Talk:Les Dawson

message: The IMDb has the year of Dawson's death as 1931, not '33 or '34. Would it be correct to use that?
TonyW 00:16, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you meant "year of Dawson's birth"? Martinevans123 (talk) 20:57, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Date and place of birth is confirmed in the DNB as 2 February 1931 in Thornton Street, Collyhurst.  His first wife was Margaret Rose Plant and they married 25 June 1960, she died in 1987 not 1986.  His second wife was Tracy Roper and they married in 1989.  He died at St Joseph's Hospital, Manchester.  Those are all from the DNB which has been known to be wrong occasionally!  I will leave someone to merge the details into the main text.  --jmb 23:46, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: IMDB would appear to be wrong - other contemporary references from newspapers (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)  from 1993 say he was 59 at the time of death, as does the current obituary referenced in the article. Also Encyclopedia Britannica lists as 59 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Les-Dawson) Seajay (talk) 12 January 2019  —Preceding undated comment added 00:53, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of birth

message: Old Les wasn't a Jew by any chance was he? -Dr Haggis - Talk 01:48, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not so far as I know. Maybe that's why he was so terrified by the ghost of Sid James?
130.225.25.169 (talk) 12:54, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ethnicity

message: where did les dawson get married the second time and name of church  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.98.209.102 (talk) 16:13, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second wedding 

message: Les Dawson's "act" was fairly feeble and much based on plagiarism of older classic English acts.
Les Dawson was a genius who was loved by the public for his straightforward mother-in-law jokes, and by other entertainers due to the quality and intelligence of his writing and wordplay.  Taking inspiration from others is how the world progresses, and shoudl be encouraged.  Pollythewasp (talk) 10:20, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Unfunny

message: Does anyone have any info about Dawson's role in the 1991 TV film of Roberto Cossa's play "Nona", in which Dawson played the title character, an old Argentinian lady? I seem to remember he played it straight, rather than for laughs. IMDB's page and the BFI's page on the film are both pretty sparse. I feel Dawson's part in it warrants inclusion on this page, given that it was quite a departure from his usual comedy roles  ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 13:03, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Nona" 

message: According to the article his autobiography is "entertaining but factually unreliable" - surely a breach of WP:RS? Also, it's mainly cited to quote a joke. Autarch (talk) 19:19, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Well according to IMDb she was born on 3 October 1992. So that is about right. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:32, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Autobiography 

message: That would make him 61 when she was born, which I find really difficult to believe.--Launchballer 17:20, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "who was only eight months old when he died"