Harry H. Corbett
Born: 1925-02-28 in Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire
Died: 1982-03-21
Known For: Acting
Biography
Harry H. Corbett OBE was an English actor best known for his role as Harold Steptoe in the BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son, which ran from 1962 to 1974. Early in his career, he was dubbed “the English Marlon Brando” by sections of the British press. Alongside his work on Steptoe and Son, Corbett appeared in numerous films and television productions, including Carry On Screaming! (1966) and Jabberwocky (1977). He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1976 for his services to drama.
Filmography
2001
- Great Comedy Moments as Harold Steptoe (archive footage)
1981
- The Best of the Adventures as Sydney Burke (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980
- Grundy as Leonard Grundy
- Silver Dream Racer as Wiggins
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as George Balsam
- Shoestring as Tom
- The Plank as Amourous Van Driver
1978
- What's Up Superdoc! as Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd.
1977
- Premiere as Alan Glut
- Jabberwocky as Squire
- Adventures of a Private Eye as Sydney Burke
- That's Carry On! as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage)
- Hardcore as Art
- A Hymn from Jim as Alan Glut
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")
1970
- The Goodies as Minister for Health
1969
- The Best Things In Life as Alfred Wilcox
- Galton and Simpson Comedy
- Crooks and Coronets as Frank Finley
- Never Talk to Strangers as Basil Puddifoot
1968
- Cilla as Self
- The House That Jigger Built as Jigger Barrett
1966
- Carry On Screaming! as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
- The Sandwich Man as Stage Door Keeper
1965
- Joey Boy as Joey Boy Thompson
1964
- Theatre 625 as Jake Whittington
- Rattle of a Simple Man as Percy Winthram
- The Bargee as Hemel Pike
- The Hothouse as Harry Fender
1963
- Sparrows Can't Sing as Greengrocer
- Ladies Who Do as James Ryder
- What a Crazy World as Sam
- Sammy Going South as Lem
1962
- Steptoe and Son as Harold Steptoe
- Studio 4 as The Landlord
- Some People as Johnnie's Father
- Time to Remember as Jack Burgess
1961
- The Unstoppable Man as Feist
1960
- Theatre '70 as Harry Marsden
- The Shakedown as Gollar
- The Big Day as Harry Jackson
- Marriage of Convenience as Inspector Bruce
1959
- Shake Hands with the Devil as Clancy
- Cover Girl Killer as The Man
- In the Wake of a Stranger as McCabe
- The Bird, the Bear and the Actress as P. Panghurst Shippers
1958
- Nowhere to Go as Sullivan
- Floods of Fear as Sharkey
- Emperor Jones as Smithers
1957
- Theatre Night as Jules Palotin
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Harry Fender
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Jason
1952
- Never Look Back as Policeman in charge cells (uncredited)