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Windsor Davies

1930 - 2019

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Windsor Davies (28 August 1930 – 17 January 2019) was a British actor. He is best remembered for playing Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981) over its entire run. The show's popularity resulted in Davies and his co-star Don Estelle achieving a UK number-one hit with a version of "Whispering Grass" in 1975. He later starred with Donald Sinden in Never the Twain (1981–1991), and his deep Welsh-accented voice was heard extensively in advertising voice-overs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Windsor Davies is the 10,597th most popular actor (down from 10,180th in 2019), the 6,848th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,507th in 2019) and the 1,174th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Windsor Davies ranks 10,597 out of 13,578. Before him are Monet Mazur, JC Gonzalez, Raza Murad, Joonas Suotamo, Alok Nath, and Jane Levy. After him are Dakota Blue Richards, Enver Gjokaj, Lee Jin, John O'Hurley, Persia White, and Rachna Banerjee.

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Among people born in 1930, Windsor Davies ranks 643. Before him are Basu Chatterjee, Tom Mboya, Indrani Rahman, Ronnie Corbett, Bill Brock, and Grace Ogot. After him are Joni James, Cathryn Damon, Terry Nation, Lawton Chiles, Carlos Loyzaga, and Kenny Ball. Among people deceased in 2019, Windsor Davies ranks 599. Before him are Lisa Sheridan, Jonathan Miller, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Justin Raimondo, Ashley Massaro, and Sergey Pogorelov. After him are Eric Caldow, Lisa Martinek, Junior Agogo, Harris Wofford, Andrea Levy, and Eddie Garcia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Windsor Davies ranks 6,850 out of 8,785. Before him are Jill Dando (1961), Vic Crowe (1932), James Dean Bradfield (1969), Martin Buchan (1949), James Garner (2001), and Paul Arthurs (1965). After him are Dakota Blue Richards (1994), Chris Sawyer (1961), Alison Hargreaves (1962), Yvonne McGregor (1961), Alison Goldfrapp (1966), and David Gyasi (1980).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Windsor Davies ranks 1,174. Before him are Ben Elton (1959), Craig Fairbrass (1964), Holliday Grainger (1988), Dennis Waterman (1948), Robert Aramayo (1992), and Gwilym Lee (1983). After him are Dakota Blue Richards (1994), David Gyasi (1980), Gabriella Wilde (1989), Joanna Scanlan (1961), Emma D'Arcy (1992), and Tamsin Egerton (1990).

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