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Harry Secombe

Highest Rated: 91% Oliver! (1968)

Lowest Rated: 91% Oliver! (1968)

Birthday: Sep 8, 1921

Birthplace: Swansea, Wales, UK

A venerated comic, actor and singer, Welshman Sir Harry Secombe began performing stand-up and musical comedy on stage during the mid-1940s. Secombe was able to parlay his success as a stage comedian into a career in radio, first bringing his talents to the playful 1950s ventriloquism hit "Educating Archie." Then, with friends and fellow comedians Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine, and Peter Sellers, Secombe wrote and performed the comedy series "The Goon Show" on BBC Radio. The surreal program ran from 1951 to 1960, and proved to be enormously influential. The late 1950s found Secombe putting his admirable tenor to good use, as he released several charting records in the United Kingdom. He also branched out into the world of cinema, playing the lead in the Ealing Studios comedy drama "Davy." In 1968, he had a supporting role in the classic family musical "Oliver!," and the same year, his sketch series, "The Harry Secombe Show," debuted on BBC One. The show lasted until 1973. In the early 1980s, Secombe was knighted for his contributions to the entertainment industry. Around this time, he began appearing on music-oriented television programs such as "Secombe With Music" and often appeared on Christian-themed shows such as "Highway." He continued to work on religious series through the 1990s.

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91% 81% Oliver! Watchlist
Svengali
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Sunstruck
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Davy
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Penny Points to Paradise
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Forces' Sweetheart
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30% Down Among the Z Men
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Pickwick
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Jet Storm
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50% Song of Norway
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Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Sunstruck Stanley Evans (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 0% The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins Stanley (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 43% Doctor in Trouble Llewellyn Wendover (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 50% Song of Norway Bioernstjerne Bjoernson (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pickwick Mr. Pickwick (Character) - 1969
91% 81% Oliver! Mr. Bumble (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jet Storm Binky Meadows (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Davy Davy Morgan (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Svengali Barizel (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forces' Sweetheart Unknown (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 30% Down Among the Z Men Harry Jones (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Penny Points to Paradise Harry Flakers (Character) - 1951