Harry H. Corbett

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-02-28 (57 years old)

Deathday

1982-03-21

Place of Birth

Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire

Harry H. Corbett

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harry H. Corbett OBE (28 February 1925 – 21 March 1982) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry H. Corbett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1966

Carry On Screaming!

as Sidney Bung

1972

Steptoe & Son

as Harold Kitchener Steptoe

1977

Jabberwocky

as Squire

1959

1977

That's Carry On!

as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung

1958

Nowhere to Go

as Sullivan

1973

1966

The Sandwich Man

as Stage Door Keeper

1964

The Bargee

as Hemel Pike

1974

Percy's Progress

as Prime Minister

1958

Floods of Fear

as Sharkey

1963

Ladies Who Do

as James Ryder

1979

The Plank

as Amourous Van Driver

1962

Some People

as Johnnie's Father

1964

Rattle of a Simple Man

as Percy Winthram

1965

Joey Boy

as Joey Boy Thompson

1971

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

as Ambrose (segment "Lust")

1977

1960

Marriage of Convenience

as Inspector Bruce

1962

Time to Remember

as Jack Burgess

1969

Crooks and Coronets

as Frank Finley

1964

The Hothouse

as Harry Fender

1958

Emperor Jones

as Smithers

1959

The Bird, the Bear and the Actress

as P. Panghurst Shippers

1968

1977

A Hymn from Jim

as Alan Glut

1978

1952

Never Look Back

as Policeman in charge cells (uncredited)

1960

The Big Day

as Harry Jackson

1976

Pot Luck

as Hungry Herbert

1980

1960

The Shakedown

as Gollar

1977

Hardcore

as Art

1963

Sparrows Can't Sing

as Greengrocer

1969

Never Talk to Strangers

as Basil Puddifoot

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