Windsor Davies miner and a teacher at Mountside School for Boys in Leek, Staffordshire and did national service in Libya and Egypt with the East Surrey Regiment between 1950-1952 before deciding to become an actor. Davies' best known role was as Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the British sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" (1974–81). Among his catchphrases was "Shut Up!!", delivered as an eardrum-shattering military scream. Another phrase was "Oh dear, how sad, never mind", delivered in a dry, ironic manner, and used when others around him had problems. Davies and co-star Don Estelle had a number one hit in the
1970s in television made. More nostalgic in tone were "Last of the Summer Wine", about the escapades of pensioners in a Yorkshire town, "Dad's Army", about a Home Guard unit during World War II and "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" about a Royal Artillery Concert Party stationed in India/later Burma also during (and after) World War II. A more diverse view of society was offered by series like "Porridge", a comedy about prison life, and "Rising Damp", set in a lodging house inhabited by two students, a lonely spinster and a lecherous landlord. Taking a softer approach to race than "Till Death Us