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Harry Secombe (1921–2001)

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Harry Secombe was one of Britain's best loved comic entertainers. Born in Swansea, South Wales he began singing as a child in local church choirs. His first job was as a clerk although he had considered a career in opera. During World War Two he served in the Army in North Africa and Italy. He met the... See full bio »

Born:

Harry Donald Secombe
in Swansea, Wales, UK

Died:

(age 79) in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Hattie Jacques, Harry Secombe and Eric Sykes
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1983 Pepys and So to Bed (TV movie)
Pepys
 
1972 Sunstruck
Stanley Evans
 
1971 The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Stanley (segment "Envy")
 
1971 Rolf Harris Show (TV series)
Singer
– Episode #1.8 (1971) … Singer
 
1971 Mr Tumbleweed (TV movie)
Mr. Tumbleweed
 
1970 Song of Norway
Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
 
1970 Doctor in Trouble
Llewellyn Wendover
 
1969 The Bed Sitting Room
Shelter Man
 
1969 Pickwick (TV movie)
Mr. Pickwick
 
1969 Q5 (TV series)
Special Guest
– Episode #1.4 (1969) … Special Guest (voice)
 
1969 Rhubarb (short)
Rev. Rhubarb
 
1968 Oliver!
Bumble
 
1967 The Bruce Forsyth Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.2 (1967)
 
1964 Ninety Years On (TV movie)
Performer
 
1963 The Royal Variety Performance 1963 (TV movie)
Pickwick
 
1963 The Telegoons (TV series)
Neddy Seagoon
– The Lost Colony (1963) … Neddy Seagoon (voice)
– The Ascent of Mount Everest (1963) … Neddy Seagoon (voice)
 
1960 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
– Episode #5.25 (1960)
 
1959 Jet Storm
Binky Meadows
 
1958 Davy
Davy Morgan
 
1955 Channel Nine (TV short)
Performer
 
1954 Svengali
Barizel
 
1953 Forces' Sweetheart
Harry Llewellyn
 
1952 Down Among the Z Men
Harry Jones
 
1952 Don't Spare the Horses (TV series)
 
1952 Goonreel (TV movie)
Various
 
1951 Penny Points to Paradise
Harry Flakers
 
1950 Fake's Progress
Commentator
 
1949 Helter Skelter
Alf (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
1973 Last of the Summer Wine (TV series)
– Compo's Suit (1973) (performer: "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing")
 
1972 Sunstruck (performer: "Someday", "Come With Me And Be My Love Bugailior Gwyneth Gwyn", "Ging Gang Goola", "Song of Summer Dippy-Diddle-I-Ay")
 
1968 Oliver! (performer: "Oliver!" 1960 - uncredited, "Boy for Sale" 1960 - uncredited)
 
1952 Down Among the Z Men (performer: "Down Among the Z Men" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2009 Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (69 titles)
2000 The Unforgettable Beryl Reid (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 What a Performance! (TV series)
Himself
– Madcap (2000) … Himself
 
2000 The Unknown Peter Sellers (TV special documentary)
Himself (as Sir Harry Secombe)
 
2000 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Comedy Records (2000) … Himself
 
1999 Everyman (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Trouble with Harry (1999) … Himself
 
1999 That's Entertainment (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Spike Night (TV series)
Himself
– Happy Birthday Spike (1998) … Himself
 
1995-1998 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Tony Hancock (1998) … Himself (as Sir Harry Secombe C.B.E.)
– The Goons (1997) … Himself (also archive footage) (as Sir Harry Secombe CBE)
– Terry-Thomas (1995) … Himself (as Sir Harry Secombe)
 
1997 Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Growing Pains: 1945-1960 (1997) … Himself
 
1996 Happy Birthday Ma'am (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Spike (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Live for Peace: A Royal Gala (TV movie)
Himself
 
1973-1995 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Spike Milligan (1995) … Himself
– Sir Harry Secombe (1990) … Himself
– Spike Milligan (1973) … Himself - Guest
 
1995 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Peter Sellers Story (1995) … Himself
 
1994 Paul Merton's Palladium Story (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Act Two: The Television Years (1994) … Himself (also archive footage) (as Sir Harry Secombe)
– Act One: The Variety Years (1994) … Himself (as Sir Harry Secombe)
 
1994 D-Day, 6th June 1944: The Official Story (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice) (as Sir Harry Secombe)
 
1983-1993 Highway (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– The Cotswolds (1993) … Himself - Presenter
– A Journey from Dungeness to Rye (1991) … Himself - Presenter
– Battle of Britain Sunday (1990) … Himself - Presenter
– Stratford-Upon-Avon (1990) … Himself - Presenter
– Brixham (1988) … Himself - Presenter
See all 19 episodes »
 
