Worth portrayed a charming, gentle and genial character, totally bemused by life, creating comedic confusion wherever he went.

Worth was born in Hoyland Common, West Riding of Yorkshire, the youngest child of a miner.

[1] As a teenager, he was in the Tankersley Amateur Dramatics Society and taught himself ventriloquism from a book he borrowed from the local library, buying his first dummy in 1936.

Worth warned his audience beforehand that he was not very good: according to ITMA impressionist Peter Cavanagh, this was the start of his apologetic and inept style.

Having left the RAF, and adamant he would never go down the mines again, he started in show business with his first booking at the Bradford Mechanics' Institute in 1946.

When Oliver Hardy watched his show in Nottingham in 1952, he persuaded Worth to drop the ventriloquist routine and concentrate on becoming a comedian, which he then did.

[1] He became well known to the public and even appeared at the London Palladium, after which he took the show to Manchester, the main place for variety in those days, for eight weeks.

Following the assassination of President Kennedy on 22 November 1963, the BBC screened Here's Harry as part of its regular programming, a decision which led to the broadcaster receiving complaints through over 2,000 phone calls and 500 letters and telegrams.

One running joke in the television show involved references to Harry's never seen aunt known only as "Auntie", the popular nickname for the BBC itself.

By the early to mid-1980s Worth was forced by health problems to retire early from his shows, but he continued working in radio (and made television guest appearances from time to time for either interviews or pop-up guest appearances on some shows) until a few months before he died.

He died at his home "Arisden" in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, on 20 July 1989, with his wife, daughter (Jobyna) and grandchildren (Dane and Emma-Jo) at his side.

The show was billed as "a one-man tour-de-force written by and featuring Jack Land Noble as the forgotten son of British comedy.

Speaking to BBC Radio Sheffield, Jack Land Noble explained, "The time is ripe to bring Harry's distinct talent back into the public arena.

"[citation needed] On 20 July 2010 a British Comedy Society blue plaque was unveiled by comedian Jimmy Cricket, a friend of Worth's, on the house where he was born in Hoyland Common.

He has also been commemorated by plaques elsewhere, including those at Teddington Studios, BBC Television Centre and Blackpool Comedy Carpet.