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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/12/2014
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/12/2010
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Character:Self (Archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2001
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Character:Self
Release Date:25/04/2000
Spike
Character:Himself
Release Date:11/06/1996
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Character:Himself
Release Date:24/02/1996
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Character:Self - Audience Member
Release Date:22/10/1994
Just Like That!
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1989
Sunstruck
Character:
Release Date:22/12/1972
The Last Goon Show of All
Character:Self
Release Date:10/05/1972
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Character:Stanley (segment "Envy")
Release Date:01/11/1971
Song of Norway
Character:Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
Release Date:04/11/1970
Doctor in Trouble
Character:Llewellyn Wendover
Release Date:16/06/1970
Rhubarb
Character:Rev. Rhubarb
Release Date:03/04/1970
Pickwick
Character:Mr Pickwick
Release Date:11/06/1969
The Bed Sitting Room
Character:Shelter Man
Release Date:01/06/1969
Oliver!
Character:Mr. Bumble
Release Date:26/09/1968
Alice Through the Looking Box
Character:Humpty Dumpty
Release Date:25/12/1960
Jet Storm
Character:Binky Meadows
Release Date:16/09/1959
Davy
Character:Davy Morgan
Release Date:02/01/1958
Svengali
Character:Barizel
Release Date:01/09/1954
Forces' Sweetheart
Character:Harry Llewelyn
Release Date:01/11/1953
Down Among the Z Men
Character:Harry Jones
Release Date:01/10/1952
Penny Points to Paradise
Character:Harry Flakers
Release Date:25/04/1951
Helter Skelter
Character:Alf (uncredited)
Release Date:07/08/1949
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