His son James Casey was a lt in the army during World War II.
In 1943 needing another feed for his act his brother, Andy gave up his job at Durham Iron and Steel and joined Jimmy acting as Bretton Woods while another brother, Peter became his dresser ,.
He died just days before he was due to move to a new bungalow in Stockton.
In his early days he worked with with Sid Field ,Max Miller and a youngster called Charles Chaplin.
His son James Casey became a BBC Light Entertainment producer in Manchester.
When war broke out he was in a double act but gave it up and joined the Northumberland Fusiliers and spent 2 years in France where he was wounded and gassed and was eventually discharged from Newcastle Infirmary in 1918.