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Sir Harry Donald Secombe was a Welsh comedian, actor and singer. Secombe was a member of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show (1951–1960), playing many characters, but most notably, Neddie Seagoon. An accomplished tenor, he also appeared in musicals and films – notably as Mr Bumble in Oliver! (1968) – and, in his later years, was a presenter of television shows incorporating hymns and other devotional songs.
Birth Name
Harry Donald Secombe
Born
Thursday, 08 September 1921
Died
Wednesday, 11 April 2001
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut | Self | 2009 |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | Self | 2007 |
| Timeshift | Himself - Goon Show (voice) (archive footage) | 2002 |
| What a Performance! | Self | 1997 |
| An Evening with Spike Milligan | Himself | 1996 |
| An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck | Self - Audience Member | 1994 |
| Room 101 | Self | 1994 |
| Network First | Self | 1994 |
| Aspel & Company | Self | 1984 |
| Pepys and So to Bed | Pepys | 1983 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut | Self | 2009 |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | Self | 2007 |
| Timeshift | Himself - Goon Show (voice) (archive footage) | 2002 |
| What a Performance! | Self | 1997 |
| An Evening with Spike Milligan | Himself | 1996 |
| An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck | Self - Audience Member | 1994 |
| Room 101 | Self | 1994 |
| Network First | Self | 1994 |
| Aspel & Company | Self | 1984 |
| Pepys and So to Bed | Pepys | 1983 |
| Have a Harry Christmas | Self | 1977 |
| A World of Music | Self | 1976 |
| Arena | Himself (as Sir Harry Secombe) | 1975 |
| Sunstruck | Stanley Evans | 1972 |
| The Last Goon Show of All | Self / Neddie Seagoon | 1972 |
| The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins | Stanley (segment "Envy") | 1971 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
| Song of Norway | Bioernstjerne Bjoernson | 1970 |
| Doctor in Trouble | Llewellyn Wendover | 1970 |
| The Engelbert Humperdinck Show | Self | 1969 |
| The Peapicker in Piccadilly | Self | 1969 |
| The Bed Sitting Room | Shelter Man | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Pickwick | Mr. Pickwick | 1969 |
| Q5 | Special Guest | 1969 |
| This Is Tom Jones | Self | 1969 |
| A Prince for Wales | Self | 1969 |
| Rhubarb | Rev. Rhubarb | 1969 |
| Oliver! | Bumble / Mr. Bumble | 1968 |
| The Golden Shot | Self | 1967 |
| Secombe and Friends | Self - Host | 1966 |
| The Val Doonican Show | Self | 1965 |
| Gypsy | Self | 1965 |
| Vergißmeinnicht | Self - Musician | 1964 |
| Top of the Pops | Self | 1964 |
| The Telegoons | Neddy Seagoon / Neddie Seagoon | 1963 |
| The Jack Paar Program | Self | 1962 |
| Animal Magic | Self | 1962 |
| Climb Up the Wall | Self | 1960 |
| Jet Storm | Binky Meadows | 1959 |
| Davy | Davy Morgan | 1958 |
| The Alma Cogan Show | Self - Guest | 1957 |
| This Is Your Life | Self / Self - Guest / Self - Filmed tribute | 1955 |
| Svengali | Barizel | 1954 |
| Forces' Sweetheart | Private Llewelyn / Harry Llewelyn | 1953 |
| Down Among the Z Men | Harry Jones | 1952 |
| London Entertains | Self | 1951 |
| Penny Points to Paradise | Harry Flakers | 1951 |
| Helter Skelter | Alf | 1949 |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Himself | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
