Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC
Harry Secombe

Harry Secombe

  • Welsh
  • Actor, comedian and singer
  1. 26th April: Recovered Hancock's Half Hour to air for star's centenary
Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

Harry Secombe was a Welsh actor, comedian and singer.

Year Production Role
2024 This Cultural Life: Michael Palin Self (Archive Material)
2023 The Goon Show - Overseas Episodes
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  1. Special - Operation Christmas Duff
  2. Special - Robin Hood
  3. E8 - The Missing 10 Downing Street
 Neddie Seagoon
2023 Annie Nightingale's Age Of Irreverence Self (Archive Material)
2022 Great Lives - Spike Milligan Self (Archive Material)
2021 Harry Secombe: Unsung Comedian Self (Archive Material)
2013 Radio 2's History Of British Comedy
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Self (Archive Material)
2009 Welsh Greats: Harry Secombe Self (Archive Material)
2008 Growing Up With The Goons Self (Archive Material)
2005 The Comedians' Comedian Self (Archive Material)
2002 Six Characters In Search Of An Answer - Series 1
  1. E3 - Neddie Seagoon
 Self (Archive Material)
2001 Best Sellers: The Life And Times Of Peter Sellers
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  1. E1 - 1925-1951
  2. E2 - 1951-1962
  3. E3 - 1962-1968
  4. E4 - 1968-1980
 Self
2001 Just Before Goonrise Self (Archive Material)
2000 The Unknown Peter Sellers (as Sir Harry Secombe) Self
1998 A Loose Canon Self
1997 Heroes Of Comedy - Series 2
  1. E4 - The Goons
 Self
1996 Spike Milligan (as Sir Harry Secombe) Self
1996 An Evening With...
  1. E1 - Spike Milligan
 Self
1995 Arena: The Peter Sellers Story (as Sir Harry Secombe)
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  1. E1 - Southsea To Shepperton
  2. E3 - I Am Not A Funny Man
 Self
1994 Paul Merton's Palladium Story (as Sir Harry Secombe)
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  1. E1 - Act One: The Variety Years
