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Harry H. Corbett (1925–1982)

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Harry H Corbett (he added the "H" to avoid being confused with Sooty's friend) was born in Burma in 1925. His father was an officer in the army. His mother died when he was very young and he moved to England as a child and was brought up in Manchester by an aunt. After his war service, he joined a repertory company and during the 1950s appeared in many stage productions... See full bio »

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in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangoon, Myanmar)

Died:

(age 57) in Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
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1982 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
George Balsam
– The Moles (1982) … George Balsam
 
1981 Nice to See You! (TV movie)
Performer
 
1980 The Dick Emery Christmas Show: For Whom the Jingle Bells Toll (TV movie)
Nico
 
1980 Grundy (TV series)
Grundy
– What You Don't See, Ask For (1980) … Grundy
– For Love or Money (1980) … Grundy
– Hands Across the Table (1980) … Grundy
– Saturday Night Fervour (1980) … Grundy
– We Can't Go on Meeting Like This (1980) … Grundy
See all 6 episodes »
 
1980 Silver Dream Racer
Wiggins
 
1980 Potter (TV series)
Harry Tooms
– Episode #2.5 (1980) … Harry Tooms
– Episode #2.3 (1980) … Harry Tooms
– Episode #2.2 (1980) … Harry Tooms
 
1980 Comedy Tonight (TV movie)
 
1979 The Plank (TV short)
Amourous Van Driver
 
1979 Shoestring (TV series)
Tom
– Nine Tenths of the Law (1979) … Tom
 
1979 The Basil Brush Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 26 May 1979 (1979)
 
1978 What's Up Superdoc!
Goodwin
 
1977 Premiere (TV series)
Alan Glut
– A Hymn from Jim (1977) … Alan Glut
 
1977 Fiona
Art
 
1977 Adventures of a Private Eye
Sydney
 
1977 Jabberwocky
The Squire
 
1976 The Chiffy Kids (TV series)
Hungry Herbert
– Pot Luck (1976) … Hungry Herbert
 
1962-1975 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Ernest 'Ern' Conway / Harold Steptoe / The working-class hero
– For Richer... For Poorer (1975) … The working-class hero
– Seven Year Hitch (1966) … Ernest 'Ern' Conway
– The Offer (1962) … Harold Steptoe
 
1962-1974 Steptoe and Son (TV series)
Harold Steptoe / Harold
– A Perfect Christmas (1974) … Harold Steptoe
– Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs, Downstairs (1974) … Harold Steptoe
– Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard (1974) … Harold Steptoe
– The Seven Steptoerai (1974) … Harold Steptoe
– Porn Yesterday (1974) … Harold Steptoe
See all 57 episodes »
 
1974 It's Not the Size That Counts
Prime Minister
 
1973 The Goodies (TV series)
Minister for Health
– Hospital for Hire (1973) … Minister for Health
 
1973 Steptoe and Son
Harold Kitchener Steptoe
 
1973 Steptoe and Son Ride Again
Son/Harold
 
1973 The Bruce Forsyth Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 28 April 1973 (1973)
 
1971 The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Ambrose (segment "Lust")
 
1971 Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Des O'Connor Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 26 June 1971 (1971)
 
1969-1970 The Best Things in Life (TV series)
Alfred Wilcox
– The Emigrant (1970) … Alfred Wilcox
– The Expense Account (1970) … Alfred Wilcox
– Coral Wedding (1970) … Alfred Wilcox
– Up in Mabel's Room (1970) … Alfred Wilcox
– The Fugitive (1970) … Alfred Wilcox
See all 13 episodes »
 
1969 Galton and Simpson Comedy (TV series)
Basil Puddyfoot
– Never Talk to Strangers (1969) … Basil Puddyfoot
 
1969 Sophie's Place
Frank Finley
 
1968 City 68' (TV series)
Jigger Barrett
– The System: The House That Jigger Built (1968) … Jigger Barrett
 
1968 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Jake Whittington
– The Fall of Kelvin Walker (1968) … Jake Whittington
 
1957-1968 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Emanuel Rigaretti / Frank Dolan / Harry Fender / …
– A Second Look (1968) … Frank Dolan
– The Hothouse (1964) … Harry Fender
– Roll on Blooming Death (1961) … Private Mogridge
– The Money Makers (1961)
– Thunder on the Snowy (1960) … Jan Redeck
See all 13 episodes »
 
1967 A Christmas Night with the Stars (TV series)
Harold Steptoe
– Episode dated 25 December 1967 (1967) … Harold Steptoe
 
1967 Mr. Aitch (TV series)
Harry Aitch
– We Shall Not Be Moved (1967) … Harry Aitch
– A Star Is Born (1967) … Harry Aitch
– And Never the Twain Shall Meet (1967) … Harry Aitch
– Reunion (1967) … Harry Aitch
– Through the Eye of a Needle (1967) … Harry Aitch
See all 14 episodes »
 
