James Casey

Who is James Casey?

James Casey was at various times during his long career a Variety comedian on the English music-halls, a scriptwriter for BBC Radio's variety shows and situation comedies, and a senior BBC Radio Light Entertainment producer.

He was the son of the English Variety comedian Jimmy James, and cousin of comedian Eli Woods.

In the 1940s, he and Eli appeared as a member of his father's variety act, known as Jimmy James and Co, and after retiring from the BBC in the 1980s he resurrected the act and toured the surviving variety theatres performing it with Eli for the following twenty years.

His most notable discoveries during his career at BBC Radio in Manchester, between 1954 and 1982, were the radio comedian Jimmy Clitheroe, the comedian Les Dawson, the comedian Ken Dodd, and the comedy double-act known professionally as Hinge and Bracket, each of whom he launched into a career in radio light entertainment with their own BBC series.