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Nat Jackley (16 July 1909 - 17 September 1988) was an English comic actor starring in variety, film and pantomime from the 1920s to the mid-1980s whose trademark rubber-neck dance, skeletal frame and peculiar speech impediment made him a formidable and funny comedian and pantomime dame. His later years were spent as a character actor in films and television.

A native of Sunderland, Nathaniel Tristram Jackley Hirsch was born into a theatrical family. His father George Jackley (1885-1950) was a comic actor who was the leading comedian for the Melville Brothers at the Lyceum Theatre during the interwar years.

George, himself, was the son of Nathan Jackley who, with his own troupe, The Jackley Wonders, performed in circuses throughout Europe and the United States. His brother David was an actor and his wife, Marianne Lincoln, was scriptwriter and Nat's comedy foil. Nat Jackley was also a member of the Freemasons.

Son of comic actor <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2115679/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">George Jackley</a> and Annie Jackley (born Annie Scorer) who were married in 1907.

He first performed on stage in the 1920&#39;s as a clog dancer with the Eight Lancashire Lads, of whom Charlie Chaplin had once been a member.

Father of Peter Jackley Hirsch (born 1934).

Father of Anne Jackley Hirsch (born 1938).

Father-in-law of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0413143/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Dale Jackley</a>.

Grandfather of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm9153845/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Louise Jackley</a>.

Grandfather of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm9153846/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Michelle Jackley</a>.

Nephew of Therese Marian Jackley Hirsch (born 1895).

His third wife Pamela (born 1939), died 22 March 1995.

He made his first stage appearance as a member of the Eight Lancashire Lads at the Hippodrome, Chesterfield in 1920. in 1927 he toured with his sister Joy in a piano comedy routine and eventually tuned solo in 1931.

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