Portrait of Harry H. Corbett

Harry H. Corbett

Acting

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.

Born: February 28, 1925

Place of Birth: Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire

Filmography

1980
1979
The Plank

as Amourous Van Driver

1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as George Balsam

1978
What's Up Superdoc!

as Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd.

1977
That's Carry On!

as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage)

1977
A Hymn from Jim

as Alan Glut

1977
Jabberwocky

as Squire

1977
Hardcore

as Art

1977
1974
Percy's Progress

as Prime Minister

1973
Steptoe & Son Ride Again

as Harold Steptoe

1972
Steptoe & Son

as Harold Steptoe

1971
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

as Ambrose (segment "Lust")

1970
The Goodies

as Minister for Health

1969
Never Talk to Strangers

as Basil Puddifoot

1969
Crooks and Coronets

as Frank Finley

1968
Cilla

as Self

1966
The Sandwich Man

as Stage Door Keeper

1966
Carry On Screaming!

as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung

1965
Joey Boy

as Joey Boy Thompson

1964
Rattle of a Simple Man

as Percy Winthram

1964
The Hothouse

as Harry Fender

1964
Theatre 625

as Jake Whittington

1964
The Bargee

as Hemel Pike

1963
Ladies Who Do

as James Ryder

1963
Sparrows Can't Sing

as Greengrocer

1962
Time to Remember

as Jack Burgess

1962
Some People

as Johnnie's Father

1962
Steptoe and Son

as Harold Steptoe

1960
Marriage of Convenience

as Inspector Bruce

1960
The Big Day

as Harry Jackson

1960
The Shakedown

as Gollar

1959
1958
Nowhere to Go

as Sullivan

1958
Floods of Fear

as Sharkey

1958
Emperor Jones

as Smithers

1956
Armchair Theatre

as Harry Fender