Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 28, 1925
Place of Birth:
Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire
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Harry H. Corbett
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Best of the Adventures | Sydney Burke (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1980 | Silver Dream Racer | Wiggins |
| 1979 | The Plank | Amourous Van Driver |
| 1978 | What's Up Superdoc! | Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd. |
| 1977 | Jabberwocky | Squire |
| 1977 | That's Carry On! | Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage) |
| 1977 | Adventures of a Private Eye | Sydney Burke |
| 1977 | A Hymn from Jim | Alan Glut |
| 1977 | Hardcore | Art |
| 1976 | Pot Luck | Hungry Herbert |
| 1974 | Percy's Progress | Prime Minister |
| 1973 | Steptoe & Son Ride Again | Harold Steptoe |
| 1972 | Steptoe & Son | Harold Steptoe |
| 1971 | The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins | Ambrose (segment "Lust") |
| 1969 | Crooks and Coronets | Frank Finley |
| 1969 | Never Talk to Strangers | Basil Puddifoot |
| 1968 | The House That Jigger Built | Jigger Barrett |
| 1966 | Carry On Screaming! | Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung |
| 1966 | The Sandwich Man | Stage Door Keeper |
| 1965 | Joey Boy | Joey Boy Thompson |
| 1964 | The Bargee | Hemel Pike |
| 1964 | Rattle of a Simple Man | Percy Winthram |
| 1964 | The Hothouse | Harry Fender |
| 1963 | Sammy Going South | Lem |
| 1963 | Ladies Who Do | James Ryder |
| 1963 | What a Crazy World | Sam |
| 1963 | Sparrows Can't Sing | Greengrocer |
| 1962 | Some People | Johnnie's Father |
| 1962 | Time to Remember | Jack Burgess |
| 1961 | The Unstoppable Man | Feist |
| 1960 | Marriage of Convenience | Inspector Bruce |
| 1960 | The Big Day | Harry Jackson |
| 1960 | The Shakedown | Gollar |
| 1959 | Cover Girl Killer | The Man |
| 1959 | In the Wake of a Stranger | McCabe |
| 1959 | The Bird, the Bear and the Actress | P. Panghurst Shippers |
| 1959 | Shake Hands with the Devil | Clancy |
| 1958 | Nowhere to Go | Sullivan |
| 1958 | Floods of Fear | Sharkey |
| 1958 | Emperor Jones | Smithers |
| 1952 | Never Look Back | Policeman in charge cells (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Grundy | Leonard Grundy |
| 1979 | Shoestring | |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | George Balsam |
| 1970 | The Goodies | Minister for Health |
| 1969 | Galton and Simpson Comedy | |
| 1968 | Cilla | Self |
| 1967 | Mr Aitch | |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Jake Whittington |
| 1962 | Steptoe and Son | Harold Steptoe |
| 1962 | Studio 4 | The Landlord |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Harry Fender |