Harry H. Corbett

1925-02-28 – 1982-03-21 (age 57) Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire

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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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Harry H. Corbett

Known For

Percy's Progress

Percy's Progress

1974

as Prime Minister

Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky

1977

as Squire

Carry On Screaming!

Carry On Screaming!

1966

as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung

Adventures of a Private Eye

Adventures of a Private Eye

1977

as Sydney Burke

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

1973

as Harold Steptoe

The Plank

The Plank

1979

as Amourous Van Driver

Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959

as Clancy

Hardcore

Hardcore

1977

as Art

Nowhere to Go

Nowhere to Go

1958

as Sullivan

Joey Boy

Joey Boy

1965

as Joey Boy Thompson

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

1971

as Ambrose (segment "Lust")

Cover Girl Killer

Cover Girl Killer

1959

as The Man

The Sandwich Man

The Sandwich Man

1966

as Stage Door Keeper

Floods of Fear

Floods of Fear

1958

as Sharkey

That's Carry On!

That's Carry On!

1977

as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage)

Steptoe & Son

Steptoe & Son

1972

as Harold Steptoe

The Best of the Adventures

The Best of the Adventures

1981

as Sydney Burke (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Bargee

The Bargee

1964

as Hemel Pike

Rattle of a Simple Man

Rattle of a Simple Man

1964

as Percy Winthram

Sparrows Can't Sing

Sparrows Can't Sing

1963

as Greengrocer