  2. E2 - Act Two: The Television Years
 Self
1991 At Last The Go On Show Self
1986 The Goon Show - Overseas Episodes
  1. Special - Operation Christmas Duff
 Captain Berk
1986 The Goon Show - Overseas Episodes
  1. Special - Operation Christmas Duff
 Member of Parliament
1983 A Sound Of Goons Self
1978 Have A Harry... - Have A Harry Birthday Host / Presenter
1977 Have A Harry... - Have A Harry Christmas Host / Presenter
1973 Bombardier Secombe Back Among The Boys Host / Presenter
1973 The Harry Secombe Show - Series 4 Host / Presenter
1972 The Last Goon Show Of All Neddie Seagoon
1972 The Harry Secombe Show - Series 3 Host / Presenter
1972 The Last Goon Show Of All Neddie Seagoon
1971 The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins Stanley
1971 The Harry Secombe Show - Series 2 Host / Presenter
1970 The Harry Secombe Show - Series 1 Host / Presenter
1970 The Des O'Connor Show - Series 8
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
 Guest
1970 The Bed Sitting Room Shelter Man
1970 Doctor In Trouble Llewellyn Wendover
1969 Rhubarb! Vicar Rhubarb
1969 Q - Q5
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Ensemble Actor
1968 The Goon Show Neddie Seagoon
1968 The Goon Show German
1968 The Goon Show Tom
1964 The GPO Show Ensemble Actor
1964 Forces Gala Night Self
1964 The Telegoons - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Scradge
  2. E2 - The Booted Gorilla
  3. E3 - The Underwater Mountain
  4. E4 - The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea
  5. E5 - Tales of Old Dartmoor
  6. E6 - Lurgi Strikes Britain
  7. E7 - Captain Seagoon, R.N.
  8. E8 - The First Albert Memorial to the Moon
  9. E9 - The Whistling Spy Enigma
  10. E10 - Tales of Old Montmartre
  11. E11 - The Africa Ship Canal
  12. E12 - The Affair of the Lone Banana
  13. E13 - The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu Manchu
  14. E14 - The Nadger Plague
  15. E15 - The Siege of Fort Knight or the Underwater Gas-Stove
 Neddie Seagoon (Voice)
1963 Who Is Secombe? Self
1963 The Telegoons - Series 1
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  1. E1 - The Ascent of Mount Everest
  2. E2 - The Lost Colony
  3. E3 - The Fear of Wages
  4. E4 - Napoleon's Piano
  5. E5 - The Last Tram
  6. E6 - China Story
  7. E7 - The Canal
  8. E8 - The Hastings Flier
  9. E9 - The Mystery of the Marie Celeste - Solved
  10. Special - The International Christmas Pudding
  11. E11 - The Choking Horror
 Neddie Seagoon (Voice)
1963 Secombe Here Host / Presenter
1960 The Goon Show - Series 10
  1. E5 - The Silver Dubloons
 Charlie
1960 The Goon Show - Series 10
  1. E4 - Robin's Post
 Gladys Clutt
1960 The Goon Show - Series 10
  1. E3 - The Chinese Legs
  2. E5 - The Silver Dubloons
 Old Uncle Oscar
1960 The Goon Show - Series 10
  1. E3 - The Chinese Legs
 Tom Danglers
1960 The Goon Show - Series 10
  1. E3 - The Chinese Legs
 Mao
1959 The Goon Show - Series 10
  1. E2 - The Tale of Men's Shirts
 German
1959 The Goon Show - Series 10
  1. Special - A Christmas Carol
 Nugent Dirt
1959 The Goon Show - Series 10 Various
1959 The Goon Show - Series 10
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  1. Special - A Christmas Carol
  2. E2 - The Tale of Men's Shirts
  3. E3 - The Chinese Legs
  4. E4 - Robin's Post
  5. E5 - The Silver Dubloons
  6. E6 - The Last Smoking Seagoon
 Neddie Seagoon
1959 Secombe At Large Host / Presenter
1959 Secombe And Friends Host / Presenter
1959 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E14 - The Scarlet Capsule
 Taffy
1959 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E14 - The Scarlet Capsule
 Sergeant Spinewait
1959 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E12 - The Call of the West
 Chief
1959 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E12 - The Call of the West
 Bluebottle's Mum
1959 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E12 - The Call of the West
 Old Uncle Oscar
1959 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E11 - Who Is Pink Oboe?
 Announcer
1959 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E11 - Who Is Pink Oboe?
 Von Lohengrin
1959 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E10 - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
 Toolsvitch
1959 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E10 - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
 Idiot
1959 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E10 - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
 Kid
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E9 - The Battle of Spion Kop
 Ancient Statesman
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E9 - The Battle of Spion Kop
 Sergeant
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E8 - Queen Anne's Rain
 Elder
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E8 - Queen Anne's Rain
 Yokel
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E6 - The Childe Harolde Rewarde
 Tom Links
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E5 - The Mountain Eaters
 Spotty Cub
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E1 - The Sahara Desert Statue
 Bugler
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E1 - The Sahara Desert Statue
 Captain
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E1 - The Sahara Desert Statue
  2. E12 - The Call of the West
 Hern
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E1 - The Sahara Desert Statue
 Lord Taverner
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E1 - The Sahara Desert Statue
 Member of Parliament
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
  1. E1 - The Sahara Desert Statue
 Arab
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9 Various
1958 The Goon Show - Series 9
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  1. E1 - The Sahara Desert Statue
