1921-09-08 ( 103 years old ) in Swansea, Wales, UK
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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.
Movies
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014-12-10
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
2010-12-20
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
2001-01-01
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000-04-25
Spike
1996-06-11
An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996-02-24
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994-10-22
Just Like That!
1989-01-01
Sunstruck
1972-12-22
The Last Goon Show of All
1972-05-10
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971-11-01
Song of Norway
1970-11-04
Doctor in Trouble
1970-06-16
Rhubarb
1970-04-03
Pickwick
1969-06-11
The Bed Sitting Room
1969-06-01
Oliver!
1968-09-26
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960-12-25
Jet Storm
1959-09-16
Davy
1958-01-02
Svengali
1954-09-01
Forces' Sweetheart
1953-11-01
Down Among the Z Men
1952-10-01
Penny Points to Paradise
1951-04-25
Helter Skelter
1949-01-07
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