Harry H. Corbett
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-02-28
Day of Death
1982-03-21 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire
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
Acting
(1980)
Silver Dream Racer
as Wiggins
(1979)
The Plank
as Amourous Van Driver
(1977)
A Hymn from Jim
as Alan Glut
(1977)
Jabberwocky
as Squire
(1977)
Adventures of a Private Eye
as Sydney Burke
(1977)
What's Up Superdoc!
as Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd.
(1977)
That's Carry On!
as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
(1977)
Hardcore
as Art
(1976)
Pot Luck
as Hungry Herbert
(1974)
Percy's Progress
as Prime Minister
(1973)
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
as Harold Steptoe
(1972)
Steptoe & Son
as Harold Steptoe
(1971)
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
as Ambrose (segment "Lust")
(1969)
Crooks and Coronets
as Frank Finley
(1969)
Never Talk to Strangers
as Basil Puddifoot
(1968)
The House That Jigger Built
as Jigger Barrett
(1966)
The Sandwich Man
as Stage Door Keeper
(1966)
Carry On Screaming!
as Sidney Bung
(1965)
Joey Boy
as Joey Boy Thompson
(1964)
The Bargee
as Hemel Pike
(1964)
The Hothouse
as Harry Fender
(1964)
Rattle of a Simple Man
as Percy Winthram
(1963)
What a Crazy World
as Sam
(1963)
Sparrows Can't Sing
as Greengrocer
(1963)
Sammy Going South
as Lem
(1963)
Ladies Who Do
as James Ryder
(1962)
Time to Remember
as Jack Burgess
(1962)
Some People
as Johnnie's Father
(1961)
The Unstoppable Man
as Feist
(1960)
The Shakedown
as Gollar
(1960)
The Big Day
as Harry Jackson
(1960)
Marriage of Convenience
as Inspector Bruce
(1959)
Shake Hands with the Devil
as Clancy
(1959)
In the Wake of a Stranger
as McCabe
(1959)
Cover Girl Killer
as The Man
(1959)
The Bird, the Bear and the Actress
as P. Panghurst Shippers
(1958)
Nowhere to Go
as Sullivan
(1958)
Floods of Fear
as Sharkey
(1958)
Emperor Jones
as Smithers
(1952)
Never Look Back
as Policeman in charge cells (uncredited)