Windsor Davies

Windsor Davies is the sort of character actor I treasure, the kind who could command a scene with voice and presence alone. Playing the bellowing Battery Sergeant Major across the entire run of It Ain't Half Hot Mum is no small feat; sustaining one indelible character for years takes real craft. What delights me is that he and his co-star even rode that fame to a UK number-one single, proving he was more than a one-note performer. As a Welshman from Canning Town, he carried a distinctive warmth beneath the gruffness. He passed in 2019, but that booming voice still echoes for anyone who heard it.

Name (English)

Windsor Davies

Name (Japanese)

ウィンザー・デーヴィス

Reading

うぃんざー・でーゔぃす

Born

August 28, 1930 – January 17, 2019

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

Origin

Canning Town, United Kingdom

Occupation

television actor / actor / singer / film actor / stage actor

University

Bangor Normal College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor%20Davies
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2332384

Tags

• television actor
• actor
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-21

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