
Harry H. Corbett
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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.
Known for
Credits

Some People (1962)
as Johnnie's Father

Jabberwocky (1977)
as Squire

Emperor Jones (1958)
as Smithers

The Bargee (1964)
as Hemel Pike

Ladies Who Do (1963)
as James Ryder

Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)
as Sydney Burke

Silver Dream Racer (1980)
as Wiggins

Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
as Clancy

Nowhere to Go (1958)
as Sullivan

The Sandwich Man (1966)
as Stage Door Keeper

The Plank (1979)
as Amourous Van Driver

Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)
as Greengrocer

Crooks and Coronets (1969)
as Frank Finley

Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)
as Harold Steptoe

That's Carry On! (1977)
as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung (archive footage)

Cover Girl Killer (1959)
as The Man

Never Talk to Strangers (1969)
as Basil Puddifoot

Hardcore (1977)
as Art

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
as Ambrose (segment "Lust")

Carry On Screaming! (1966)
as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung

Floods of Fear (1958)
as Sharkey
The Hothouse (1964)
as Harry Fender

The Shakedown (1960)
as Gollar

Percy's Progress (1974)
as Prime Minister

Sammy Going South (1963)
as Lem

Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
as Percy Winthram
The House That Jigger Built (1968)
as Jigger Barrett

The Big Day (1960)
as Harry Jackson

Marriage of Convenience (1960)
as Inspector Bruce

Never Look Back (1952)
as Policeman in charge cells (uncredited)

Time to Remember (1962)
as Jack Burgess

The Unstoppable Man (1961)
as Feist

A Hymn from Jim (1977)
as Alan Glut

What a Crazy World (1963)
as Sam
The Bird, the Bear and the Actress (1959)
as P. Panghurst Shippers

Steptoe & Son (1972)
as Harold Steptoe

What's Up Superdoc! (1978)
as Sergeant Major Goodwin, Rtd.

The Best of the Adventures (1981)
as Sydney Burke (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joey Boy (1965)
as Joey Boy Thompson
Pot Luck (1976)
as Hungry Herbert

In the Wake of a Stranger (1959)
as McCabe





