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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 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Windsor Davies is the 10,959th most popular actor (down from 10,180th in 2024), the 6,912th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,506th in 2019) and the 1,193rd most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Windsor Davies ranks 10,959 out of 13,578. Before him are JC Gonzalez, Raza Murad, Joonas Suotamo, Alok Nath, Jane Levy, and Frank John Hughes. After him are Dakota Blue Richards, Enver Gjokaj, Ania Bukstein, Adam LaVorgna, Lee Jin, and Lee Soo-kyung.

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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 603. Before him are Jonathan Miller, Gerald Messlender, 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 6,914 out of 8,785. Before him are Vic Crowe (1932), James Dean Bradfield (1969), Sharon Maguire (1960), 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 1,193. Before him are Ashley Walters (1982), 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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