Sir Harry Donald Secombe CBE (8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001) was a Welsh actor, comedian, singer and television presenter. Secombe was a member of...
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James Secombe (born 26 April 1953) is a Welsh actor and author. Born in Mumbles, in south Wales, Secombe is son of comedian/singer Harry Secombe (whom...
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little friend'). Secombe dryly remarks after Milligan's lines, "That's the first time I've heard a cat bark." When there was a need, Secombe would often play...
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shows. During the early 1950s, Sellers, along with Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine, took part in the successful radio series The Goon...
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Thomas Secombe (31 December 1918 – 9 December 2016) was a Welsh Anglican clergyman and author, best known as the older brother of Harry Secombe. Born in...
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Pocket or Two", and "Where Is Love?". It stars Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, and Mark Lester in the title role. Filmed...
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Harry Secombe "Daddy Long Legs", Peter Skellern (with footnotes by Lionel Blair) "Browser Long", Penelope Keith "Enrico the Canary", Harry Secombe (accompanied...
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main writer was Spike Milligan, who performed the series alongside Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and (for the first two series) Michael Bentine. The scripts...
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Dutch origin Herschel Saltzman, known as Harry Saltzman (1915–1994), Canadian theatre and film producer Harry Secombe (1921–2001), Welsh comedian, actor, singer...
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come from Harry Secombe's mispronunciation of the name of Milligan's war-time friend and fellow jazz musician, Harry Edgington. When Secombe repeatedly...
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1958 British comedy-drama film directed by Michael Relph and starring Harry Secombe, Alexander Knox and Ron Randell. It was the last comedy to be made by...
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British television series, broadcast from 1983 until 1993. Presented by Harry Secombe, the show was a mixture of hymns and chat from various locations across...
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British short film written and directed by Eric Sykes, starring Sykes, Harry Secombe and Jimmy Edwards. The dialogue consists entirely of repetitions of...
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Pickwick, touring the country, starring alongside Sir Harry Secombe and the show was recorded again. Secombe had starred in the original West End production...
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date of their recording). One-off special shows Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine, The Ray Ellington Quartet, The Stargazers...
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includes two tracks from Milligan and one from his Goon Show castmate Harry Secombe, and features liner notes by Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It is widely...
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but God can." The programme attracted many special guests, including Harry Secombe, Dame Anna Neagle, and Gracie Fields. He was quoted as wanting stars...
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Orchestra – performer, primary artist Oliver Reed – guest artist, performer Harry Secombe – performer, primary artist John Snyder – mixing, producer Shani Wallis...
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Retrieved January 6, 2013. Penny, Thomas (12 April 2001). "Goon star Sir Harry Secombe dies aged 79". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12...
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"nervous exhaustion" and flew to Rome. Harry Secombe was brought in at short notice to replace Hancock. Secombe starred in the first three episodes and...
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appeared in musicals and pantomime, including The Four Musketeers with Harry Secombe at Drury Lane, Dick Whittington with Ken Dodd at the Palace Theatre...
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been performed or recorded by other tenors including Placido Domingo, Harry Secombe and Michael Crawford. It also remains popular as a substitute for hymn-tunes...
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to become a comedian and worked in the Windmill Theatre where he met Harry Secombe. He specialised in off-the-wall humour, often involving cartoons and...
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Satterly Diane Cilento as Angelica Como Virginia Maskell as Pam Leyton Harry Secombe as Binky Meadows Dame Sybil Thorndike as Emma Morgan Elizabeth Sellars...
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Army shows with Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe, who were later to form the Goons. In 1951, he appeared with Secombe again, when they performed on the...
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his death before a book, My Name Is Harry Worth, was published. At his memorial service, Sir Harry Secombe said "Harry has left a legacy of laughter and...
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Welsh Treorchy Male Choir - aired: 25 December 1969 #30 - Victor Borge, Harry Secombe, Paula Kelly - aired: 1 January 1970 #31 - George Gobel, Shani Wallis...
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1837 novel The Pickwick Papers written by Charles Dickens. It stars Harry Secombe as Samuel Pickwick and Roy Castle as Sam Weller. This television production...
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Theatre The Secombe Theatre (named after Sir Harry Secombe) was in Cheam Road, adjacent to the Holiday Inn hotel. The theatre was opened by Sir Harry, who lived...
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