Harry H. Corbett

Harry H. Corbett

🎂 28th February 1925 (100 yrs) 📍 Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire

Known For

Jabberwocky

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.

Harry H. Corbett

🎬 Movies Featuring Harry H. Corbett

The Best of the Adventures

The Best of the Adventures (1981)

as Sydney Burke (archive footage) (uncredited)
Silver Dream Racer

Silver Dream Racer (1980)

as Wiggins
The Plank

The Plank (1979)

as Amourous Van Driver
What's Up Superdoc!

What's Up Superdoc! (1978)

as Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd.
That's Carry On!

That's Carry On! (1977)

as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage)
A Hymn from Jim

A Hymn from Jim (1977)

as Alan Glut
Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky (1977)

as Squire
Hardcore

Hardcore (1977)

as Art
Adventures of a Private Eye

Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)

as Sydney Burke
No Image

Pot Luck (1976)

as Hungry Herbert
Percy's Progress

Percy's Progress (1974)

as Prime Minister
Steptoe & Son Ride Again

Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)

as Harold Steptoe
Steptoe & Son

Steptoe & Son (1972)

as Harold Steptoe
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)

as Ambrose (segment "Lust")
Never Talk to Strangers

Never Talk to Strangers (1969)

as Basil Puddifoot
Crooks and Coronets

Crooks and Coronets (1969)

as Frank Finley
No Image

The House That Jigger Built (1968)

as Jigger Barrett
The Sandwich Man

The Sandwich Man (1966)

as Stage Door Keeper
Carry On Screaming!

Carry On Screaming! (1966)

as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
Joey Boy

Joey Boy (1965)

as Joey Boy Thompson
Rattle of a Simple Man

Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)

as Percy Winthram
No Image

The Hothouse (1964)

as Harry Fender
The Bargee

The Bargee (1964)

as Hemel Pike
Ladies Who Do

Ladies Who Do (1963)

as James Ryder
What a Crazy World

What a Crazy World (1963)

as Sam
Sparrows Can't Sing

Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)

as Greengrocer
Sammy Going South

Sammy Going South (1963)

as Lem
Time to Remember

Time to Remember (1962)

as Jack Burgess
Some People

Some People (1962)

as Johnnie's Father
The Unstoppable Man

The Unstoppable Man (1961)

as Feist
Marriage of Convenience

Marriage of Convenience (1960)

as Inspector Bruce
The Big Day

The Big Day (1960)

as Harry Jackson
The Shakedown

The Shakedown (1960)

as Gollar
Cover Girl Killer

Cover Girl Killer (1959)

as The Man
In the Wake of a Stranger

In the Wake of a Stranger (1959)

as McCabe
Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)

as Clancy
No Image

The Bird, the Bear and the Actress (1959)

as P. Panghurst Shippers
Nowhere to Go

Nowhere to Go (1958)

as Sullivan
Floods of Fear

Floods of Fear (1958)

as Sharkey
Emperor Jones

Emperor Jones (1958)

as Smithers
No Image

Never Look Back (1952)

as Policeman in charge cells (uncredited)