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North Baddesley in Hampshire and near Chester (where he attended a secondary modern school). His parents were variety performers; his mother Lilian "Lila", née Simmons (1917-2018), was a dancer; his father, Norman Harris (1912-2005), was a singer, comedian and ventriloquist. From age nine Harris appeared on his father Norman's knee as a "dummy" in his ventriloquist act. Harris was

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