Harry Worth(1917-1989)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
His real name was Harry Illingsworth and he was an ex miner. Harry changed his surname soon after he left the RAF after the war. He started as a ventriloquist at the Mechanics Institute in Barnsley. Later, in a pantomime, he met his future wife, Kay, who suggested he went to London. This he did, auditioning with a lot of other acts for work at the Windmll Theatre. Only three acts got taken on, him, Tony Hancock and Morecambe and Wise. He then appeared in six shows for BBC television called The Trouble With Harry. He then found himself with a six-minute spot on the first televised Royal Command Performance.