  2. E2 - I Was Monty's Treble
  3. E3 - The Million Pound Penny
  4. E4 - The Pam's Paper Insurance Policy
  5. E5 - The Mountain Eaters
  6. E6 - The Childe Harolde Rewarde
  7. E7 - The Seagoon Memoirs
  8. E8 - Queen Anne's Rain
  9. E9 - The Battle of Spion Kop
  10. E10 - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
  11. E11 - Who Is Pink Oboe?
  12. E12 - The Call of the West
  13. E13 - Dishonoured - Again
  14. E14 - The Scarlet Capsule
  15. E15 - The Tay Bridge
  16. E16 - The Gold Plate Robbery
 Neddie Seagoon
1958 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E26 - The Great Statue Debate
 Juror
1958 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E24 - Tiddleywinks
 Undergraduate
1958 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E23 - The Spon Plague
 Councillor
1958 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E22 - World War One
 Sir Malcolm
1958 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E22 - World War One
 Manager
1958 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E22 - World War One
 Irish Sergeant
1958 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E21 - The Man Who Never Was
 German Spy
1958 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E21 - The Man Who Never Was
 Gladys
1958 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E21 - The Man Who Never Was
 Sergeant
1958 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E18 - The Curse of Frankenstein
 Captain Idiot
1958 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E15 - The Thing on the Mountain
 Ancient Bach
1958 Davy Davy Morgan
1957 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E13 - The Plasticine Man
 Archaeologist
1957 The Secombe Saga Ensemble Actor
1957 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E7 - The Red Fort
 Fred Bogg
1957 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E6 - The Space Age
 Military MC
1957 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E6 - The Space Age
 Captain
1957 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E5 - The Treasure in the Tower
 Guardsman
1957 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E5 - The Treasure in the Tower
  2. E26 - The Great Statue Debate
 Minister
1957 The Goon Show - Series 8
  1. E4 - The Great Regent's Park Swim
 Gatekeeper
1957 The Goon Show - Series 8 Various
1957 The Goon Show - Series 8
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  1. E2 - The Junk Affair
  2. E3 - The Burning Embassy
  3. E4 - The Great Regent's Park Swim
  4. E5 - The Treasure in the Tower
  5. E6 - The Space Age
  6. E7 - The Red Fort
  7. E8 - The Missing Battleship
  8. E9 - The Policy
  9. E10 - King Solomon's Mines
  10. E11 - The Stolen Postman
  11. E12 - The Great British Revolution
  12. E13 - The Plasticine Man
  13. E14 - African Incident
  14. E15 - The Thing on the Mountain
  15. E16 - The String Robberies
  16. E17 - The Moriarty Murder Mystery
  17. E18 - The Curse of Frankenstein
  18. E19 - The White Neddie Trade
  19. E20 - Ten Snowballs that Shook the World
  20. E21 - The Man Who Never Was
  21. E22 - World War One
  22. E23 - The Spon Plague
  23. E24 - Tiddleywinks
  24. E25 - The Evils Of Bushey Spon
  25. E26 - The Great Statue Debate
 Neddie Seagoon
1957 The Goon Show - Series 7
  1. Special - The Reason Why
 Bowels
1957 The Goon Show - Series 7
  1. Special - The Reason Why
 Member of Parliament
1957 The Goon Show - Series 7
  1. E23 - Ill Met By Goonlight
 German
1957 The Goon Show - Series 7
  1. E14 - Wings Over Dagenham
 Welshman
1956 The Goon Show - Series 7
  1. E10 - The Telephone
 Jasper
1956 The Goon Show - Series 7
  1. E8 - The Mystery Of The Fake Neddie Seagoons
 Bass
1956 The Goon Show - Series 7
  1. E7 - Personal Narrative
 Rider
1956 The Goon Show - Series 7
  1. E7 - Personal Narrative
 Seadog
1956 The Goon Show - Series 7
  1. E6 - The Great Bank Robbery
 Old Secombe
1956 The Goon Show - Series 7
  1. E4 - The MacReekie Rising Of '74
 Count Jim Moriarty
1956 The Goon Show - Series 7
  1. E4 - The MacReekie Rising Of '74
  2. E6 - The Great Bank Robbery
 Fred Nurke
1956 The Goon Show - Series 7 Various
1956 The Goon Show - Series 7
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  1. E1 - The Nasty Affair At The Burami Oasis
  2. E2 - Drums Along The Mersey
  3. E3 - The Nadger Plague
  4. E4 - The MacReekie Rising Of '74
  5. E5 - The Spectre Of Tintagel
  6. E6 - The Great Bank Robbery
  7. E7 - Personal Narrative
  8. E8 - The Mystery Of The Fake Neddie Seagoons
  9. E9 - What's My Line?
  10. E10 - The Telephone
  11. E11 - The Flea
  12. E12 - Six Charlies In Search Of An Author
  13. E13 - Emperor Of The Universe
  14. E14 - Wings Over Dagenham
  15. E15 - The Rent Collectors
  16. E16 - Shifting Sands
  17. E17 - The Moon Show
  18. E18 - The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker
  19. E19 - The Sleeping Prince
  20. E20 - Round The World In Eighty Days
  21. E21 - Insurance, The White Man's Burden
  22. E22 - The Africa Ship Canal
  23. E23 - Ill Met By Goonlight
  24. E24 - The Missing Boa Constrictor
  25. E25 - The Histories Of Pliny The Elder
 Neddie Seagoon
1956 The Laughtermakers - Series 1
  1. E8 - The Art Of Harry Secombe
 Self
1956 The Goon Show - Series 6
  1. E28 - The Man Who Never Was
 German Spy
1956 The Goon Show - Series 6
  1. E28 - The Man Who Never Was
 Sergeant
1956 The Goon Show - Series 6
  1. E26 - The Fear Of Wages
 Tokyo
1956 The Goon Show - Series 6
  1. Special - The Goons Hit Wales
 William Thomas
1955 The Harry Secombe Show Host / Presenter
1955 The Goon Show - Series 6
  1. E13 - The Lost Year
  2. E26 - The Fear Of Wages
 Member of Parliament
1955 The Goon Show - Series 6
  1. E11 - The Terrible Revenge Of Fred Fu-Manchu
 Chinese Man
1955 The Goon Show - Series 6
