Birth of Jimmy Nail
Birth of Jimmy Nail
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Jimmy Nail Biography and Timeline
Follow Jimmy Nail through 5 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Jimmy Nail, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
5Distinct records
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1954–1998Years on this page
1954
1983
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Rises to fame playing Leonard Jeffrey Oz Osborne in Auf Wiedersehen, despite having no acting experience whatsoever (he had appeared as an extra in the movie Get Carter)
1990
Spender
After the first two series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Nail found himself typecast before creating the detective series, Spender, which he co-wrote with Ian La Frenais, the show ran for three series from 1990 to 1993
1995
Crocodile Shoes
Crocodile Shoes, created and starred as musician Jed Shepherd
1998
Still Crazy
Co-stars in Clement & La Frenais Sony movie "Still Crazy"
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.