Harry H. Corbett

Feb 28, 1925 - Mar 21, 1982 (57 years old) in Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire

Harry H. Corbett OBE was an English actor.

Corbett was best known for his starring role in the popular and long-running BBC Television sitcom Steptoe and Son in the 1960s and 70s. Early in his career he was dubbed "the English Marlon Brando" by some sections of the British press.

Known For

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Tales of the Unexpected

George Balsam

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Hardcore

Art

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Theatre 625

Jake Whittington

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The Goodies

Minister for Health

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The Big Day

Harry Jackson

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Sammy Going South

Lem

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What a Crazy World

Sam

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The Plank

Amourous Van Driver

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Floods of Fear

Sharkey

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The Shakedown

Gollar

Credits

The Best of the Adventures 1981

Sydney Burke (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Grundy 1980

Leonard Grundy

★ 7
Silver Dream Racer 1980

Wiggins

★ 5.1
The Plank 1979

Amourous Van Driver

★ 7.4
Shoestring 1979

★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected 1979

George Balsam

★ 6.7
What's Up Superdoc! 1978

Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd.

★ 3.2
That's Carry On! 1977

Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage)

★ 5.7
A Hymn from Jim 1977

Alan Glut

★ NR
Jabberwocky 1977

Squire

★ 6
Hardcore 1977

Art

★ 3.1
Adventures of a Private Eye 1977

Sydney Burke

★ 4
Pot Luck 1976

Hungry Herbert

★ NR
Percy's Progress 1974

Prime Minister

★ 3.4
Steptoe & Son Ride Again 1973

Harold Steptoe

★ 6.8
Steptoe & Son 1972

Harold Steptoe

★ 6.2
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins 1971

Ambrose (segment "Lust")

★ 4.8
The Goodies 1970

Minister for Health

★ 7.5
Never Talk to Strangers 1969

Basil Puddifoot

★ NR
Galton and Simpson Comedy 1969

★ 7
Crooks and Coronets 1969

Frank Finley

★ 8.3
The House That Jigger Built 1968

Jigger Barrett

★ NR
Cilla 1968

Self

★ 10
Mr Aitch 1967

★ 6
The Sandwich Man 1966

Stage Door Keeper

★ 6.1
Carry On Screaming! 1966

Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung

★ 6.5
Joey Boy 1965

Joey Boy Thompson

★ 5.8
Rattle of a Simple Man 1964

Percy Winthram

★ 5.2
The Hothouse 1964

Harry Fender

★ NR
Theatre 625 1964

Jake Whittington

★ 7.2
The Bargee 1964

Hemel Pike

★ 6.9
Ladies Who Do 1963

James Ryder

★ 7
What a Crazy World 1963

Sam

★ 6.2
Sparrows Can't Sing 1963

Greengrocer

★ 5.1
Sammy Going South 1963

Lem

★ 6.1
Time to Remember 1962

Jack Burgess

★ 5.5
Some People 1962

Johnnie's Father

★ 7
Steptoe and Son 1962

Harold Steptoe

★ 7.8
The Unstoppable Man 1961

Feist

★ NR
Marriage of Convenience 1960

Inspector Bruce

★ 5.5
The Big Day 1960

Harry Jackson

★ 7
The Shakedown 1960

Gollar

★ 5.7
Cover Girl Killer 1959

The Man

★ 4.8
In the Wake of a Stranger 1959

McCabe

★ NR
Shake Hands with the Devil 1959

Clancy

★ 6.5
The Bird, the Bear and the Actress 1959

P. Panghurst Shippers

★ NR
Nowhere to Go 1958

Sullivan

★ 6.7
Floods of Fear 1958

Sharkey

★ 6.7
Emperor Jones 1958

Smithers

★ NR
Armchair Theatre 1956

Harry Fender

★ 5.8
Never Look Back 1952

Policeman in charge cells (uncredited)

★ 6.3