimmy Nookey
22	* ''[[Film/PetesDragon1977 Pete's Dragon]]'' (1977) -- Dr. Terminus
23	* ''Film/HotLeadAndColdFeet'' (1978) -- Eli Bloodshy/Wild Billy Bloodshy/Jasper Bloodshy
24	* ''Film/CarryOnColumbus'' (1992) -- UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus
25	* ''Film/TheHunchback'' (1997) -- Clopin
26	* ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' (2004) -- Narrator (UncreditedRole)
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28	* ''Series/{{Jackanory}}'' (1970) -- Storyteller
29	* ''Series/TheEqualizer'' (1986) -- Gilbert
30	* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' (2007-09) -- Narrator
31	[[AC:Video Games]]
32	* ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' (2002) -- Narrator
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34	!!The Tropes Were These...
35	* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: When reading the ''Harry Potter'' audiobooks, he omitted the "t" when pronouncing Voldemort's name, at least until the movies started coming out. Creator/JKRowling stated this to be the correct way of pronouncing the character's name...well after the movies, in which the "t" ''was'' pronounced, had finished being made.
36	* ActorAllusion: ''Film/HotLeadAndColdFeet'' isn't the only western comedy [[Film/CarryOnCowboy that Dale's been in]].
37	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The British don't appreciate Dale as much as the Americans seem to do, especially the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fans. [[invoked]]
38	* LemonyNarrator: Of ''Series/PushingDaisies''.
39	-->''[[BorrowedCatchphrase Oh, hell no!]]''
40	* ManOfAThousandVoices: Earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for using 134 different voices on the ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' audio tape.
41	* MrFanservice: In the ''Carry On'' films, he was usually cast as [[HospitalHottie an attractive doctor]] or just a {{chick magnet}}.
42	* PlotHole: Dale uses a thick French accent for Bellatrix Lestrange from her first EarlyBirdCameo appearance in the fourth Harry Potter book, ''Goblet of Fire''. The problem is that Lestrange is Bellatrix's married name; she was born Bellatrix Black and the Blacks are English. Her sister Narcissa Malfoy doesn't have a French accent.
43	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was considered for the role of the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor Fourth Doctor]] on ''Series/DoctorWho'' before Creator/TomBaker was cast.

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