Harry H. Corbett
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.
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Acting History
1981
The Best of the Adventures as Sydney Burke (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980Grundy as Leonard Grundy
1980Silver Dream Racer as Wiggins
1979The Plank as Amourous Van Driver
1979Shoestring
1979Tales of the Unexpected as George Balsam
1978What's Up Superdoc! as Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd.
1977That's Carry On! as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage)
1977A Hymn from Jim as Alan Glut
1977Jabberwocky as Squire
1977Hardcore as Art
1977Adventures of a Private Eye as Sydney Burke
1976Pot Luck as Hungry Herbert
1974Percy's Progress as Prime Minister
1973Steptoe & Son Ride Again as Harold Steptoe
1972Steptoe & Son as Harold Steptoe
1971The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins as Ambrose (segment "Lust")
1970The Goodies as Minister for Health
1969Never Talk to Strangers as Basil Puddifoot
1969Galton and Simpson Comedy
1969Crooks and Coronets as Frank Finley
1968The House That Jigger Built as Jigger Barrett
1968Cilla as Self
1967Mr Aitch
1966The Sandwich Man as Stage Door Keeper
1966Carry On Screaming! as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
1965Joey Boy as Joey Boy Thompson
1964Rattle of a Simple Man as Percy Winthram
1964The Hothouse as Harry Fender
1964Theatre 625 as Jake Whittington
1964The Bargee as Hemel Pike
1963Ladies Who Do as James Ryder
1963What a Crazy World as Sam
1963Sparrows Can't Sing as Greengrocer
1963Sammy Going South as Lem
1962Time to Remember as Jack Burgess
1962Some People as Johnnie's Father
1962Studio 4 as The Landlord
1962Steptoe and Son as Harold Steptoe
1961The Unstoppable Man as Feist
1960Marriage of Convenience as Inspector Bruce
1960The Big Day as Harry Jackson
1960The Shakedown as Gollar
1959Cover Girl Killer as The Man
1959In the Wake of a Stranger as McCabe
1959Shake Hands with the Devil as Clancy
1959The Bird, the Bear and the Actress as P. Panghurst Shippers
1958Nowhere to Go as Sullivan
1958Floods of Fear as Sharkey
1958Emperor Jones as Smithers
1957Theatre Night as Jules Palotin
1956Armchair Theatre as Harry Fender
1952Never Look Back as Policeman in charge cells (uncredited)