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Windsor Davies (born August 28, 1930) is an English-born Welsh actor. August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ...
Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
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Davies was born in Canning Town, West Ham, London to Welsh parents, and he returned to his parents' native Ogmore Valley when the Second World War began, in 1939. Canning Town is an area of East London, England. ...
This article is about the place called West Ham, for the football club, see West Ham United F.C. West Ham is a district of east London in the London Borough of Newham, located 6. ...
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He became well known for playing the part of Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the 1970s British sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum. His catchphrase on the show was "Shut Up!" delivered with an ear drum shattering military scream. As a spin-off from the series, Davies and his co-star, Don Estelle had a number one hit in the UK with a semi-comic version of Whispering Grass. He played major roles in two later Carry On films, Behind in 1975 and England in 1976. He later re-established himself as a sitcom actor with the role of antique dealer Oliver Smallbridge in Never the Twain, alongside Donald Sinden. Company Sergeant Major (CSM) is an appointment held by Warrant Officers Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Marines. ...
A British sitcom is a situation comedy (sitcom) produced in the United Kingdom. ...
It Aint Half Hot Mum was a British sitcom about a British Army concert party, broadcast between 1974 and 1981, and written by David Croft and Jimmy Perry, the creators of Dads Army. ...
Don Estelle (May 22, 1933 - August 2, 2003) was born in Rochdale in Lancashire, and was a British actor and singer. ...
Whispering Grass is a 1975 UK number-one single by Windsor Davies and Don Estelle. ...
The Carry On films were a long-running series of British popular low-budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. ...
Antiques (Latin antiquus, old) are objects which have reached an age which makes them a witness of a previous era in human society. ...
Windsor Davies as Oliver Smallbridge and Donald Sinden as Simon Peel Never the Twain was a British sitcom produced by Thames Television, created by Johnnie Mortimer and starring Windsor Davies as Oliver Smallbridge and Donald Sinden as Simon Peel. ...
Sir Donald Sinden KBE OBE born 1923 is a British stage actor. ...
He is also known for providing the voice of Sergeant Major Zero in the Terrahawks television series; and appeared in the Doctor Who story The Evil of the Daleks in 1967. He auditioned to be the voice of the UK's speaking clock in 1985 but lost out to fellow actor Brian Cobby. This article is about a military rank and position. ...
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Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ...
The Evil Of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in seven weekly parts from May 20 to July 1, 1967. ...
A speaking clock service is used for people who wish to know the correct and accurate time. ...
Brian Cobby (born 12 October 1929), is a British actor. ...
Television appearances have been less frequent in recent years for Davies, preferring to work in the theatre and as a voice over artist.
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