Harry H. Corbett

Born: 1925-02-28, Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire

Died: 1982-03-21

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.

Filmography

• Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
• Theatre 625 (1964)
• The Goodies (1970)
• Steptoe and Son (1962)
• Jabberwocky (1977)
• Some People (1962)
• Joey Boy (1965)
• The Bargee (1964)
• Emperor Jones (1958)
• Carry On Screaming! (1966)
• Silver Dream Racer (1980)
• Nowhere to Go (1958)
• Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)
• Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)
• Steptoe & Son (1972)
• That's Carry On! (1977)
• Cover Girl Killer (1959)
• The Best of the Adventures (1981)
• The Plank (1979)
• Ladies Who Do (1963)
• Sammy Going South (1963)
• Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)
• Crooks and Coronets (1969)
• Marriage of Convenience (1960)
• What's Up Superdoc! (1978)
• What a Crazy World (1963)
• The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
• Time to Remember (1962)
• Floods of Fear (1958)
• A Hymn from Jim (1977)