Harry Secombe

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

33

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-09-08

Day of death

2001-04-11 (79 years old)

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 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

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Highway

    Highway

  • The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

    The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

  • An Evening with Spike Milligan

    An Evening with Spike Milligan

  • The Unforgettable Harry Secombe

    The Unforgettable Harry Secombe

  • Spike

    Spike

  • Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

    Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

  • Penny Points to Paradise

    Penny Points to Paradise

  • Svengali

    Svengali

  • Doctor in Trouble

    Doctor in Trouble

  • Oliver!

    Oliver!

  • Jet Storm

    Jet Storm

  • The Bruce Forsyth Show

    The Bruce Forsyth Show

  • Forces' Sweetheart

    Forces' Sweetheart

  • An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

    An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

  • Rhubarb

    Rhubarb

  • Alice Through the Looking Box

    Alice Through the Looking Box

  • Davy

    Davy

  • The Bed Sitting Room

    The Bed Sitting Room

  • Sunstruck

    Sunstruck

  • Song of Norway

    Song of Norway

  • The Last Goon Show of All

    The Last Goon Show of All

  • Down Among the Z Men

    Down Among the Z Men

  • The Harry Secombe Show

    The Harry Secombe Show

  • Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music

    Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music

  • Helter Skelter

    Helter Skelter

  • The Telegoons

    The Telegoons

  • The Harry Secombe Show

    The Harry Secombe Show

  • Pickwick

    Pickwick

  • Just Like That!

    Just Like That!

  • The Unknown Peter Sellers

    The Unknown Peter Sellers

  • The Paranormal Peter Sellers

    The Paranormal Peter Sellers