Jim Dale He trained as a dancer for six years, before his debut as a stage comic in 1951. He did two years of national service in the Royal Air Force. As a songwriter, Dale is best remembered as the lyricist for the film theme "Georgy Girl", for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1966. The song (performed by the Seekers) reached number 2 in the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart the following year, it also made number 3 in Dale's native UK and Number 1
Jim Dale American market (for which he received two Grammy Awards out of six nominations) and the ABC series "Pushing Daisies" (2007–2009); he also starred in the Disney film "Pete's Dragon" (1977). He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for portraying a young Spike Milligan in "" (1973). As a lyricist, Dale was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for the song "Georgy Girl", the theme for the 1966 film of the same name. Dale was born James Smith to William Henry and Miriam Jean (née Wells) Smith in Rothwell, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Kettering Grammar School.