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Harry Secombe
Swansea, Wales, UK
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 co…
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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
Movies and shows, newest first
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2014
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2001
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Movie Self (Archive footage)
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2000
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Movie Self
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1996
Spike
Movie Self
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1996
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Movie Himself
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1994
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Movie Self - Audience Member
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1989
Just Like That!
Movie Self
- 1986
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1983
Highway
TV show
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1982
Wogan
TV show Self
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1979
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
TV show
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1972
Sunstruck
Movie
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1972
The Last Goon Show of All
Movie Self
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1971
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Movie Stanley (segment "Envy")
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1970
Song of Norway
Movie Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
More credits
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1970
Doctor in Trouble
Movie Llewellyn Wendover
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1970
Rhubarb
Movie Rev. Rhubarb
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1969
Pickwick
Movie Mr Pickwick
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1969
The Bed Sitting Room
Movie Shelter Man
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1968
Oliver!
Movie Mr. Bumble
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1963
The Telegoons
TV show
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1960
Alice Through the Looking Box
Movie Humpty Dumpty
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1959
Jet Storm
Movie Binky Meadows
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1959
The Bruce Forsyth Show
TV show
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1959
Whicker's World
TV show
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1958
Davy
Movie Davy Morgan
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1955
The Harry Secombe Show
TV show
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1954
Svengali
Movie Barizel
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1953
Forces' Sweetheart
Movie Harry Llewelyn
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1952
Down Among the Z Men
Movie Harry Jones
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1951
Penny Points to Paradise
Movie Harry Flakers
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1949
Helter Skelter
Movie Alf (uncredited)
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
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The Harry Secombe Show
TV show
