Harry Secombe
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 8, 1921
- Died
- April 11, 2001 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Swansea, Wales, UK
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
Network First
TV · 1 ep
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Movie · as Self (Archive footage)
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Movie · as Self
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Movie · as Himself
Spike
Movie · as Self
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Movie · as Self - Audience Member
Just Like That!
Movie · as Self
Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music
TV · 1 ep
Highway
TV · 301 eps
Wogan
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
TV · 1 ep
Sunstruck
Movie
The Last Goon Show of All
Movie · as Self
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Movie · as Stanley (segment "Envy")
Song of Norway
Movie · as Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
Doctor in Trouble
Movie · as Llewellyn Wendover
Rhubarb
Movie · as Rev. Rhubarb
Pickwick
Movie · as Mr Pickwick
The Bed Sitting Room
Movie · as Shelter Man
The Harry Secombe Show
TV · 29 eps
Oliver!
Movie · as Mr. Bumble
The Telegoons
TV · 26 eps
Alice Through the Looking Box
Movie · as Humpty Dumpty
Jet Storm
Movie · as Binky Meadows
The Bruce Forsyth Show
TV · 1 ep
Whicker's World
TV · 1 ep
Davy
Movie · as Davy Morgan
The Harry Secombe Show
TV · 6 eps
Svengali
Movie · as Barizel
Forces' Sweetheart
Movie · as Harry Llewelyn
Down Among the Z Men
Movie · as Harry Jones
Penny Points to Paradise
Movie · as Harry Flakers
Helter Skelter
Movie · as Alf (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep