Windsor Davies Windsor Davies Windsor Davies (born 28 August 1930) is a retired British actor who acted in many films and TV shows between 1964 and 2004. He is best known for playing the part of Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the British sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" (1974–81). His distinctive Welsh accented voice was heard extensively in advertising voice-overs. Davies was born in Canning Town, east London to Welsh parents, who returned to their native Nant-y-Moel when the Second World War began in 1939. Davies studied at Ogmore Grammar School and Bangor Teacher Training College. He worked as a coal
Russell T Davies including "Box", a play about the influence of television that Evans noted contained Davies' penchants for misdirecting the audience and mixing comedy and drama; "In Her Element", which centred on the animation of still objects; and "Hothouse", an Alan Bennett-inspired piece about internal politics in an advertising office. In 1984, he made his final performance for the WGYT and signed up for a course in Theatre Studies at Cardiff University after graduating from Oxford. He worked sporadically for the Sherman Theatre's publicity department and claimed unemployment benefit in the interim. In 1985, Davies began his professional television career after a