Editing Harry Secombe

{{Short description|Welsh entertainer (1921–2001)}}
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| image              = Harry secombe.jpeg
| caption            =
| honorific_prefix   = [[Sir]]
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}
| name               = Harry Secombe
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1921|9|8|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[St Thomas, Swansea|St. Thomas]], Wales
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2001|4|11|1921|9|8|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]], England
| birth_name         = Harry Donald Secombe
| resting_place      = [[Christ Church, Shamley Green]], Surrey, England 
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|singer|presenter}}
| years_active       = 1946–2001
| spouse             = {{marriage|Myra Atherton|1948}}
| children           = 4; including [[Andy Secombe|Andy]]
| relatives          = [[Fred Secombe]] (brother)
| education          = Dynevor School, Swansea
| television         = ''[[The Goon Show]]'' (Radio)<br />''The Harry Secombe Show'', ''Secombe and Friends'', ''[[Highway (TV series)|Highway]]''<br />''[[Highway (TV series)|Sunday Morning with Secombe]]''
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'''Sir Harry Donald Secombe''' (8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001) was a Welsh actor, comedian, singer and television presenter. Secombe was a member of the British [[radio comedy]] programme ''[[The Goon Show]]'' (1951–1960), playing many characters, most notably [[Neddie Seagoon]]. An accomplished tenor, he also appeared in [[musicals]] and films – notably as [[Mr Bumble]] in ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' (1968) – and, in his later years, was a presenter of television shows incorporating [[hymn]]s and other devotional songs.

==Early life==
Secombe was born in [[St Thomas, Swansea]], the third of four children of Nellie Jane Gladys (née Davies), a shop manageress, and Frederick Ernest Secombe, a travelling salesperson and office worker for a Swansea wholesale grocery business.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/halloffame/showbiz/harrysecombe.shtml|title=Sir Harry Secombe|access-date=2 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729144318/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/halloffame/showbiz/harrysecombe.shtml|archive-date=29 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bookref1">{{cite book|last=Secombe|first=Harry|title=Arias & raspberries: the autobiography of Harry Secombe. 'The raspberry years'., Volume 1|publisher=Robson|year=1989|page=14|isbn=0-86051-624-5}}</ref><ref name="bookref2">{{cite book|last=Gale|first=Steven H.|title=Encyclopedia of British humorists|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1995|page=926|isbn=0-8240-5990-5}}</ref> From the age of 11 he attended [[Dynevor School, Swansea|Dynevor School]], a state grammar school in central Swansea.

His family were regular churchgoers, belonging to the congregation of St Thomas Church. A member of the choir, from the age of 12 Secombe would perform a sketch entitled ''The Welsh Courtship'' at church socials, acting as "feed" to his sister Carol. His elder brother, [[Fred Secombe]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1316865/Flowers-and-fond-farewells-for-Sir-Harry.html|title=Flowers and fond farewells for Sir Harry|first=Richard|last=Alleyne|date=21 April 2001 }}</ref> became the author of several books about his experiences as an Anglican priest and rector.

==Army service==
After leaving school in 1937, Secombe became a pay clerk at Baldwin's store. With war looming, he decided in 1938 that he would join the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]]. Very [[short sighted]], he got a friend to tell him the sight test, and then learnt it by heart. He served as a [[Lance Bombardier]] in [[132nd (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery|No.132 Field Regiment]] of the [[Royal Artillery]].<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1315822/Sir-Harry-Secombe.html|title=Sir Harry Secombe|website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=12 April 2001 }}</ref> He referred to the unit in which he served during the [[Second World War]] in the [[North African Campaign]], [[Allied invasion of Sicily|Sicily]], and [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italy]], as "The Five-Mile Snipers".  While in North Africa Secombe met [[Spike Milligan]] for the first time.<ref name="entertainmentscene360.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.entertainmentscene360.com/index.php/biography-harry-secombe-7369/|title=Celebrity Biographies – Harry Secombe|access-date=10 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110201442/http://www.entertainmentscene360.com/index.php/biography-harry-secombe-7369/|archive-date=10 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In Sicily he joined a concert party and developed his own comedy routines to entertain the troops.

