Person Details

Birthday: 1925-02-28 23:32:10

Death: 1982-03-21 23:32:10

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire

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Movie Involvements: 19

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harry H. Corbett OBE (28 February 1925 – 21 March 1982) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry H. Corbett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Tales of the Unexpected
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7

Tales of the Unexpected

(1979) George Balsam
Some People
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7

Some People

(1962) Johnnie's Father
Nowhere to Go
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7

Nowhere to Go

(1958) Sullivan
Sammy Going South
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6

Sammy Going South

(1963) Lem
Silver Dream Racer
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6

Silver Dream Racer

(1980) Wiggins
Cover Girl Killer
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6

Cover Girl Killer

(1959) The Man
The Big Day
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7

The Big Day

(1960) Harry Jackson
The Hothouse
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0

The Hothouse

(1964) Harry Fender

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1980 Wiggins
1979 Amourous Van Driver
N/A
George Balsam
1978 Goodwin
1977 Alan Glut
Squire
Art
Sydney Burke
Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
1976 Hungry Herbert
1974 Prime Minister
1973 Son / Harold
1972 Harold Kitchener Steptoe
1971 Ambrose (segment "Lust")
1970 N/A
Minister for Health
1969 Frank Finley
1968 Jigger Barrett
Self
1967 N/A
1966 Stage Door Keeper
Sidney Bung
1965 Joey Boy Thompson
1964 Percy Winthram
Harry Fender
Hemel Pike
1963 James Ryder
Sam
Greengrocer
Lem
1962 N/A
Johnnie's Father
Harold Steptoe
1961 Feist
1960 Inspector Bruce
Harry Jackson
Gollar
1959 The Man
McCabe
N/A
P. Panghurst Shippers
1958 Sullivan
Sharkey
Smithers
1956 Harry Fender
1952 Policeman in charge cells (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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