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Harry Secombe
Acting

Harry Secombe
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1921-09-08,Swansea, Wales, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

6.5

Jet Storm
1959-09-16

Penny Points to Paradise

4.1

Penny Points to Paradise
1951-04-25

7

Oliver!
1968-09-26

Down Among the Z Men

5.1

Down Among the Z Men
1952-10-01

5

Davy
1958-01-02

4.6

Song of Norway
1970-11-04

Forces' Sweetheart

5

Forces' Sweetheart
1953-11-01

0

Pickwick
1969-06-11

5.5

Sunstruck
1972-12-22

The Last Goon Show of All

6

The Last Goon Show of All
1972-05-10

Doctor in Trouble

4.8

Doctor in Trouble
1970-06-16

Just Like That!

0

Just Like That!
1989-01-01

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

0

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994-10-22

The Paranormal Peter Sellers

0

The Paranormal Peter Sellers
2001-01-01

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

0

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014-12-10

The Bed Sitting Room

5.9

The Bed Sitting Room
1969-06-01

Alice Through the Looking Box

0

Alice Through the Looking Box
1960-12-25

5.5

Rhubarb
1970-04-03

The Unknown Peter Sellers

8

The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000-04-25

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

5.1

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971-11-01

The Unforgettable Harry Secombe

8.5

The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
2010-12-20

0

Spike
1996-06-11

An Evening with Spike Milligan

0

An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996-02-24

6.2

Helter Skelter
1949-01-07

5.9

Svengali
1954-09-01

4.5

The Telegoons
1963-10-05

4.5

Wogan
1982-05-04

The Harry Secombe Show

0

The Harry Secombe Show
1955-09-24

The Harry Secombe Show

0

The Harry Secombe Show

Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music

0

Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music
1986-09-14

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.6

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

The Bruce Forsyth Show

0

The Bruce Forsyth Show
1959-03-29

0

Highway
1983-10-23