When Secombe visited the [[Falkland Islands]] to entertain the troops after the 1982 [[Falklands War]], his old regiment promoted him to the rank of sergeant – 37 years after he had been [[demobbed]].<ref name="BBCWales"/>

==As an entertainer==
He made his first radio broadcast in May 1944 on a variety show aimed at the military services. Following the end of fighting in the war but prior to demobilisation, Secombe joined a pool of entertainers in [[Naples]] and formed a comedy duo with [[Spike Milligan]].<ref name="entertainmentscene360.com"/>

Secombe joined the cast of the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1946, using a routine he had developed in Italy about how people shaved.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> An early review said that Secombe was "an original humorist of the infectious type and is very funny in a series showing how different men shave and in an impression of a vocalist."<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Stage |journal=The Stage |date=October 10, 1946 |page=3}}</ref> Secombe always claimed that his ability to sing could always be counted on to save him when he bombed.

Following a regional touring career, his first break came in radio in 1951 when he was chosen as resident comedian for the Welsh series ''[[Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)|Welsh Rarebit]],''<ref>{{cite journal |title=Nottingham Evening Post |journal=Nottingham Evening Post |date=April 5, 1951 |page=2}}</ref> followed by appearances on ''[[Variety Bandbox]]'' and a regular role in ''[[Educating Archie]]''.

Secombe met [[Michael Bentine]] at the Windmill Theatre, and he was introduced to [[Peter Sellers]] by his agent [[Jimmy Grafton]]. Together with Spike Milligan, the four wrote a comedy radio script, and ''Those Crazy People'' was commissioned<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thegoonshow/ "Comedy The Goon Show"], BBC website</ref> and first broadcast on 28 May 1951. Produced by [[Dennis Main Wilson]], this soon became ''[[The Goon Show]]'' and the show remained on the air until 1960.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite book |title= Radio Comedy 1938–1968|last1 = Foster |first1 = Andy| last2 = Furst | first2 = Steve | publisher=Virgin |year=1996 |page=147|isbn=0-86369-960-X}}</ref> Secombe mainly played [[Neddie Seagoon]], around whom the show's absurd plots developed.<ref name="BBCWales"/> In 1955, whilst appearing on ''The Goon Show'', Secombe was approached by the BBC to step in at short notice to take the lead in the radio comedy ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''.<ref name="BBC Hancock">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/andrew-secombe-cast-in-missing-hancocks|title=Andrew Secombe cast in his father's role in new episodes of BBC Radio 4's The Missing Hancocks|publisher=BBC Media Centre|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref> The star of the show, [[Tony Hancock]], had decided to take an unannounced break abroad, on the day before the live airing of the second season. Secombe appeared in the lead for the first three episodes and had a guest role in the fourth after Hancock's return. All four episodes are lost, but following the discovery of the original scripts, the episodes were rerecorded in 2017, with his son, [[Andrew Secombe]] performing the role held by his late father.<ref name="BBC Hancock"/><ref name="BBC Radio Times">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-03-14/how-radio-4-is-bringing-tony-hancock-back-to-life|title=How Radio 4 is bringing Tony Hancock back to life|magazine=Radio Times|first=Stephen|last=Armstrong|access-date=29 March 2017|date=14 March 2017}}</ref>

With the success of ''The Goon Show'', Secombe developed a dual career as both a comedy actor and a singer. At the beginning of his career as an entertainer, his act would end with a joke version of the duet ''[[Sweethearts (song)|Sweethearts]],'' in which he sang both the [[baritone]] and [[falsetto]] parts. Trained under Italian [[maestro]] [[Manlio di Veroli]], he emerged as a ''[[bel canto]]'' [[tenor]] (characteristically, he insisted that in his case this meant "can belto") and had a long list of best-selling record albums to his credit.<ref name="BBCWales">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/halloffame/showbiz/harrysecombe.shtml|title=Sir Harry Secombe|access-date=2 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729144318/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/halloffame/showbiz/harrysecombe.shtml|archive-date=29 July 2012}}</ref>

In 1958 he appeared in the film ''[[Jet Storm]],'' which starred [[Dame Sybil Thorndike]] and [[Richard Attenborough]]<!-- he wasn't knighted until 1976. --> and in the same year Secombe starred in the title role in ''[[Davy (film)|Davy]]'', one of [[Ealing Studios]]' last films.<ref name="BBCWales"/> By this time he was invited to appear on the Royal Command Performance (1958) where he struck up a lifelong friendship with [[Roy Castle]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://legendsmanagement.co.uk/we-represent/roy-castle |title=Roy Castle OBE 31 August 1931 – 2 September 1994|access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref>