1993 Guest Night (TV series)
– Episode #2.3 (1993)
 
1992 The Trouble with the Fifties (TV documentary)
Himself - Guest (as Sir Harry Secombe)
 
1991 This Is Your Life (Highlights from the 1950's and 1960's) (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Highway (TV series)
Himself
 
1990 A Tribute to Terry Thomas (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987-1989 Wogan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 October 1989 (1989) … Himself
– Wogan with Joanna Lumley (1989) … Himself
– Wogan's Radio Fun Special 2 (1987)
 
1987 Royal Variety Performance 1987 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Running Riot: Music and Humour (1986) … Himself
 
1986 Spike (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.4 (1986) … Himself (as Sir Harry Secombe)
 
1984 A Century of Stars: The Story of the Grand Order of Water Rats (TV documentary)
 
1983 Breakfast Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1983) … Himself
 
1980-1982 Secombe with Music (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 September 1982 (1982) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 June 1982 (1982) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 May 1982 (1982) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 April 1982 (1982) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 January 1982 (1982) … Himself
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1972-1981 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #11.7 (1981) … Himself
– Episode #2.18 (1972) … Himself
 
1980 The Val Doonican Music Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.5 (1980) … Himself
 
1979 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1979) … Himself
 
1969-1979 Stars on Sunday (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest / Himself - Singer
– Final Edition (1979) … Himself
– Stars on Christmas Sunday (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 September 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 February 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 September 1971 (1971) … Himself
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1978 Have a Happy Birthday (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 Have a Harry Christmas (TV movie)
Himself
 
1976 Saturday Night at the Mill (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.11 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 23 February 1976 (1976) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 19 January 1976 (1976) … Himself - Guest
 
1975 The Royal Variety Performance (TV movie)
Himself
 
1968-1973 The Harry Secombe Show (TV series)
Himself / Various
– Episode #4.5 (1973) … Himself/Various
– Episode #4.4 (1973) … Himself/Various
– Episode #4.3 (1973) … Himself/Various
– Episode #4.2 (1973) … Himself/Various
– Episode #4.1 (1973) … Himself/Various
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1972 The Last Goon Show of All (TV movie)
Himself / Neddie Seagoon
 
1972 Saturday Variety (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.11 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 Vera Lynn (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The British Screen Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #3.10 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #2.15 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.44 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #2.104 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #2.103 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.8 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Val Doonican Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.9 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 If It Moves It's Rude: The Story of the Windmill Theatre (documentary)
On-screen Participant
 
1969 The Peapicker in Piccadilly (TV movie)
Himself
 
1969 The Royal Variety Performance 1969 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1968 The Goon Show (TV short)
Himself / Neddie Seagoon
 
1968 The Golden Shot (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.35 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Dee Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.45 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 The Heart of Show Business (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1967 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.25 (1967) … Himself
 
1966 Secombe and Friends (TV special)
Himself
 
1965 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.34 (1965) … Himself
 
1956-1965 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Top Of The Bill
– Episode dated 3 January 1965 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #7.30 (1962) … Himself - Top Of The Bill
– Episode #3.1 (1957) … Himself
– Episode #2.2 (1956) … Himself
– Episode #1.18 (1956) … Himself
 
1963 Five O'Clock Club (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.1 (1963) … Himself - Guest
 
1963 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.26 (1963) … Himself
 
1961 The Jo Stafford Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– The Jo Stafford Christmas Show (1961) … Himself - Singer
 
1961 Songs of Praise (TV series)
Presenter (-2000)
 
1959 Secombe at Large (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1958 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Harry Secombe (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Lord's Taverners Ball (TV movie)
Himself
 
1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #9.28 (1956) … Himself
 
1955 The Harry Secombe Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1955) … Himself
 
1951 London Entertaints (documentary)
Himself (as The Goons)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (14 titles)
2012 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
 
2010 The Unforgettable Harry Secombe (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Monty Python: Almost the Truth - Lawyers Cut (TV series)
 
2009 Welsh Greats (TV series documentary)
 
2007 The Comedy Map of Britain (TV series documentary)
 
2006 The Best of the Royal Variety (TV series)
 
2006 'We Are the Boys...': Arthur Lowe (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The Comedians' Comedian (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
2001 The Sketch Show Story
Himself/Various Characters
 
2001 Wild About Harry: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe (TV special)
Himself
 
2001 Everyman (TV series documentary)
 
2000 The Unforgettable Hattie Jacques (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Room 101 (TV series)
 
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Personal Details

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Diabetes at Your Fingertips by Peter Sonksen (introduction by Sir Harry Secombe) - Class Publishing, June 1998. ISBN 187236201X See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Interview  | 1 Article  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Sir Harry Secombe C.B.E. | Sir Harry Secombe CBE | The Goons | Sir Harry Secombe

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Personal Quote:

You can't rest on your laurels, they turn into wreaths. See more »

Trivia:

Harry Secombe was a member of the Goons of the popular BBC radio program of the 1950s, "The Goon Show". See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo