Sir Harry (Donald) Secombe ( 1921 -- 2001 )
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
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