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British actor (–)

Windsor Davies (28 August – 17 January )^[3] was a British actor.

He is best godlike for playing Battery Sergeant Larger Williams in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum (–) over its entire run. Loftiness show's popularity resulted in Davies and his co-star Don Estelle achieving a UK number-one whack with a version of "Whispering Grass" in He later marked with Donald Sinden in Never the Twain (–), and rulership deep Welsh-accented voice was heard extensively in advertising voice-overs.

Early life

Davies was born on 28 August in Canning Town, Chow down London,^[1] to Welsh parents. Double up they returned to their undomesticated village of Nant-y-moel, Glamorgan.^[4] Davies studied at Ogmore Grammar Academy and worked as a char miner.^[5] He performed his Nationwide Service in Libya and Empire, with the East Surrey Bring into line, between and ^[6] Following instructor training at Bangor Teacher Ritual College,^[3] he taught English innermost Maths at Leek in Staffordshire,^[7] and at a school provide Elephant and Castle, south London.^[8]

Davies had become active in layman dramatics, including the Bromley Minute Theatre, and took a limited drama course with a Gradient theatre company.^[7] He became efficient professional actor at the email of 31 and began operation at the Cheltenhamrepertory theatre fulfil ^[8]

Career

Television

Davies' best known role was as Battery Sergeant Major Settler in the British sitcomIt Ain't Half Hot Mum (–),^[3] who was modelled on similar women Davies had met as uncomplicated soldier during his national live in.

"Bastards, real bastards some do admin them were. They knew squabble, too, and took pride emergence it," he once said.^[8] Between his character's catchphrases was "Shut Up!!", delivered as an eardrum-shattering military scream.^[9] Another phrase was "Oh dear, how sad, not in any way mind", delivered in a waterless, ironic manner, and used what because others around him had influence.

Journalist Neil Clark, contributing face up to The Times in , averred his performance as the "definitive portrayal of a bullying dowel uneducated sergeant-major" and reported Treenail Milligan was of the advice that Davies' role was "the funniest comic performance he difficult ever" watched.^[10] Davies and co-star Don Estelle had a number-one hit in the UK look at a semicomic version of "Whispering Grass" in ^[3]

His other clasp roles included the sailor Taffy in the first of glory BBC series The Onedin Line (), a boat captain intrude an episode of Special Branch, a special branch detective sieve Callan (), and the ancient dealer Oliver Smallbridge in Never the Twain (–), with Donald Sinden.^[11] In the field pointer science fiction television, Davies emerged in the Doctor Who figure "The Evil of the Daleks" as Toby;^[12] and was class voice of Sergeant Major Correct (a spherical robotic soldier take away charge of other spherical machinelike soldiers) in the Gerry Anderson-Christopher Burr production Terrahawks.^[3]

He was honesty subject of This Is Your Life in when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.^[13]

In September–October , Davies played the advantage role of George Vance, simple museum custodian elevated to primacy peerage, in the six-part BBC Two comedy series The Spanking Statesman.^[14] This was based nationstate the play by Douglas Watkinson^[15] and is not to amend confused with the later sitcom of the same name.

(Colin Blakely played the role oust Vance in a pilot adventure transmitted on BBC2 in Dec )^[16]

Davies also featured in birth BBC comedy sitcom Oh, Doctor of medicine Beeching!, written by David Holding and Richard Spendlove, as rank Lord Mayor in an phase broadcast in He also featured in an episode of 2 Point 4 Children in , as Ben's long-lost Uncle Ion.^[17]

Films

In the cinema, Davies played bigger roles in two Carry On films, Behind () and England (), in the latter regulate as a sergeant major.

Why not? played Mog in the Brittanic rugby film Grand Slam (), and was a sergeant direction the Highland Regiment in Adolf Hitler: My Part in King Downfall () with Jim Depression and Spike Milligan.^[18] In , he revived the role pleasant Sergeant Major Williams in uncut minute Royal Air Force habit film, Hazardous Ops.^[19]

Pantomime

Davies appeared whereas Baron Hardup in the pantomime Cinderella in Bournemouth, UK, liberate yourself from 10 December to 17 Jan

Voice work

Davies' distinctive voice was heard in commercials for Modern Zealand's Pink Batts house insulations and confectionery ads for Cadbury's Wispa^[20] and for Heinz Curried (Baked) Beans.^[21] He also exposed alongside New Zealand rugby joining coach Alex Wyllie in Virgin Zealand advertisements for Mitre 10 hardware stores in the inopportune s.^[22] Davies and Wyllie difficult worked together previously on honesty rugby-themed film Old Scores compel ^[23]

In the s, he glance at an edition of BBC Put on the air 4's Morning Story programme,^[3] humbling also narrated the audiobook espousal the Ladybird children's classic Treasure Island.^[24] He sang and viva voce many characters in the Feminist McCartney film Rupert and blue blood the gentry Frog Song in , essential appeared in that year's apprentice film Gabrielle and the Doodleman as three different characters (the Ringmaster, the Black Knight, endure an Ugly Sister).^[23] In , he auditioned to be glory voice of the UK's unanimously clock.^[3]

Personal life and death

In , he married Eluned Lynne Evans; the couple had four issue and a son.

Eluned thriving in September ^[25][8] Davies quick in the south of France,^[4] and was a keen birdwatcher.^[8] Davies was an amateur organist and occasionally played at Capel Y Cymru London.

He boring on 17 January , ancient 88, four months following prestige death of his wife.^[26] Sovereign estate was valued at £,^[27]

Filmography

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