The power of his voice allowed Secombe to appear in many stage [[musicals]]. This included 1963's ''[[Pickwick (musical)|Pickwick]],'' based on [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[The Pickwick Papers]]'', which gave him the no. 18 hit single "[[If I Ruled the World]]" – his later signature tune. In 1965 the show was produced on tour in the United States, where, on Broadway, he garnered a nomination for a [[Tony Award]] for Best Actor in a Musical.<ref name="BBCWales"/> Secombe scored his biggest hit single in 1967 with his version of "[[This Is My Song (1967 song)|This Is My Song]]", which peaked at no. 2 on the charts in March 1967 while a recording by [[Petula Clark]], which had hit no. 1 in February, was still in the top ten. He also appeared in the musical ''[[The Four Musketeers (musical)|The Four Musketeers]]'' (1967) at Drury Lane,<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> as Mr. Bumble in [[Carol Reed]]'s film of ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' (1968),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-04-12 |title=Obituary: Harry Secombe |url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/apr/12/guardianobituaries1 |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> and in the Envy segment of ''[[The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (1971).

He went on to star in his own television show, ''The Harry Secombe Show'', which debuted on Christmas Day 1968 on [[BBC1]] and ran for 31 episodes until 1973. A [[sketch comedy]] show featuring [[Julian Orchard]] as Secombe's regular [[sidekick]], the series also featured guest appearances by fellow Goon Spike Milligan as well as leading performers such as [[Ronnie Barker]] and [[Arthur Lowe]]. Secombe later starred in similar vehicles such as ''Sing a Song of Secombe'' and [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''Secombe with Music'' during the 1970s.<ref>Jack Kibble-White & Steve Williams, ''The Encyclopedia of Classic Saturday Night Telly'', London: 2007, pp 158–9</ref>

==Later career==
Later in life, Secombe (whose brother [[Fred Secombe]] was a priest in the [[Church in Wales]], part of the [[Anglican]] Communion) attracted new audiences as a presenter of religious programmes, such as the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Songs of Praise]]'' and [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[Stars on Sunday (TV series)|Stars on Sunday]]'' and ''[[Highway (TV series)|Highway]]''. He was also a special programming consultant to [[Harlech Television]]<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,3604,471984,00.html |title=Sir Harry Secombe dies |work=The Guardian|date=11 April 2001 |access-date=4 June 2006}}</ref> and hosted a [[Thames Television]] programme in 1979 entitled ''Cross on the Donkey's Back''. In the latter half of the 1980s, Secombe personally sponsored a football team for boys aged 9–11 in the local West Sutton Little League, 'Secombes Knights'.

In 1990, he was one of a few to be honoured by a second appearance on ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'', when he was surprised by [[Michael Aspel]] at a book signing in a London branch of WH Smith. Secombe had been a subject of the show previously in March 1958 when [[Eamonn Andrews]] surprised him at the BBC Television Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welsh Icons News {{!}} Harry Secombe |url=https://welshicons.org/cymrupedia/famous-welsh/harry-secombe/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=welshicons.org}}</ref>

==Honours==
[[File:Sir Harry Secombe plaque (3412015135).jpg|thumb|A [[blue plaque]] commemorating Secombe.]]
In 1963 he was appointed a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE).<ref name="entertainmentscene360.com"/>

He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1981,<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/apr/11/1|title=Sir Harry Secombe dies|last=Staff and agencies|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=11 April 2001}}</ref> and jokingly referred to himself as Sir Cumference (in recognition of his rotund figure). The motto he chose for his [[coat of arms]] was "GO ON", a reference to [[The Goon Show|goon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/136-the-order-of-the-british-empire |publisher=College of Arms |accessdate=7 March 2024 |title=The Order of the British Empire}}</ref>

==Later life and death==
Secombe had [[peritonitis]] in 1980. Within two years, taking advice from doctors, he had lost five stone in weight.<ref>[[The Unforgettable]]</ref> He had a stroke in 1997 and his colon burst, from which he made a slow recovery. He was then diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in September 1998. Following a second stroke in 1999, he was forced to abandon his television career, but made a documentary about his condition in the hope of giving encouragement to others with the condition.<ref name="TVHeaven">{{cite web| url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/hissecombe.htm| title=Television Heaven: Harry Secombe| access-date=12 February 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051118201531/http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/hissecombe.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 18 November 2005}}</ref> Secombe had [[diabetes]] in the latter part of his life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC News {{!}} Entertainment {{!}} Secombe bows out of limelight |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/439234.stm |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

