Harry H. Corbett

Actor

Born: February 28, 1925 (57 years old)

Died: March 21, 1982

Place of birth: Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire

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.

Filmography (29)

• Carry On Screaming! (1966, ★ 6.5)
• Steptoe & Son (1972, ★ 6.2)
• Sammy Going South (1963, ★ 6.2)
• Nowhere to Go (1958, ★ 6.6)
• Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973, ★ 6.8)
• Floods of Fear (1958, ★ 6.7)
• Ladies Who Do (1963, ★ 7)
• The Plank (1979, ★ 7.4)
• The Sandwich Man (1966, ★ 6.1)
• The Bargee (1964, ★ 6.9)
• Some People (1962, ★ 7)
• Steptoe and Son (1962, ★ 7.8)
• The Goodies (1970, ★ 7.5)
• Jabberwocky (1977, ★ 6)
• That's Carry On! (1977, ★ 5.7)
• What a Crazy World (1963, ★ 6.2)
• Shake Hands with the Devil (1959, ★ 6.5)
• Tales of the Unexpected (1979, ★ 6.7)
• Cover Girl Killer (1959, ★ 4.8)
• Rattle of a Simple Man (1964, ★ 5.2)
• The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971, ★ 4.8)
• Silver Dream Racer (1980, ★ 5.1)
• The Shakedown (1960, ★ 5.7)
• Sparrows Can't Sing (1963, ★ 5.1)
• Armchair Theatre (1956, ★ 5.8)
• Percy's Progress (1974, ★ 3.5)
• Adventures of a Private Eye (1977, ★ 4.1)
• What's Up Superdoc! (1978, ★ 3.2)
• Hardcore (1977, ★ 3.1)