Harry H. Corbett
Acting
Born February 28, 1925, 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.
Filmography
- 1981The Best of the Adventures — Sydney Burke (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Grundy — Leonard Grundy
- 1980Silver Dream Racer — Wiggins
- Shoestring — Tom
- Tales of the Unexpected — George Balsam
- 1979The Plank — Amourous Van Driver
- 1978What's Up Superdoc! — Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd.
- 1977A Hymn from Jim — Alan Glut
- 1977Adventures of a Private Eye — Sydney Burke
- 1977Hardcore — Art
- 1977Jabberwocky — Squire
- Premiere — Alan Glut
- 1977That's Carry On! — Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage)
- 1976Pot Luck — Hungry Herbert
- 1974Percy's Progress — Prime Minister
- 1973Steptoe & Son Ride Again — Harold Steptoe
- 1972Steptoe & Son — Harold Steptoe
- 1971The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins — Ambrose (segment "Lust")
- The Goodies — Minister for Health
- 1969Crooks and Coronets — Frank Finley
- Galton and Simpson Comedy
- 1969Never Talk to Strangers — Basil Puddifoot
- The Best Things In Life — Alfred Wilcox
- 1968The House That Jigger Built — Jigger Barrett
- City '68 — Jigger Barrett
- Mr Aitch
- 1966Carry On Screaming! — Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
- 1966The Sandwich Man — Stage Door Keeper
- 1965Joey Boy — Joey Boy Thompson
- 1964Rattle of a Simple Man — Percy Winthram
- 1964The Bargee — Hemel Pike
- 1964The Hothouse — Harry Fender
- Theatre 625 — Jake Whittington
- 1963Ladies Who Do — James Ryder
- 1963Sammy Going South — Lem
- 1963Sparrows Can't Sing — Greengrocer
- 1963What a Crazy World — Sam
- 1962Some People — Johnnie's Father
- Steptoe and Son — Harold Steptoe
- Studio 4 — The Landlord
- 1962Time to Remember — Jack Burgess
- 1961The Unstoppable Man — Feist
- 1960Marriage of Convenience — Inspector Bruce
- 1960The Big Day — Harry Jackson
- 1960The Shakedown — Gollar
- Theatre '70 — Harry Marsden, Steven Brett, Bill Moffatt
- 1959Cover Girl Killer — The Man
- 1959In the Wake of a Stranger — McCabe
- 1959Shake Hands with the Devil — Clancy
- 1959The Bird, the Bear and the Actress — P. Panghurst Shippers
- 1958Emperor Jones — Smithers
- 1958Floods of Fear — Sharkey
- 1958Nowhere to Go — Sullivan
- Theatre Night — Jules Palotin
- Armchair Theatre — Harry Fender, Mears, George Stedman, Emanuel Rigaretti, Smithers, Owen, P. Panghurst Shippers (The Bird), Fred Harris, Jan Redeck, Ralph Sherman, Private Mogridge, Frank Dolan
- The Adventures of Robin Hood — Jason, Nicodemus, Sir Watkyn
- 1952Never Look Back — Policeman in charge cells (uncredited)
Appearances as themselves (1)
- Cilla — Self