Derek Nimmo

Born on Liverpool in 1930, amongst the jobs that he had before switching to the theatre was as a sales manager in a paint factory. He made his stage debut at Bolton Repertory in 1951 before moving to repertory theatres at Worcester, Oldham, Rotherham, Crewe, Clacton and Nottingham. For a while he worked as an agent for Al Martino and as a comic feed for comedian Arthur Haynes and Peter Brough and Archie Andrews. He made his West End debut in Room For Two with other West End appearances in 'Waltz of the Toreadors', 'How Say You', 'The Amorous Prawn' 'Charlie Girl','See How They Run'and 'The Irregular Verb to Love. He became particularly well known with the television series 'All Gas and Gaiters' and 'Oh, Brother' amongst others. He also made quite a number of appearances on the big screen after making his debut in the Sophie Loren film 'The Millionairess' Away from the stage and television he wrote a number of books such as 'Not in Front of the Servants' and 'As the Actress Said to the Bishop'.::Tonyman 5