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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 8, 1921
Died
April 11, 2001
Place of Birth
Swansea, Wales, UK
Also Known As
- Sir Harry Secombe
Harry Secombe
1.1 Popularity
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
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Self (archive footage)
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014
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Self (archive footage)
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
2010
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Self (Archive footage)
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
2001
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Self
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000
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Himself
Spike
1996
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Himself
An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996
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Self - Audience Member
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994
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Self
Just Like That!
1989
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Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music
1986
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Highway
1983
Credits
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
as Self (archive footage)
2014
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🎬
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
as Self (archive footage)
2010
8.5
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
as Self (Archive footage)
2001
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The Unknown Peter Sellers
as Self
2000
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Spike
as Himself
1996
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An Evening with Spike Milligan
as Himself
1996
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An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
as Self - Audience Member
1994
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Just Like That!
as Self
1989
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Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music
1986
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Highway
1983
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Wogan
as Self
1982
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Sunstruck
1972
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The Last Goon Show of All
as Self
1972
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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
as Stanley (segment "Envy")
1971
4.8
Song of Norway
as Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
1970
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Doctor in Trouble
as Llewellyn Wendover
1970
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Rhubarb
as Rev. Rhubarb
1970
5.5
Pickwick
as Mr Pickwick
1969
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The Bed Sitting Room
as Shelter Man
1969
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Oliver!
as Mr. Bumble
1968
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The Telegoons
1963
4.5
Alice Through the Looking Box
as Humpty Dumpty
1960
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Jet Storm
as Binky Meadows
1959
6.8
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1959
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Davy
as Davy Morgan
1958
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The Harry Secombe Show
1955
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Svengali
as Barizel
1954
5.9
Forces' Sweetheart
as Harry Llewelyn
1953
5.0
Down Among the Z Men
as Harry Jones
1952
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Penny Points to Paradise
as Harry Flakers
1951
3.9
Helter Skelter
as Alf (uncredited)
1949
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
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The Harry Secombe Show
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