# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-cricket
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:00:57.379Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-cricket"
name: "Jimmy Cricket"
slug: "jimmy-cricket"
description: "James Joseph Mulgrew, known professionally as Jimmy Cricket, was a Northern Irish comedian. He came to prominence in 1980 when he finished as runner‑up in Search for a Star, which led to appearances on The Good Old Days and Crackerjack! and later to his own television and radio series. Known for his catchphrase \"and there's more\", he continued performing into his later years."
tagline: "Northern Irish comedian (1945–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmy_Cricket_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1945-10-17"
deathDate: "2026-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58
  momentum:             11.51585510399584
  historical:           8.79144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 206
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jimmy__cricket"
    handle:    "jimmy__cricket"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1278976/"
    handle:    "nm1278976"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.jimmycricket.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cricket"
    title: "Jimmy Cricket"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cricket"
    title: "Jimmy Cricket"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b9f8fe60-98a1-4523-945b-525333b59a89"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2178017"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1231724"
    title: "Jimmy Cricket"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views