Harry H. Corbett

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

February 28, 1925

died

March 21, 1982

place of birth

Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire

total credits

37 movies

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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Known For

Filmography

37 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

Jabberwocky
6.0

Jabberwocky

1977as Squire
Percy's Progress
4.0

Percy's Progress

1974as Prime Minister
Adventures of a Private Eye
4.3

Adventures of a Private Eye

1977as Sydney Burke
Carry On Screaming!
6.5

Carry On Screaming!

1966as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
Shake Hands with the Devil
6.5

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959as Clancy
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
5.0

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

1971as Ambrose (segment "Lust")
That's Carry On!
5.8

That's Carry On!

1977as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage)
Joey Boy
6.2

Joey Boy

1965as Joey Boy Thompson
Steptoe & Son
6.3

Steptoe & Son

1972as Harold Steptoe
The Sandwich Man
6.5

The Sandwich Man

1966as Stage Door Keeper
Nowhere to Go
6.6

Nowhere to Go

1958as Sullivan
The Plank
7.4

The Plank

1979as Amourous Van Driver
Sparrows Can't Sing
5.3

Sparrows Can't Sing

1963as Greengrocer
Crooks and Coronets
8.5

Crooks and Coronets

1969as Frank Finley
Cover Girl Killer
5.1

Cover Girl Killer

1959as The Man
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
6.8

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

1973as Harold Steptoe
The Bargee
7.0

The Bargee

1964as Hemel Pike
Marriage of Convenience
5.5

Marriage of Convenience

1960as Inspector Bruce
Sammy Going South
6.3

Sammy Going South

1963as Lem
Some People
7.5

Some People

1962as Johnnie's Father
Hardcore
3.8

Hardcore

1977as Art
Floods of Fear
6.9

Floods of Fear

1958as Sharkey
The Best of the Adventures
6.3

The Best of the Adventures

1981as Sydney Burke (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Shakedown
6.0

The Shakedown

1960as Gollar
Ladies Who Do
7.0

Ladies Who Do

1963as James Ryder
The Unstoppable Man
8.0

The Unstoppable Man

1961as Feist
Silver Dream Racer
5.5

Silver Dream Racer

1980as Wiggins
Rattle of a Simple Man
5.5

Rattle of a Simple Man

1964as Percy Winthram
Time to Remember
5.5

Time to Remember

1962as Jack Burgess
A Hymn from Jim

A Hymn from Jim

1977as Alan Glut
What's Up Superdoc!
3.7

What's Up Superdoc!

1978as Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd.
Never Look Back
6.5

Never Look Back

1952as Policeman in charge cells (uncredited)
What a Crazy World
6.4

What a Crazy World

1963as Sam
The Big Day
7.5

The Big Day

1960as Harry Jackson
Never Talk to Strangers

Never Talk to Strangers

1969as Basil Puddifoot
In the Wake of a Stranger
10.0

In the Wake of a Stranger

1959as McCabe
Emperor Jones
8.0

Emperor Jones

1958as Smithers