Song:Every Little Piece
Album:Pete's Dragon: Original Soundtrack
Jim Dale is a versatile performer best known for winning a Tony award for starring in the 1980 Broadway musical Barnum. He is also a Grammy winner and an Oscar nominee. He played the villain Dr. Terminus in the 1977 Disney film Pete's Dragon. He was born James Smith Aug. 15, 1935 in Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England. Dale trained as a ballet dancer but he made his stage debut as a comic in 1951. He served for two years in the Royal Air Force mostly entertaining troops. A 1957 TV appearance got him a record deal with Parlophone and producer George Martin. He had some success with singles like Be My Girl. But it didn't last and he was a has been by 1961. He then appeared in several of the Carry On films. He was Oscar nominated for writing the theme for the 1966 film Georgy Girl with Tom Springfield. It was a big hit for The Seekers. Dale wrote other songs for films and released a couple of albums. Dale was nominated for a Tony for the 1975 show Scapino. And that got him the role of Dr. Terminus in the 1977 Disney film Pete's Dragon. This was a mixed live action and animated film starring Sean Marshall as Pete along with Helen Reddy and Mickey Rooney. Dale played the villain Dr. Terminus and Red Buttons played his assistant. Every Little Piece is one of two songs that they perform in the film. It was soon after that Dale was cast in the 1980 Broadway show Barnum. He won a Tony and I think it's fair to say that it is his most successful role. Though Dale continues to appear on stage, screen and TV, he is probably best known for narrating all seven Harry Potter audiobooks. He has won Grammys for those. That led to voice work on video games and he was the off screen narrator in the TV series Pushing Daisies. Here's Jim Dale with Red Buttons performing Every Little Piece in the 1977 film Pete's Dragon.
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