Secombe died on 11 April 2001 at the age of 79, from prostate cancer, in hospital in [[Guildford]], Surrey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1315879/Goon-star-Sir-Harry-Secombe-dies-aged-79.html|title=Goon star Sir Harry Secombe dies aged 79|author=Thomas Penny|date=12 April 2001|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> His ashes are interred at the parish church of [[Shamley Green]], and a later [[funeral|memorial service]] to celebrate his life was held at [[Westminster Abbey]] on 26 October 2001. As well as family members and friends, the service was attended by [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] and representatives of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], [[Anne, Princess Royal]], [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon]] and [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]]. On his tombstone is the inscription: "To know him was to love him."

At Peter Sellers's funeral in 1980, Secombe sang a hymn and [[Spike Milligan]] joked: "I hope you die before me because I don't want you singing at my funeral." After Milligan's death in 2002, a recording of Secombe singing ''Guide me, O Thou great Redeemer'' was played at Milligan's memorial service.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sir Harry gets last laugh at Milligan memorial |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jun/24/simonjeffery |access-date=2023-01-29 |newspaper=The Guardian|date=24 June 2002 |last1=Jeffery |first1=Simon }}</ref>

The [[Secombe Theatre]] in [[Sutton, Greater London]], was named after him. He is also fondly remembered at the [[London Welsh Centre]], where he opened the bar on St Patrick's Day (17 March) 1971.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londonwelsh.org/about-us/history-of-the-centre |title=History: London Welsh Centre |publisher=[[London Welsh Centre]] |year=2009 |access-date=4 February 2011 |work=[[London Welsh Centre]] website |archive-date=18 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218212722/http://www.londonwelsh.org/about-us/history-of-the-centre |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Family==
Secombe met Myra Joan Atherton at the Mumbles Dance Hall in 1946.  The couple were married from 1948 until his death, and had four children:
* Jennifer Secombe (died 2019),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/sep/02/jennifer-secombe-obituary|title=Jennifer Secombe obituary|first=Sam Secombe|last=Stock|date=2 September 2019|website=the Guardian}}</ref> widow of actor [[Alex Giannini]]. She was her father's agent in his later years.
* [[Andy Secombe]], a [[voice actor]], film actor and author
* David Secombe, a writer and photographer
* Katy Secombe, an actress<ref>{{Cite web |title='Dad would have loved this show' West End star Katy Secombe is starring in Harry Hill's new X Factor spoof in theWest End. Karen Price quizzes her about the reality TV series, performing for Simon Cowell and following in her famous father's footsteps. – Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%27Dad+would+have+loved+this+show%27+West+End+star+Katy+Secombe+is...-a0360785349 |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}</ref>

Myra, Lady Secombe died on 7 February 2018, aged 93.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/woman-who-married-comedy-legend-14313693|title=Comedy legend Sir Harry Secombe's widow has died|first=Liz|last=Perkins|date=21 February 2018|website=WalesOnline}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/western-mail/20180222/281749859835836|title=|via=PressReader}}</ref>

==Selected works==

===Singles===
* "[[On with the Motley]]" ([[Vesti la giubba]]) (1955) UK #6
* "[[Bless This House (song)|Bless This House]]"
* "[[If I Ruled the World]]" (1963) UK #18
* "[[This Is My Song (1967 song)|This Is My Song]]" (1967) UK #2<ref name="Singles">''[[Guinness Book of British Hit Singles]]'', 7th ed., 1989</ref>

===Albums===
* ''Sacred Songs'' (1962) UK #16
* ''Pickwick'' (Original Cast Album) (1965)
* ''Secombe's Personal Choice'' (1967) UK #6
* ''If I Ruled the World'' (1971) UK #17
* ''The Magnificent Voice of Harry Secombe'' (1972) AUS #14<ref name=aus/>
* ''With a Song In My Heart'' (1977) AUS #24<ref name=aus/>
* ''Captain Beaky and His Band'' (1977)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.captainbeaky.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=13&Itemid=60 |title=Captain Beaky – Beaky Happenings! |access-date=2007-05-15 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608113136/http://www.captainbeaky.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=13&Itemid=60 |archive-date=8 June 2007}}</ref>
* ''Bless This House: 20 Songs of Joy'' (1978) UK #8, AUS #28<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=267}}</ref>
* ''This Is My Song'' (1983) AUS #9<ref name=aus/>
* ''All Things Bring and Beautiful'' (1983) AUS #31<ref name=aus/>
* ''Songs for Everyone'' (1986) AUS #43<ref name=aus/>
* ''Highway of Life'' (1986) UK #45
* ''Count Your Blessings'' (1988) AUS #93<ref name=aus/>
* ''Yours Sincerely'' (1991) UK #46<ref name="Official Charts">{{cite web |title=Harry Secombe |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2786/harry-secombe/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=19 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="Albums">''Guinness Book of British Hit Albums'' 1st ed., 1983 {{ISBN|0-85112-246-9}}</ref>

