Watch the video. Sign In. Windsor Davies — Actor Soundtrack. Up 4, this week. View rank on IMDbPro ». Windsor did 2 years teacher training in Bangor then taught History and English in the Elephant and Castle in London where he met Lynne, his future wife, who was a nurse, in the Welsh Club.
By the time he was 32 they had 2 children and were living in Leek, in Staffordshire. He had always been keen on amateur dramatics and Lynne persuaded him to try See full bio ». Died: January 17 , age 88 in UK. Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. Share this page:. The Rise of Will Smith. Around The Web Provided by Taboola. In Memoriam Stars We've Lost. Create a list ». Notable Showbiz Deaths of My favourite male actor voices.
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Show all 6 episodes. Gryphon voice. Sergeant Major Spratt. It featured the antics of a fictional Royal Artillery concert party based at Deolali — a real place where soldiers were stationed while waiting to be sent into combat. From this unpromising material, Davies managed to tap into a vein of comedy in the tradition of pantomime slapstick. They made several further recordings together, and released an album, Sing Lofty Davies was born of Welsh-speaking parents in Canning Town, east London, but soon after the second world war began, in , when he was 10 years old, he was sent to live with relatives at Nant-y-Moel in the Ogmore Valley of south Wales.
He attended Ogmore grammar school and later Bangor teacher training college and had stints as a miner and as a factory hand before becoming a teacher in south London. Encouraged by his wife, Lyn, Davies then decided to take a drama course at Richmond College in His stentorian voice and livid features were also put to excellent use in Grand Slam , a comic film made by BBC Wales. Directed by John Hefin and co-starring Hugh Griffith , it featured Davies as Mog Jones, honorary secretary of Aberflyarff rugby club, whose escapades in a Paris swarming with red jerseys on rugby international day, land him in jail, causing him to miss the match that means so much to him.
Grand Slam was probably the most enjoyable. In another long-running sitcom, this time for ITV, he played the antiques dealer Oliver Smallbridge opposite Donald Sinden as his neighbour and business rival in 11 series of Never the Twain between and In retirement, Davies lived in the south of France with his wife.
He married Eluned Evans, known as Lyn, in ; she died last year. He is survived by their five children. The Bray man turned Anglo Irish Bank into a financial force before it collapsed in scandal. Tyrone man achieved rare distinction of making political impact on both sides of border. See a sample. Sign up to be the first getting the offers, competitions, and a sneak preview of what's coming up over the weekend.
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