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Andy Secombe (born 26 April 1953 in Mumbles, south Wales),[1] is a Welsh actor, voice actor, and author.

Secombe is son of comedian/singer Harry Secombe (whom he later impersonated in a Goon Show special). As a voice actor he provided the voice of Watto in the Star Wars prequels. Secombe provided the voice of another Toydarian in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. Earlier in his career, he was a regular on both Playschool and Playaway with Brian Cant. He also appeared in the BBC TV children's sketch show Fast Forward. He was one of the five in the short-lived Five Alive and a regular on The Brian Conley Show.

He subsequently shifted to writing, penning five fantasy novels to date, including Limbo, Limbo Two: The Final Chapter and The Last House in the Galaxy. Looking for Mr Piggy-Wig (2008), about a post-nuclear Britain after the 'New Battle of Britain' is described by The Guardian as "best taken as a spoof on the genre".[2] Endgame (2009) was criticised by Publishers Weekly for its "two-dimensional, clichéd characters and the tiresomely predictable story line".[3]

In 2005, he returned to acting, becoming part of another science fiction franchise by playing Colin the Security Robot in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Quintessential Phase.

He has contributed vocals to a number of games, including Nelly Cootalot, the Fowl Fleet and Star Wars Lego. For Penguin Audiobooks, he has recorded two novels by Mexican author Oscar de Muriel: The Strings of Murder and A Fever of the Blood. He also regularly reads books for RNIB and recently played Reverend Wavering in the internet radio series, Wooden Overcoats.

He published the book Growing Up with the Goons in 2010.

In March 2017, he starred in three episodes of the third series of The Missing Hancocks for BBC Radio 4; episodes that were originally aired in 1955 in the second series of Hancock's Half Hour starring his father Harry, after Tony Hancock had disappeared.[4][5]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1975 I Don't Want to Be Born Delivery Boy
1976 Adventures of a Taxi Driver Third Kidnapper
1994-1995 Insektors Godfrey / Bentley / Fugg / Queen Katheter TV Series, Voice
1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Watto Voice
2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Voice
2012 Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out Voice, Video Game
2016 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show Live Max Quordlepleen / Benjy Mouse

References

  1. ^ Andy Secombe, IMDb,
  2. ^ "Looking for Mr Piggy-Wig", The Guardian, 9 August 2008. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  3. ^ "Endgame", Publishers Weekly, 17 November 2008. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  4. ^ "Secombe replaces 'Tony Hancock'", Chortle, 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  5. ^ "How Radio 4 is bringing Tony Hancock back to life", Radio Times, 14 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-29.



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