1966 Carry on Screaming!
Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
 
1966 The Sandwich Man
Stage Door Keeper
 
1966 Jackanory (TV series)
Storyteller
– The Wish Horse (1966) … Storyteller
– The Horses of the Foolish People (1966) … Storyteller
– Bayard the Charger (1966) … Storyteller
– Pegasus the Winged Horse (1966) … Storyteller
 
1965 Joey Boy
Joey Boy Thompson
 
1964 Rattle of a Simple Man
Percy Winthram
 
1964 The Bargee
Hemel Pike
 
1963 Ladies Who Do
James Ryder
 
1963 The Royal Variety Performance 1963 (TV movie)
Harold Steptoe
 
1963 What a Crazy World
Sam Hitchens
 
1963 Sparrows Can't Sing
Greengrocer
 
1963 A Boy Ten Feet Tall
Lem
 
1963 Zero One (TV series)
Vladimir Petrovsky
– Discord (1963) … Vladimir Petrovsky
 
1960-1962 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV series)
Insp. Jock Bruce / Jack Burgess
– Time to Remember (1962) … Jack Burgess
– Marriage of Convenience (1960) … Insp. Jock Bruce
 
1962 Some People
Johnnie's Father
 
1962 Studio 4 (TV series)
Landlord
– A Voice from the Top (1962) … Landlord
 
1961 Deadline Midnight (TV series)
Harry Briggs
– An Eye for Detail (1961) … Harry Briggs
 
1961 Wings of Death (short)
Superintendant Hammond
 
1961 The Unstoppable Man
Feist
 
1961 Theatre 70 (TV series)
– The Intruder (1961)
– Chance Witness (1961)
 
1960 Police Surgeon (TV series)
George Drake
– Lag on the Run (1960) … George Drake
 
1960 The Big Day
Harry Jackson
 
1957-1960 The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)
Jason / Nicodemus / Sir Bascom / …
– A Bushel of Apples (1960) … Sir Watkyn
– The Genius (1958) … Nicodemus
– The Angry Village (1957) … Jason
– The Charter (1957) … Sir Bascom
 
1960 Marriage of Convenience
Inspector Bruce
 
1960 The Shakedown
Gollar
 
1959 In the Wake of a Stranger
McCabe
 
1959 Shake Hands with the Devil
Clancy (as Harry Corbett)
 
1959 The Torrents of Spring (TV movie)
Sonny
 
1959 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Charlie Panetti
– The Jukebox (1959) … Charlie Panetti
 
1959 Cover Girl Killer
The Man
 
1958 Nowhere to Go
Sullivan
 
1958 Floods of Fear
Sharkey
 
1956-1958 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Cohen / Gravedigger / John Broome
– Mary Broome (1958) … John Broome
– Mr. Bolfry (1957) … Cohen
– Hamlet (1956) … Gravedigger
 
1955 The Girl (TV movie)
Tony
 
1954 Passing Stranger (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1974 It's Not the Size That Counts (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1963 What a Crazy World (performer: "Things We Never Had")
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
1982 Give Us a Clue (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 January 1982 (1982) … Himself
 
1980 Night of One Hundred Stars (TV movie)
Himself
 
1975 Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.15 (1975) … Himself
 
1974 Whodunnit? (TV series)
Himself - Panellist
– It's Quicker by Train (1974) … Himself - Panellist
 
1971 The Val Doonican Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 December 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 Lift Off (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.15 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 All Kinds of Music (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1964-1968 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.13 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.39 (1966) … Himself
– Episode #2.32 (1966) … Himself
– Episode #1.31 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 Variety Club Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (13 titles)
2009 Mollie Sugden: A Tribute (TV documentary)
Harold Steptoe
 
2008 Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (TV documentary)
The Man (uncredited)
 
2008 50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (TV documentary)
Harold Steptoe (uncredited)
 
2007 Comedy Connections (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Carry on Quizzing (Video Game)
Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (uncredited)
 
2006 The Best of the Royal Variety (TV series)
 
2005 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Bruce Forsyth's Comedy Heroes (TV documentary)
Harold Steptoe
 
2002 When Steptoe Met Son (TV documentary)
 
2001 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Kenneth Williams: A Life on the Box (TV documentary)
 
1993 Laugh with the Carry Ons
 
1979 That's Carry On
Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
 
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(1955) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet," at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham, England with Paul Scofield, Alec Clunes, Diana Wynyard, Mary Ure, Ernest Thesiger, Richard Johnson, and Richard Pasco in the cast. Peter Brook was director. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Harry Corbett

Height:

5' 10½" (1.79 m)
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Success has meant that people listen to me a bit more. It's the money that does that. You look at two chaps in an office, one earning fifty quid and another thirty. It's the bloke on fifty nicker who's going to get listened to. Yes, I've developed quite a bit of admiration for the chaps on the top of the heap... See more »

Trivia:

Father of actress Susannah Corbett See more »

Trademark:

Often played roles craving social acceptability See more »

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