Harry Secombe
Known for Acting · 34 credits
- Born
- 1921-09-08
- Died
- 2001-04-11
- Place of birth
- Swansea, Wales, UK
- Also known as
- Sir 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).
Known For
TV Shows (9)
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Highway
1983
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1959
The Telegoons
1963
Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music
1986
The Harry Secombe Show
The Harry Secombe Show
1955
Movies (25)
Oliver!
1968
as Mr. Bumble
Svengali
1954
as Barizel
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Shelter Man
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
as Stanley (segment "Envy")
Spike
1996
as Self
Helter Skelter
1949
as Alf (uncredited)
Song of Norway
1970
as Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
Rhubarb
1970
as Rev. Rhubarb
Doctor in Trouble
1970
as Llewellyn Wendover
Jet Storm
1959
as Binky Meadows
Just Like That!
1989
as Self
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994
as Self - Audience Member
Davy
1958
as Davy Morgan
An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996
as Himself
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
2001
as Self (Archive footage)
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
as Humpty Dumpty
Down Among the Z Men
1952
as Harry Jones
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000
as Self
Sunstruck
1972
Pickwick
1969
as Mr Pickwick
Forces' Sweetheart
1953
as Harry Llewelyn
Penny Points to Paradise
1951
as Harry Flakers
The Last Goon Show of All
1972
as Self
About 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 ve… With 34 credits spanning from 1948 to 2014, Harry Secombe has appeared in 25 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Harry Secombe Movies
- Oliver! (1968) — as Mr. Bumble
- Svengali (1954) — as Barizel
- The Bed Sitting Room (1969) — as Shelter Man
- The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) — as Stanley (segment "Envy")
- Spike (1996) — as Self
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