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Harry H. Corbett

Harry H. Corbett

Harry H. Corbett

1925-02-28

Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire

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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.

Best known for:

Jabberwocky

Carry On Screaming!

Tales of the Unexpected

Steptoe & Son

Steptoe and Son

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

Nowhere to Go

Shake Hands with the Devil

Sparrows Can't Sing

The Goodies

That's Carry On!

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

Adventures of a Private Eye

Ladies Who Do

Sammy Going South

The Bargee

Rattle of a Simple Man

Cover Girl Killer

The Plank

Silver Dream Racer

Percy's Progress

What's Up Superdoc!

The Sandwich Man

Floods of Fear

The Shakedown

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Filmography:

Armchair Theatre (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Harry Fender
Nowhere to Go (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Sullivan
Floods of Fear (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Sharkey
Emperor Jones (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Smithers
Cover Girl Killer (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
The Man
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Clancy
In the Wake of a Stranger (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
McCabe
The Shakedown (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Gollar

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Marriage of Convenience (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Inspector Bruce
The Big Day (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Harry Jackson
The Unstoppable Man (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Feist
Steptoe and Son (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Harold Steptoe
Some People (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Johnnie's Father
Time to Remember (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Jack Burgess
Sammy Going South (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Lem
Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Greengrocer

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Ladies Who Do (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
James Ryder
What a Crazy World (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Sam
The Bargee (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Hemel Pike
Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Percy Winthram
Joey Boy (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Joey Boy Thompson
Carry On Screaming!
Carry On Screaming! (1966)
5.2
APPEREAD AS:
Sidney Bung
The Sandwich Man (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Stage Door Keeper
Crooks and Coronets (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Frank Finley
Never Talk to Strangers (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Basil Puddifoot
The Goodies (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Minister for Health
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Ambrose (segment "Lust")
Steptoe & Son (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Harold Kitchener Steptoe
Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Son / Harold
Percy's Progress (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Prime Minister
Jabberwocky (1977)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Squire
That's Carry On! (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Sydney Burke
Hardcore (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Art
A Hymn from Jim (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Alan Glut
What's Up Superdoc! (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
George Balsam
The Plank (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Amourous Van Driver
Silver Dream Racer (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Wiggins