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Harry Secombe‌

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Birthday

calendar1921-09-08

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Harry Secombe

Swansea, Wales, UK

Harry Secombe

Swansea, Wales, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1921-09-08

Popularity

star10.2

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.

Movie Credits

Jet Storm

Jet Storm‌
star6.5
calendar 1959

Penny Points to Paradise

Penny Points to Paradise‌
star4.1
calendar 1951

Oliver!

Oliver!‌
star7.0
calendar 1968

Down Among the Z Men

Down Among the Z Men‌
star5.1
calendar 1952

Davy

Davy‌
star5.0
calendar 1958

Song of Norway

Song of Norway‌
star4.6
calendar 1970

Forces' Sweetheart

Forces' Sweetheart‌
star5.2
calendar 1953

Pickwick

Pickwick‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Sunstruck

Sunstruck‌
star5.5
calendar 1972

The Last Goon Show of All

The Last Goon Show of All‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Doctor in Trouble

Doctor in Trouble‌
star5.1
calendar 1970

Just Like That!

Just Like That!‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

The Paranormal Peter Sellers

The Paranormal Peter Sellers‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

The Bed Sitting Room

The Bed Sitting Room‌
star5.9
calendar 1969

Alice Through the Looking Box

Alice Through the Looking Box‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

Rhubarb

Rhubarb‌
star5.5
calendar 1970

The Unknown Peter Sellers

The Unknown Peter Sellers‌
star8.0
calendar 2000

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins‌
star5.1
calendar 1971

The Unforgettable Harry Secombe

The Unforgettable Harry Secombe‌
star8.5
calendar 2010

Spike

Spike‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

An Evening with Spike Milligan

An Evening with Spike Milligan‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter‌
star6.2
calendar 1949

Svengali

Svengali‌
star5.9
calendar 1954

Tv Credits

The Telegoons

The Telegoons‌
star4.5
calendar 1963

Wogan

Wogan‌
star4.5
calendar 1982

The Harry Secombe Show

The Harry Secombe Show‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

The Harry Secombe Show

The Harry Secombe Show‌
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calendar

Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music

Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Bruce Forsyth Show

The Bruce Forsyth Show‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Highway

Highway‌
star0.0
calendar 1983