James Joseph Tarbuck OBE is an English comedian, singer, actor, entertainer and game show host. He was a host of Sunday Night at the London Palladium in the mid-1960s, and hosted numerous game shows and quiz shows on ITV during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.

Filmography

• 2026A Hand to Hold — Priest
• 2018Tommy Cooper: In His Own Words
• 2015Our Cilla
• Rewind The 60s
• Linda Green — Uncle Vic
• 1997An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
• 1996Brazen Hussies — Mr Belafonte
• TFI Friday
• The Detectives — McKenna
• Tarby's Frame Game
• Tarby And Friends
• All Star Comedy Carnival
• The Jimmy Tarbuck Show
• 1967The Plank — Barman
• Jimmy Tarbuck's 18 Nightmare Holes Of Golf

Appearances as themselves (25)

• 2024The Cancellation Of Jim Davidson — Self
• 2024Tommy Cooper: The Lost Tapes — Himself
• Bradley Walsh: The Laugh's on Me — Self
• 2021Les Dawson Lost Tapes — Self
• 2020Des O'Connor: The Ultimate Entertainer — Self
• Secrets of the Museum — Self
• 2018Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were — Self
• 2010The Unforgettable Harry Secombe — Self
• Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy — Self
• Legends — Self
• 2001Strictly Sinatra — Himself
• Parkinson — Self
• 1995An Audience with Shirley Bassey — Self
• 1994An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck — Self
• Room 101 — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self
• 1985The Best of Cannon & Ball — Self
• 1984An Audience with Joan Rivers — Self - Audience Member
• Harty — Self
• 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years — Self
• Live From Her Majesty's — Self - Host
• Six Fifty-Five Special — Self
• The Cannon & Ball Show — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• Cilla — Self