Windsor davies biography for kids

British actor (1930–2019)

Windsor Davies (28 August 1930 – 17 January 2019)^[3] 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.

Early life

Davies was born on 28 August 1930 in Canning Town, East London,^[1] to Welsh parents. In 1940 they returned to their native village of Nant-y-moel, Glamorgan.^[4] Davies studied at Ogmore Grammar School and worked as a coal miner.^[5] He performed his National Service in Libya and Egypt, with the East Surrey Regiment, between 1950 and 1952.^[6] Following teacher trainin