biography
| name: |
Secombe, Sir Harry (Donald)
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pronunciation:
[seekm]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1921–2001)
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| biography:
| 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 (1983–93). He was knighted in 1981, and a volume of autobiography, Arias and Raspberries, appeared in 1989. |
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