Matthew Corbett
Born: 1948-03-28 in Guiseley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Known For: Acting
Biography
Matthew Corbett, is an English television personality, writer and puppeteer, best known for presenting The Sooty Show and later Sooty and Co. Matthew was born in Guiseley, West Riding of Yorkshire, on 28 March 1948. In the late 1960s, he had to choose another stage name, as there was already another Peter Corbett registered at drama school. He kept his surname, and chose the name of Matthew; for television purposes he has remained as Matthew Corbett. He appeared in the 1971 Doctor Who serial The Dæmons as a character called Jones and was a regular performer in the Thames Television children's show Rainbow, where he sang and performed and wrote with Rod Burton and Jane Tucker as Rod, Matt and Jane, later on known as Rod, Jane and Roger and finally being better known as Rod, Jane and Freddy. In 1976 Matthew left Rainbow to take over The Sooty Show from his father, Harry Corbett, on his retirement (he made a special guest appearance on Rainbow with Sooty in the episode "The VIP"). Matthew Corbett retired in 1998 after 22 years, and chose Richard Cadell to replace him. Corbett appears in This Is Your Life, Telly Addicts and Light Lunch
Filmography
2011
- Sooty as Self
1996
- An Audience With Sooty as Himself
1993
- Sooty & Co. as Self
1992
- The Christmas Collection as Matthew
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
1975
1972
- Rainbow as Himself
1971
- Budgie as Older Boy
- Doctor Who: The Dæmons as Jones
1963
- Doctor Who as Jones
1955
- The Sooty Show as Self