Jim Bowen
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Date: 2022-01-11

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James Brown Whittaker （born Peter Williams; 20 August 1937 – 14 March 2018）, known professionally as Jim Bowen, was an English stand-up comedian, actor and television personality.
He was the long-time host of the ITV game show Bullseye, which he presented from its beginning in 1981 through to the end of its original run in 1995.
Bowen grew up in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, and went to Accrington Grammar School.
In his early adulthood, he became a teacher, and took part in local dramatic groups.
He eventually devoted himself to comedy full-time, having been influenced by Ken Dodd, and first appeared on television in The Comedians.
This led to other television work during the 1970s.
He achieved national attention after becoming host on Bullseye, which was a ratings success throughout the 1980s.
He subsequently worked for various radio stations, and continued to perform stand up tours.
Towards the end of his life, he was affected by a number of strokes which made performing difficult.
Bowen was born in Heswall, Wirral, Cheshire, to an unmarried mother and was adopted at nine months from an orphanage in Wirral, by a working-class couple,
Joe Whittaker, a World War I veteran and his wife, Annie Whittaker; who were both from Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire.
He grew up in Clayton-le-Moors, just outside Accrington, where Joe was a bricklayer for Accrington's Nori brick factory and Annie worked as a weaver at Atlas Street Mill.
He was educated at Accrington Grammar School, but failed all but one of his O-levels and subsequently worked as a dustman in Burnley.
He later changed his name to James Whittaker.
During his National Se...