Harry Secombe

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-09-08 (80 years old)

Deathday

2001-04-11

Place of Birth

Swansea, Wales, UK

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...

Acting

1951

Penny Points to Paradise

as Harry Flakers

1959

Jet Storm

as Binky Meadows

1968

Oliver!

as Mr. Bumble

1952

Down Among the Z Men

as Harry Jones

1958

Davy

as Davy Morgan

1970

Song of Norway

as Bioernstjerne Bjoernson

1953

Forces' Sweetheart

as Harry Llewelyn

1969

Pickwick

as Mr Pickwick

1970

Doctor in Trouble

as Llewellyn Wendover

1989

1994

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

as Self - Audience Member

2001

The Paranormal Peter Sellers

as Self (Archive footage)

2014

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

as Himself (archive footage)

1969

The Bed Sitting Room

as Shelter Man

1960

1970

Rhubarb

as Rev. Rhubarb

1971

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

as Stanley (segment "Envy")

2010

The Unforgettable Harry Secombe

as Self (archive footage)

1996

Spike

as Himself

1949

1954

Svengali

as Barizel

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