
Cast
Harry H. Corbett
Acting
Cast
Harry H. Corbett
Known for
Acting
Born
1925-02-28
From
Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire
Died
1982-03-21
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.

Jabberwocky
as Squire

Adventures of a Private Eye
as Sydney Burke

The Bargee
as Hemel Pike

Crooks and Coronets
as Frank Finley

Some People
as Johnnie's Father

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
as Ambrose (segment "Lust")

Percy's Progress
as Prime Minister

Carry On Screaming!
as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung

That's Carry On!
as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage)

Sammy Going South
as Lem

The Plank
as Amourous Van Driver

Shake Hands with the Devil
as Clancy

The Sandwich Man
as Stage Door Keeper

Sparrows Can't Sing
as Greengrocer

Ladies Who Do
as James Ryder

Steptoe & Son
as Harold Steptoe

The Best of the Adventures
as Sydney Burke (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Bird, the Bear and the Actress
as P. Panghurst Shippers

Nowhere to Go
as Sullivan

Cover Girl Killer
as The Man

Hardcore
as Art

The Unstoppable Man
as Feist

Silver Dream Racer
as Wiggins

Steptoe & Son Ride Again
as Harold Steptoe

Floods of Fear
as Sharkey

Marriage of Convenience
as Inspector Bruce

The Hothouse
as Harry Fender

Time to Remember
as Jack Burgess

What a Crazy World
as Sam

The Shakedown
as Gollar

Rattle of a Simple Man
as Percy Winthram

Never Look Back
as Policeman in charge cells (uncredited)

Joey Boy
as Joey Boy Thompson

A Hymn from Jim
as Alan Glut

The Big Day
as Harry Jackson

Pot Luck
as Hungry Herbert

In the Wake of a Stranger
as McCabe

What's Up Superdoc!
as Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd.

Never Talk to Strangers
as Basil Puddifoot

The House That Jigger Built
as Jigger Barrett

Emperor Jones
as Smithers