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Old 16-05-2008, 10:18 AM
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He was absent from films and turned down the chance to appear in Those Magnificent Men.....

He was offered the part of Harry Popperwell eventually taken by Tony Hancock.

He was in one film - The David Lean version of Oliver Twist and was one of the extras holding a torch chasing Bill Sykes over the bridge towards the end of the film.

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Harry worth was a laugh. Even today if I see a Mirror on a shop front I am tempted to do the harry worth legs up and arms out.
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Saw a review of a Harry Worth biography in a recent edition of the Stage. The book is only eighty pages long. Seems he was a gentle sole in real life who was well aware of his limitations.

The reviewer said that transscripts from his BBc shows are in the book and they dont seem funny now. But he did go on to say that Harry was very engaging a s a peformer and declared that the shop window shenanigans is still funny.
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I distinctly remember, as a kid, reading in a comic how to do the arms & legs reflection gag. Then, some months later, Harry Worth did it on TV. My reaction was that he must read the same comic as me.
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Not so sure about that one. According to IMDb she was born Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth.
Harry only had one daughter and it certainly wasn't Helen Worth
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I distinctly remember, as a kid, reading in a comic how to do the arms & legs reflection gag. Then, some months later, Harry Worth did it on TV. My reaction was that he must read the same comic as me.
Good Lord, I've read kids haven't played outside in the street for some years. Me and my mates used to do 'Harry' before 'Harry' did 'Harry'. Back in the days when a plate-glass window was something to be marvelled at...........
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Oh Happy Band had one or two excellent moments. But I was in the audience for the very first radio recording that Harry Worth performed. All I can remember of it was his trade-mark chuckle! Gently unique, he was never destined for greatness; yet he gave a lot of pleasure nevertheless, to the less demanding, less cynical amongst us, I feel sure.
"Everybody knows the moon's made of cheese"....
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