===Books===

====Fiction====
* ''[[Twice Brightly]]'' (1974) Robson Books {{ISBN|0903895234}}
* ''Welsh Fargo'' (1981) Robson Books {{ISBN|0903895870}}

====Children's====
* '' Katy and the Nurgla'' (1980) {{ISBN|0140311890}}

====Autobiographical====
* ''Goon for Lunch'' (1975) M. J. Hobbs {{ISBN|0718112830}}
* ''Goon Abroad'' (1982) Robson Books {{ISBN|0860511936}}
* ''Arias and Raspberries'' (1989) Robson Books {{ISBN|0860516245}}
* ''Strawberries and Cheam'' (1998) Robson Books {{ISBN|1861050488}}
* {{citation |year=2001 |title=An Entertaining Life |series=Foreword by [[HRH]] [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] |place= London |publisher=[[Robson Books]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLmlEAvqwrYC&q=harry+secombe |access-date=24 August 2010 |isbn= 1-86105-471-8}} Alternative ISBNs for 2004 publication: {{ISBN|978-1-86105-811-9}}; {{ISBN|1-86105-811-X}} (paperback).

===Partial filmography===
{| class="wikitable"
|-  style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! style="width:30px;"|Year
! style="width:150px;"|Title
! style="width:100px;"|Role
! style="width:100px;"|Director
! |Co-stars
! style="width:150px;"|Notes
|-
| 1949
| ''[[Helter Skelter (1949 film)|Helter Skelter]]''
| Alf
| [[Ralph Thomas]]
|
| Uncredited
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Penny Points to Paradise]]''
| Harry Flakers
| [[Tony Young (director)|Tony Young]]
|
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Down Among the Z Men]]''
| Harry Jones
| [[Maclean Rogers]]
|
|
|-
| 1953
|''[[Forces' Sweetheart (film)|Forces' Sweetheart]]''
| Harry Llewellyn
| [[Maclean Rogers]]
|
|
|-
| 1954
|''[[Svengali (1954 film)|Svengali]]''
|Barizel
|[[Noel Langley]]
|[[Hildegard Knef]], [[Donald Wolfit]], [[Terence Morgan]]
|
|-
| 1957
|''[[Davy (film)|Davy]]''
|Davy Morgan
|[[Michael Relph]]
|[[Ron Randell]], [[Susan Shaw]], [[Alexander Knox]]
|
|-
| 1959
|''[[Jet Storm]]''
|Binky Meadows
|[[Cy Endfield]]
|[[Richard Attenborough]], [[Stanley Baker]]
|
|-
| 1968
|''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]''
| Mr. Bumble
| [[Carol Reed]]
|
|
|-
| 1969
|''[[The Bed Sitting Room (film)|The Bed Sitting Room]]''
| Shelter Man
| [[Richard Lester]]
|
|
|-
|1969
|''[[Pickwick (1969 film)|Pickwick]]''
| [[The Pickwick Papers|Mr. Pickwick]]
| [[Terry Hughes (director)|Terry Hughes]]
| [[Roy Castle]], [[Hattie Jacques]]
|
|-
|1970
|''[[Doctor in Trouble]]''
| Llewellyn Wendover
| [[Ralph Thomas]]
|
|
|-
| 1970
|''[[Song of Norway (film)|Song of Norway]]''
| {{nowrap|[[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]]}}
| [[Andrew L. Stone]]
|
|
|-
|1971
| {{nowrap|''[[The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins]]''}}
|Stanley
|[[Graham Stark]]
|
|(segment "Envy")
|-
| 1972
|''[[Sunstruck]]''
| Stanley Evans
| [[James Gilbert (producer)|James Gilbert]]
|
|
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0781183}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/harry-secombe/ Harry Secombe biography from BBC Wales]

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