Background
Son of comedian/singer Harry Secombe (whom he later impersonated in a Goon Show special), the younger Secombe is probably best known for providing the voice of Watto in the Star Wars prequels.
Son of comedian/singer Harry Secombe (whom he later impersonated in a Goon Show special), the younger Secombe is probably best known for providing the voice of Watto in the Star Wars prequels.
He subsequently shifted to writing, penning four fantasy novels to date: Limbo. Limbo Two: The Final Chapter. The Last House in the Galaxy.
And Endgame (2009) which Publishers Weekly criticised for its "two-dimensional, clichéd characters and the tiresomely predictable story line".
Earlier in his career, he played Rover the Dog in the Channel 4 children"s series Chips Comic (1983) and appeared as a regular in the British Broadcasting Corporation television children"s sketch show "Fast Forward". In 2005, he returned to acting, becoming part of another science fiction franchise by playing Colin the Security Robot in The Hitchhiker"s Guide to the Galaxy: Quintessential Phase.
He published the book Growing Up with the Goons in 2010.