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
Windsor Davies UK with a semi-comic version of "Whispering Grass" in 1975. Other television roles included the sailor Taffy in the first of the BBC-series "The Onedin Line" (1971), a special branch detective in "Callan_(TV_series)" (1972) and the antique dealer Oliver Smallbridge in "Never the Twain" (1981–91), with Donald Sinden. In the field of science fiction television, Davies appeared in the 1967 "Doctor Who" story "The Evil of the Daleks" as Toby; and was the voice of Sergeant Major Zero (a spherical robotic soldier in charge of 100 other spherical robotic soldiers) in the 1983 Gerry Anderson/Christopher Burr production "Terrahawks" (another callback