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