  1. E6 - Rommel's Treasures
 Rommel
1955 The Goon Show - Series 6
  1. E4 - Napoleon's Piano
 John
1955 The Goon Show - Series 6
  1. E2 - The Secret Escritoire
 Malayan Customs Officer
1955 The Goon Show - Series 6
  1. E1 - The Man Who Won The War
  2. E2 - The Secret Escritoire
  3. E7 - Foiled By President Fred
 Old Uncle Oscar
1955 The Goon Show - Series 6 Various
1955 The Goon Show - Series 6
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  1. E1 - The Man Who Won The War
  2. E2 - The Secret Escritoire
  3. E3 - The Lost Emperor
  4. E4 - Napoleon's Piano
  5. E5 - The Case Of The Missing CD Plates
  6. E6 - Rommel's Treasures
  7. E7 - Foiled By President Fred
  8. E8 - Shangri-La Again
  9. E9 - The International Christmas Pudding
  10. E10 - The Sale Of Manhattan
  11. E11 - The Terrible Revenge Of Fred Fu-Manchu
  12. E13 - The Lost Year
  13. E14 - The Greenslade Story
  14. E15 - The Hastings Flyer - Robbed
  15. E16 - The Mighty Wurlitzer
  16. E17 - The Raid Of The International Christmas Pudding
  17. E18 - Tales Of Montmartre
  18. E19 - The Jet-Propelled Guided NAFFI
  19. E20 - The House Of Teeth
  20. E21 - Tales Of Old Dartmoor
  21. E22 - The Choking Horror
  22. E23 - The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal
  23. E24 - The Treasure In The Lake
  24. Special - The Goons Hit Wales
  25. E26 - The Fear Of Wages
  26. E27 - Scradje
  27. E28 - The Man Who Never Was
  28. E29 - The Pevensey Bay Disaster
  29. E30 - China Story
 Neddie Seagoon
1955 Secombe Here! Host / Presenter
1955 Hancock's Half Hour - Series 2
  1. E1 - A Holiday In France
  2. E2 - The Crown Jewels
  3. E3 - The Racehorse
  4. E4 - A Visit To Swansea
 Harry
1955 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. E24 - Yehti
 Society Member
1955 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. E21 - The Sinking of Westminster Pier
 Fred Harding
1955 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. E19 - The Missing Scroll
 Lurker
1955 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. E18 - Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion
 Arab
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. Special - Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest
 Hungarian
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. Special - Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest
 Robin Hood
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. Special - Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest
 Baron Fred
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. E13 - Forog
 Achilles Statue
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. E9 - The Last Tram (from Clapham)
 Yorkshire Workman
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. E8 - The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Solved)
 Yorkshireman Sailor
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. E7 - Lurgi Strikes Britain
 Conductor
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. E4 - The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton)
 Nugent Dirt
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. E4 - The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton)
 Old Man
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. E2 - The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte)
 Chief Worri Guts
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5
  1. E2 - The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte)
 Jeeves
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5
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  1. E1 - The Whistling Spy Engima
  2. E2 - The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte)
  3. E3 - The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea)
  4. E4 - The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton)
  5. E5 - The Affair of the Lone Banana
  6. E6 - The Canal
  7. E7 - Lurgi Strikes Britain
  8. E8 - The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Solved)
  9. E9 - The Last Tram (from Clapham)
  10. E10 - The Booted Gorilla (Found?)
  11. E11 - The Spanish Suitcase
  12. E12 - Dishonoured, or The Fall of Neddie Seagon
  13. E13 - Forog
  14. Special - Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest
  15. E15 - 1985
  16. E16 - The Case of the Missing Heir
  17. E17 - China Story
  18. E18 - Under Two Floorboards - A Story of the Legion
  19. E19 - The Missing Scroll
  20. E20 - Nineteen-Eighty-Five
  21. E21 - The Sinking of Westminster Pier
  22. E22 - The Fireball of Milton Street
  23. E23 - The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street
  24. E24 - Yehti
  25. E25 - The White Box of Great Bardfield
  26. E26 - The End
 Neddie Seagoon
1954 The Goon Show - Series 5 Various
1953 Forces' Sweetheart Private Harry Llewellyn
1953 The Goon Show - Series 4 Various
1953 The Goon Show - Series 4 Neddie Seagoon
1952 Educating Archie - Series 3 Tutor
1952 Goonreel Ensemble Actor
1952 The Goon Show - Series 3 Neddie Seagoon
1952 The Goon Show - Series 3 Various
1952 The Goon Show - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
 Various
1952 Down Among The Z Men Harry Jones
1952 Don't Spare The Horses Guest
1952 Goonreel Ensemble Actor
1951 The Goon Show - Series 1 - Crazy People Various
1951 Penny Points To Paradise Harry Flakers
1949 Third Division Ensemble Actor
1949 Helter Skelter Assistant to Dr. Edwards
1948 Listen, My Children Ensemble Actor

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Harry Secombe on IMDb

Born
Thursday 8th September 1921
Died
Wednesday 11th April 2001 (aged 79)
Title
Sir Harry Secombe
Sir Harry Secombe CBE
Member of
Nationality
Welsh
Daughter
Jennifer Secombe
Son
Andrew Secombe
BAFTA Cymru Awards 1993
Lifetime Achievement (Winner)
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