Editing Jim Dale (section)

===Film===
Dale's film debut was in ''Break-In'' (1956), a [[War Office ]] information film. He next appeared in ''Six Five Special'' (1958), a spin-off from the BBC TV series of the same title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b76c9a8fb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524041412/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b76c9a8fb|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 May 2016|title=Six-five Special (1958)|website=Bfi.org.uk|access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref> This film was also released under the name ''Calling All Cats''. He then had a tiny role in the comedy ''[[Raising the Wind (1961 film)|Raising the Wind]]'' (1961) as a trombone player who thwarts orchestral conductor [[Kenneth Williams]].<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/88628/roommates " ''Raising the Wind'' Cast"], Tcm.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014</ref> However, he is best known in Britain for his appearances in eleven [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]],<ref name="BFI"/> a long-running series of comedy farces, generally playing the hapless romantic lead. His ''Carry On'' career began in small roles: first as an expectant father in ''[[Carry On Cabby]]'' (1963), which was followed by ''[[Carry On Jack]]'' (1964). From ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964) onwards, his roles were more substantial. Following ''[[Carry On Cleo]]'' (1964), his first principal role was ''[[Carry On Cowboy]]'' (1965), set in the [[Wild West]], where he played an immigrant English sanitary engineer called Marshall P. Knutt who is mistakenly hired as a police [[marshal]]. Then came ''[[Carry On Screaming!]]'' (1966),<ref name=allmusic/> ''[[Don't Lose Your Head]]'' (1966), ''[[Follow That Camel]]'' (1967), ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967), ''[[Carry On Again Doctor]]'' (1969) and the 1992 revival ''[[Carry On Columbus]]''.

Dale played Harold, the policeman in the 1965 comedy film ''[[The Big Job (film)|The Big Job]]'' with two of his regular Carry On co-stars, [[Sid James|Sidney James]] and [[Joan Sims]]. 

In 1973, Dale appeared in the role of [[Spike Milligan]] in ''[[Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (film)|Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall]],'' the film adaptation of the [[Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall|first volume]] of [[Spike Milligan]]'s autobiography. It starred Dale as the young Terence "Spike" Milligan, while Milligan himself plays the part of his father, Leo.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071031085854/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/83141/Adolf-Hitler-My-Part-in-His-Downfall/overview The New York Times]</ref> Dale was nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles]] for his performance.

Dale played Dr. Terminus in [[Walt Disney]]'s [[Pete's Dragon (1977 film)|''Pete's Dragon'']] (1977).<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/24416/petes-dragon " ''Pete's Dragon'' Cast"] tcm.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014</ref> In the 1978 [[Walt Disney]] comedy film ''[[Hot Lead and Cold Feet]]''<ref name=allmusic/> he played three characters, including both lead male parts, whilst 1973 saw him co-star in ''[[The National Health (film)|The National Health]]''.