Jerry Desmonde (20 July 1908 â€" 11 February 1967) was an English
stage musical, film, and television actor principally in comedies and
drama.Sometimes credited as Jerry Desmond., he is probably best known
as a straight man to Norman Wisdom, and also worked as a comedy foil
to Sid Field, notably in their 1946 Golfing sketch.Desmonde was born
James Robert Sadler in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, North Riding of
Yorkshire, into a family of music hall performers who toured the halls
in Scotland, North East England and Yorkshire.
stage musical, film, and television actor principally in comedies and
drama.Sometimes credited as Jerry Desmond., he is probably best known
as a straight man to Norman Wisdom, and also worked as a comedy foil
to Sid Field, notably in their 1946 Golfing sketch.Desmonde was born
James Robert Sadler in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, North Riding of
Yorkshire, into a family of music hall performers who toured the halls
in Scotland, North East England and Yorkshire.
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