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.

Known For

Tales of the Unexpected

Theatre 625

The Goodies

Shoestring

Steptoe and Son

Theatre Night

Cilla

Armchair Theatre

All Movies (41)

• The Best of the Adventures1981 · as Sydney Burke (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Silver Dream Racer1980 · as Wiggins
• The Plank1979 · as Amourous Van Driver
• What's Up Superdoc!1978 · as Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd.
• That's Carry On!1977 · as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage)
• A Hymn from Jim1977 · as Alan Glut
• Jabberwocky1977 · as Squire
• Hardcore1977 · as Art
• Adventures of a Private Eye1977 · as Sydney Burke
• Pot Luck1976 · as Hungry Herbert
• Percy's Progress1974 · as Prime Minister
• Steptoe & Son Ride Again1973 · as Harold Steptoe
• Steptoe & Son1972 · as Harold Steptoe
• The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins1971 · as Ambrose (segment "Lust")
• Never Talk to Strangers1969 · as Basil Puddifoot
• Crooks and Coronets1969 · as Frank Finley
• The House That Jigger Built1968 · as Jigger Barrett
• The Sandwich Man1966 · as Stage Door Keeper
• Carry On Screaming!1966 · as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
• Joey Boy1965 · as Joey Boy Thompson
• Rattle of a Simple Man1964 · as Percy Winthram
• The Hothouse1964 · as Harry Fender
• The Bargee1964 · as Hemel Pike
• Ladies Who Do1963 · as James Ryder
• What a Crazy World1963 · as Sam
• Sparrows Can't Sing1963 · as Greengrocer
• Sammy Going South1963 · as Lem
• Time to Remember1962 · as Jack Burgess
• Some People1962 · as Johnnie's Father
• The Unstoppable Man1961 · as Feist
• Marriage of Convenience1960 · as Inspector Bruce
• The Big Day1960 · as Harry Jackson
• The Shakedown1960 · as Gollar
• Cover Girl Killer1959 · as The Man
• In the Wake of a Stranger1959 · as McCabe
• Shake Hands with the Devil1959 · as Clancy
• The Bird, the Bear and the Actress1959 · as P. Panghurst Shippers
• Nowhere to Go1958 · as Sullivan
• Floods of Fear1958 · as Sharkey
• Emperor Jones1958 · as Smithers
• Never Look Back1952 · as Policeman in charge cells (uncredited)

All TV Shows (24)

• Grundy1980 · as Leonard Grundy
• Shoestring1979 · as Tom
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as George Balsam
• The Goodies1970 · as Minister for Health
• Galton and Simpson Comedy1969
• Cilla1968 · as Self
• Mr Aitch1967
• Theatre 6251964 · as Jake Whittington
• Studio 41962 · as The Landlord
• Steptoe and Son1962 · as Harold Steptoe
• Theatre Night1957 · as Jules Palotin
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Harry Fender
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mears
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as George Stedman
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Emanuel Rigaretti
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Smithers
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Owen
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as P. Panghurst Shippers (The Bird)
• Armchair Theatre1956
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Fred Harris
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Jan Redeck
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Ralph Sherman
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Private Mogridge
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Frank Dolan