- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 8, 1921
- Place of Birth
- Swansea, Wales, UK
- Died
- April 11, 2001
Harry Secombe
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, …
Filmography
movieSpike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014 · Self (archive footage)
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
2010 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Paranormal Peter Sellers
2001 · Self (Archive footage)
movieThe Unknown Peter Sellers
2000 · Self
movieSpike
1996 · Self
movieAn Evening with Spike Milligan
1996 · Himself
movieAn Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994 · Self - Audience Member
movieJust Like That!
1989 · Self
Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music
1986
tvHighway
1983
tvWogan
1982 · Self
tvFriday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
movieSunstruck
1972
movieThe Last Goon Show of All
1972 · Self
movieThe Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971 · Stanley (segment "Envy")
movieSong of Norway
1970 · Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
movieDoctor in Trouble
1970 · Llewellyn Wendover
movieRhubarb
1970 · Rev. Rhubarb
moviePickwick
1969 · Mr Pickwick
movieThe Bed Sitting Room
1969 · Shelter Man
movieOliver!
1968 · Mr. Bumble
tvThe Telegoons
1963
movieAlice Through the Looking Box
1960 · Humpty Dumpty
movieJet Storm
1959 · Binky Meadows
tvThe Bruce Forsyth Show
1959
tvWhicker's World
1959
movieDavy
1958 · Davy Morgan
The Harry Secombe Show
1955
movieSvengali
1954 · Barizel
movieForces' Sweetheart
1953 · Harry Llewelyn
movieDown Among the Z Men
1952 · Harry Jones
moviePenny Points to Paradise
1951 · Harry Flakers
movieHelter Skelter
1949 · Alf (uncredited)
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
The Harry Secombe Show
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