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person_profile-Harry Secombe

Harry Secombe Died at age: 79

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Harry Secombe

Date of Birth:

Sep 08, 1921

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Apr 11, 2001

Biography of

Harry Secombe

    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.

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Harry Secombe

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Filmography of

Harry Secombe

Found 21 Movies in total

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

The Paranormal Peter Sellers

Self (Archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2001

The Unknown Peter Sellers

Himself ( Actor )

... 2000

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

Self - Audience Member ( Actor )

... 1994

Just Like That!

Self ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1972

... 1972

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

Stanley (segment "Envy") ( Actor )

... 1971

Song of Norway

Bioernstjerne Bjoernson ( Actor )

... 1970

Doctor in Trouble

Llewellyn Wendover ( Actor )

... 1970

Pickwick

Mr Pickwick ( Actor )

... 1969

The Bed Sitting Room

Shelter Man ( Actor )

... 1969

Oliver!

Mr. Bumble ( Actor )

... 1968

Alice Through the Looking Box

Humpty Dumpty ( Actor )

... 1960

Jet Storm

Binky Meadows ( Actor )

... 1959

Davy

Davy Morgan ( Actor )

... 1958

Svengali

Barizel ( Actor )

... 1954

Forces' Sweetheart

Harry Llewelyn ( Actor )

... 1953

Down Among the Z Men

Harry Jones ( Actor )

... 1952

Penny Points to Paradise

Harry Flakers ( Actor )

... 1951

Helter Skelter

Alf ( Actor )

... 1949