The son of a British army officer, Harry Corbett was born in Burma and raised in Manchester. After working as a radiographer, the deceptively oafish-looking Corbett began his acting career in repertory; during this period he added the initial "H" to his billing to avoid confusion with a popular ventriloquist of the same name (when asked what the "H" stood for, his standard answer was "H'anything.") Spending several seasons with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, he made his film bow in 1957, playing brutes and lunatics before gaining TV fame in the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son. The precursor to the American series Sanford and Son, Steptoe cast Corbett as the long-suffering son of irascible junk dealer Wilfred Brambell (his role was essayed by Demond Wilson while Brambell's counterpart was Redd Foxx). Honored with the OBE in 1976, Harry H. Corbett went into virtual retirement thereafter; he died in 1982, at the age of 57.
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Silver Dream Racer
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1981 | |||
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What's Up Superdoc
Actor |
1978 | |||
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Jabberwocky
Actor |
1977 | |||
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It's Not the Size That Counts
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1974 | |||
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Steptoe and Son
Actor |
1972 | |||
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Crooks and Coronets
Actor |
1969 | |||
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Carry On Screaming
Actor |
1966 | |||
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The Sandwich Man
Actor |
1966 | |||
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Joey Boy
Actor |
1965 | |||
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Ladies Who Do
Actor |
1964 | |||
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Rattle of a Simple Man
Actor |
1964 | |||
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The Bargee
Actor |
1964 | |||
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A Boy Ten Feet Tall
Actor |
1963 | |||
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Sparrows Can't Sing
Actor |
1963 | |||
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What a Crazy World
Actor |
1963 | |||
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Some People
Actor |
1962 | |||
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Time to Remember
Actor |
1962 | |||
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Cover Girl Killer
Actor |
1960 | |||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
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The Big Day
Actor |
1960 | |||
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The Shakedown
Actor |
1960 | |||
| 1959 | ||||
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The Unstoppable Man
Actor |
1959 | |||
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Floods of Fear
Actor |
1958 | |||
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Nowhere to Go
Actor |
1958 | |||
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The Passing Stranger
Actor |
1954 |




