Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 08, 1921
Died
Apr 11, 2001
Place of Birth
Swansea, Wales, UK
Credits
35 titles
Harry Secombe
Biography
From Wikipedia Sir Harry Donald Secombe, CBE (8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001) was a Welsh comedian and singer. He played Neddie Seagoon, a central character in the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show (1951–60). He also appeared in musicals and films and, in his later years, was a presenter of television shows incorporating hymns and other devotional songs. With the success of The Goon Show, Secombe developed a dual career as both a comedy actor and a singer. At the beginning of his career as an entertainer, his act would end with a joke version of the duet Sweethearts, in which he sang both the baritone and falsetto parts. Trained under Italian maestro Manlio di Veroli, he emerged as a bel canto tenor (characteristically, he insisted that in his case this meant "can belto") and had a long list of best-selling record albums to his credit. In 1958 he appeared in the film Jet Storm, which starred Dame Sybil Thorndike and Richard Attenborough and in the same year Secombe starred in the title role in Davy, one of Ealing Studios' last films. In 1963 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He was knighted in 1981, and jokingly referred to himself as Sir Cumference (in recognition of his rotund figure). The motto he chose for his coat of arms was "GO ON", a reference to goon.
Known For
Filmography
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
Self (archive footage)
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Self (archive footage)
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Self (Archive footage)
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Self
Spike
Self
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Himself
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Self - Audience Member
Just Like That!
Self
Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music
Highway
Wogan
Self
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Sunstruck
The Last Goon Show of All
Self
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Stanley (segment "Envy")
Song of Norway
Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
Doctor in Trouble
Llewellyn Wendover
Rhubarb
Rev. Rhubarb
Pickwick
Mr Pickwick
The Bed Sitting Room
Shelter Man
Oliver!
Mr. Bumble
The Telegoons
Alice Through the Looking Box
Humpty Dumpty
Jet Storm
Binky Meadows
The Bruce Forsyth Show
Whicker's World
Davy
Davy Morgan
The Harry Secombe Show
Svengali
Barizel
Forces' Sweetheart
Harry Llewelyn
Down Among the Z Men
Harry Jones
Penny Points to Paradise
Harry Flakers
Helter Skelter
Alf (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Harry Secombe Show