Comedian, singer, and media personality, born in Swansea, SC Wales, UK. A choir boy and office worker, he made his stage debut in 1946 before becoming a regular on the radio show Variety Bandbox (1947). An exuberant comic, he was a member of The Goons (1951--9), a radio show whose lunacy had a wide-reaching influence. Besides countless variety shows, his stage appearances include Humpty Dumpty (1959), Pickwick (1963), and The Four Musketeers (1967), and his films include Oliver! (1968) and Song of Norway (1970). As a writer he contributed regularly to Punch, and his fiction includes Twice Brightly (1974), Katy and the Nurgla (1978), and The Nurgla's Magic Tear (1990). A professional singer with dozens of albums to his credit, he hosted the religious television series Highway (from 1983). He was knighted in 1981, and a volume of autobiography, Arias and Raspberries, appeared in 1989. 1949 -- 1960 The Goon ShowRadio 1957 DavyFilms 1959 Jet StormFilms 1963 Pickwick (musical)Theatre 1967 The Four Musketeers (musical)Theatre 1968 Oliver!Films 1969 RhubarbFilms 1969 The Bed Sitting RoomFilms 1970 Doctor in TroubleFilms 1970 Song of NorwayFilms 1971 The Magnificent Seven Deadly SinsFilms 1972 SunstruckFilms 1974 Twice BrightlyPublications 1975 Goon for LunchPublications 1975 The Plumber's ProgressTheatre 1978 Katy and the NurglaPublications 1981 Welsh FargoPublications 1982 Goon AbroadPublications 1983 -- 1993 HighwayTelevision presenter 1983 The Harry Secombe Diet BookPublications 1984 Harry Secombe's HighwayPublications 1987 The Highway CompanionPublications 1989 Arias and Raspberries (autobiog)Publications 1990 The Nurgla's Magic TearPublications 1994 Sunday Morning with SecombeTelevision presenter