Windsor Davies (28 August 1930 â€" 17 January 2019) was a British
actor who performed in films and television shows between 1964 and
2004. Between 1974 and 1981 he played Battery Sergeant Major Williams
in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum. His deep Welsh-accented voice was
heard extensively in advertising voice-overs.Davies was born in
Canning Town, East London, to Welsh parents, who returned to their
native village of Nant-y-Moel in 1940. Davies studied at Ogmore
Grammar School He also worked as a coal miner and performed his
National Service in Libya and Egypt with the East Surrey Regiment,
between 1950 and 1952. Following teacher training at Bangor Teacher
Training College, he taught English and Maths at Leek in
Staffordshire, and at a school in the Elephant and Castle, south
London. In 1957, he married Eluned Lynne Evans; she died in September
2018. The couple had five children, four daughters and a son.Davies
had become active in amateur dramatics and took a short drama course
at a Kew theatre company. He became a professional actor at the age of
31 and began working at the Cheltenham Rep in 1961.
actor who performed in films and television shows between 1964 and
2004. Between 1974 and 1981 he played Battery Sergeant Major Williams
in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum. His deep Welsh-accented voice was
heard extensively in advertising voice-overs.Davies was born in
Canning Town, East London, to Welsh parents, who returned to their
native village of Nant-y-Moel in 1940. Davies studied at Ogmore
Grammar School He also worked as a coal miner and performed his
National Service in Libya and Egypt with the East Surrey Regiment,
between 1950 and 1952. Following teacher training at Bangor Teacher
Training College, he taught English and Maths at Leek in
Staffordshire, and at a school in the Elephant and Castle, south
London. In 1957, he married Eluned Lynne Evans; she died in September
2018. The couple had five children, four daughters and a son.Davies
had become active in amateur dramatics and took a short drama course
at a Kew theatre company. He became a professional actor at the age of
31 and began working at the Cheltenham Rep in 1961.
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