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 comedian Spike Milligan while on duty in the ...
Harry Secombe was a member of the Goons of the popular BBC radio program of the 1950s, "The Goon Show".
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He was created a Knight Bachelor in the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to entertainment and charity.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ninety Years On
1964
TV Movie
Performer
The Telegoons
1963-1964
TV Series
Neddy Seagoon
The Royal Variety Performance 1963
1963
TV Movie
Pickwick
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
TV Movie
Humpty Dumpty
Jet Storm
1959
Binky Meadows
Davy
1958
Davy
Channel Nine
1955
TV Short
Performer
Svengali
1954
Barizel
Brass for Brass
1954
TV Movie
Forces' Sweetheart
1953
Harry Llewellyn
Don't Spare the Horses
1952
TV Series
Down Among the Z Men
1952
Harry Jones
Goonreel
1952
TV Movie
Various
Penny Points to Paradise
1951
Harry Flakers
Fake's Progress
1950
Commentator
For the Children
1950
TV Series
Judge
Helter Skelter
1949
Alf (uncredited)
Magpie Masquerade
1949
TV Mini-Series
Gerry's Inn
1947
TV Short
Pepys and So to Bed
1983
TV Movie
Pepys
Sunstruck
1972
Stanley Evans
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
Stanley (segment "Envy")
Mr Tumbleweed
1971
TV Movie
Mr. Tumbleweed
Song of Norway
1970
Bioernstjerne Bjoernson
Doctor in Trouble
1970
Llewellyn Wendover
Rhubarb
1969
Short
Rev. Rhubarb
Pickwick
1969
TV Movie
Mr. Pickwick
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
Shelter Man
Q5
1969
TV Series
Special Guest
Oliver!
1968
Bumble
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1967
TV Series
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Sunstruck
1972
performer: "Someday", "Come With Me And Be My Love Bugailior Gwyneth Gwyn", "Ging Gang Goola", "Song of Summer Dippy-Diddle-I-Ay"
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1972
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Song of Norway
1970
performer: "Ribbons and Wrappings", "A Welcome Toast", "Christmas Time"
Pickwick
1969
TV Movie performer: "That's What I'd Like for Christmas", "The Pickwickians", "You Never Met a Fella Like Me", "Look Into Your Heart", "Very", "If Ruled the World"
Oliver!
1968
performer: "Oliver!" 1960, "Boy for Sale" 1960 - uncredited
Davy
1958
performer: "NESSUN DORMA"
Forces' Sweetheart
1953
performer: "She Knows Me", "One Love One Lifetime"
Down Among the Z Men
1952
performer: "Down Among the Z Men" - uncredited
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story
2009
Documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Unforgettable Beryl Reid
2000
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Songs of Praise
1995-2000
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
What a Performance!
2000
TV Series
Himself
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000
TV Special documentary
Himself (as Sir Harry Secombe)
Top Ten
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Everyman
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
That's Entertainment
1999
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Spike Night
1998
TV Series
Himself
Heroes of Comedy
1995-1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC
1997
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Network First
1997
TV Series documentary
Himself
One Foot in the Grave
1997
TV Movie
Himself
Selection Box
1997
TV Series
Himself
Spike
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Happy Birthday Ma'am
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Live for Peace: A Royal Gala
1995
TV Movie
Himself
Arena
1995
TV Series documentary
Himself
This Is Your Life
1973-1995
TV Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Guest
D-Day, 6th June 1944: The Official Story
1994
TV Movie documentary
Narrator (voice, as Sir Harry Secombe)
Paul Merton's Palladium Story
1994
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Guest Night
1993
TV Series
Highway
1983-1993
TV Series
Himself - Presenter / Himself - Host / Himself
The Trouble with the Fifties
1992
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Guest (as Sir Harry Secombe)
This Is Your Life (Highlights from the 1950's and 1960's)
1991
TV Movie
Himself
Highway
1991
TV Series
Himself - Host
A Tribute to Terry Thomas
1990
TV Movie
Himself
Wogan
1987-1989
TV Series
Himself
Royal Variety Performance 1987
1987
TV Movie
Himself
Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music
1986
TV Series documentary
Himself
Spike
1986
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Aspel & Company
1986
TV Series
Himself
A Century of Stars: The Story of the Grand Order of Water Rats
1984
TV Movie documentary
Breakfast Time
1983
TV Series
Himself
Secombe with Music
1980-1982
TV Series
Himself
Parkinson
1972-1981
TV Series
Himself
The Val Doonican Music Show
1980
TV Series
Himself
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
TV Series
Himself
Stars on Sunday
1969-1979
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest / Himself - Singer
Around with Alliss
1979
TV Series
Himself
Have a Happy Birthday
1978
TV Movie
Himself
Have a Harry Christmas
1977
TV Movie
Himself
Saturday Night at the Mill
1976
TV Series
Himself
Looks Familiar
1976
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Royal Variety Performance
1975
TV Movie
Himself
The Ernie Sigley Show
1975
TV Series
Himself
The Harry Secombe Show
1968-1973
TV Series
Himself / Various
The Last Goon Show of All
1972
TV Movie
Himself / Neddie Seagoon
Saturday Variety
1972
TV Series
Himself
Wildlife Spectacular
1971
TV Movie documentary
Himself
A Christmas Night with the Stars
1971
TV Series
Himself
Rolf Harris Show
1971
TV Series
Himself - Singer
Vera Lynn
1971
TV Series
Himself
The British Screen Awards
1971
TV Special
Himself
This Is Tom Jones
1970
TV Series documentary
Himself
The David Frost Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
The Engelbert Humperdinck Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
The Val Doonican Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
If It Moves It's Rude: The Story of the Windmill Theatre
1969
Documentary
On-screen Participant
The Peapicker in Piccadilly
1969
TV Movie
Himself
The Royal Variety Performance 1969
1969
TV Special
Himself
The Goon Show
1968
TV Short
Himself / Neddie Seagoon
The Golden Shot
1968
TV Series
Himself
Melodien einer Stadt
1968
TV Series
Himself - Musician
Dee Time
1967
TV Series
Himself
The Heart of Show Business
1967
TV Movie
Himself - Performer
The Eamonn Andrews Show
1967
TV Series
Himself
Vergißmeinnicht
1967
TV Series documentary
Himself - Musician
Secombe and Friends
1966
TV Special
Himself
The Merv Griffin Show
1965
TV Series
Himself
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium