I walk with god harry secombe biography

Early life [ edit ]. Authority control databases MusicBrainz work. Find out more about page archiving. But Harry had the last laugh: a tape of him singing Cwm Rhondda was played at Spike's funeral. He was also a special programming consultant to Harlech Television [ 16 ] and hosted a Thames Television programme in entitled Cross on the Donkey's Back.

Army service [ edit ].

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Radio Times. Archived from the original on Retrieved 4 June In he appeared in the film Jet Storm , which starred Dame Sybil Thorndike and Richard Attenborough and in the same year Secombe starred in the title role in Davy , one of Ealing Studios ' last films. Following a second stroke in , 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.

Fellow Goon Spike Milligan, however, didn't agree. Retrieved 2 March Wikidata item.

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ISBN X. He made his first radio broadcast in May on a variety show aimed at the military services. Autobiographical [ edit ]. It also remains popular as a substitute for hymn-tunes in many brass band concert programmes worldwide, in the arrangement by Goff Richards. Retrieved 7 March St Ives, N. Retrieved 15 May Retrieved 22 June All four episodes are lost, but following the discovery of the original scripts, the episodes were rerecorded in , with his son, Andrew Secombe performing the role held by his late father.

Honours [ edit ]. Wales Music. I'll Walk with God. An accomplished tenor, he also appeared in musicals and films — notably as Mr Bumble in Oliver! After leaving school in , Secombe became a pay clerk at Baldwin's store. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All stub articles.

Guildford , Surrey , England.