Harry H. Corbett

Harry H. Corbett

Born: February 28, 1925
Died: March 21, 1982
in Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire
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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.

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Silver Dream Racer
Title: Silver Dream Racer
Character: Wiggins
Released: June 13, 1980
Type: Movie
David Essex stars as Nick Freeman, a motorcycle racer who, following the death of his brother, inherits a revolutionary prototype motorcycle, and is determined to race it at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
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The Plank
Title: The Plank
Character: Amourous Van Driver
Released: December 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion. TV remake of the 1967 short.
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Title: Shoestring
Released: September 30, 1979
Type: TV
Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 one hour-long episodes. Star Trevor Eve decided not to return to the role after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre roles, so the same production team changed the format to be based in Jersey and created Bergerac, also about a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: George Balsam
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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What's Up Superdoc!
Title: What's Up Superdoc!
Character: Goodwin
Released: March 21, 1978
Type: Movie
A doctor fathers 837 brilliant sons through an artificial insemination program, and every woman wants a donation.
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Jabberwocky
Title: Jabberwocky
Character: Squire
Released: March 28, 1977
Type: Movie
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
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Hardcore
Title: Hardcore
Character: Art
Released: March 17, 1977
Type: Movie
Aka Hardcore, aka Frankly Fiona. The heavily fictionalised fantastical autobiography of the fantastic 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond, played by Fiona herself!
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Adventures of a Private Eye
Title: Adventures of a Private Eye
Character: Sydney Burke
Released: March 4, 1977
Type: Movie
While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.
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That's Carry On!
Title: That's Carry On!
Character: Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments from the series. From the original, military mayhem of Carry On Sergeant, through to the really ancient archaeological gags of Carry On Behind, our saucy hosts get their titters out for this laugh-a-second gallop through the most successful series of British comedy films ever made.
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Pot Luck
Title: Pot Luck
Character: Hungry Herbert
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
The Chiffy Kids go camping on a farm. Magpie causes a tent to collapse and as a punishment is tied to a large cooking pot. Freeing herself, she prepares a stew which is eaten by Herbert. The kids find only bones in the pot, and the repentant Herbert returns with sausages.
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Percy's Progress
Title: Percy's Progress
Character: Prime Minister
Released: August 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.
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Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Title: Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Character: Son / Harold
Released: May 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare. When the dog loses a race and Harold has to pay off the debt, he comes up with another bright idea. Collect his father's life insurance. To do this his father must pretend to be dead.
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Steptoe & Son
Title: Steptoe & Son
Character: Harold Kitchener Steptoe
Released: March 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk yard. Harold, who likes the bright lights in the West End of London, meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home. Albert is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household.
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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Title: The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Character: Ambrose (segment "Lust")
Released: November 1, 1971
Type: Movie
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Seven and the seven deadly sins. It comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. The sketches are linked by animation sequences. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod Nelson-Keys and Roy Piper. It was produced by Tigon Pictures and distributed in the U.K. by Tigon Film Distributors Ltd..
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Title: The Goodies
Released: November 8, 1970
Type: TV
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
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Title: The Goodies
Character: Minister for Health
Released: November 8, 1970
Type: TV
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
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Crooks and Coronets
Title: Crooks and Coronets
Character: Frank Finley
Released: April 2, 1969
Type: Movie
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
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The House That Jigger Built
Title: The House That Jigger Built
Character: Jigger Barrett
Released: September 17, 1968
Type: Movie
Jigger has made money from dodgy building deals. Some of his family are grateful for what he has done for them, but some deplore his dishonesty.
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Title: Cilla
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 1968
Type: TV
A mostly live weekly entertainment show starring Cilla Black and her special guests.
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Title: Mr Aitch
Released: January 6, 1967
Type: TV
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The Sandwich Man
Title: The Sandwich Man
Character: Stage Door Keeper
Released: July 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
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Carry On Screaming!
Title: Carry On Screaming!
Character: Sidney Bung
Released: May 20, 1966
Type: Movie
The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for him, Detective Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue!
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Joey Boy
Title: Joey Boy
Character: Joey Boy Thompson
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best of it...
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Rattle of a Simple Man
Title: Rattle of a Simple Man
Character: Percy Winthram
Released: December 20, 1964
Type: Movie
Percy Winthram is a naive young man who still lives at home with his mum. In London for the Cup Final with his friends, he finds himself in a Soho strip club, where he meets blonde hostess Cyrenne. Accepting a bet from friend Ginger, he accompanies Cyrenne back to her flat, and a boast-worthy night of lust seems to be on the cards. However, drained of beer and bravado, Percy's innocence and vulnerability become all too evident.
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The Hothouse
Title: The Hothouse
Character: Harry Fender
Released: December 13, 1964
Type: Movie
Tycoon husband Harry Fender, who has built up the supermarket business from the time he was a delivery boy in his teens - is now over forty and obsessed with developing the exotic plants in his hothouse.
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The Bargee
Title: The Bargee
Character: Hemel Pike
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that she is pregnant. He then refuses to open his locks - causing barges to pile up in every direction until the guilty party confesses.
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Ladies Who Do
Title: Ladies Who Do
Character: James Ryder
Released: November 1, 1963
Type: Movie
The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.
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What a Crazy World
Title: What a Crazy World
Character: Sam
Released: July 2, 1963
Type: Movie
Unemployed East End lad Alf Hitchens has an on-off relationship with his girlfriend Marilyn and a dream of hitting the big time in the music business. Cheerful pop musical with a working-class background which uses a number of genuine London locations.
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Sparrows Can't Sing
Title: Sparrows Can't Sing
Character: Greengrocer
Released: March 26, 1963
Type: Movie
Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up with married bus driver Bert and a toddler, and they all watch with more than a little interest at the trail of mayhem Charlie leaves as he goes about sorting things out.
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Sammy Going South
Title: Sammy Going South
Character: Lem
Released: March 18, 1963
Type: Movie
After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different people who help or hinder his journey - including an ageing diamond smuggler.
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Time to Remember
Title: Time to Remember
Released: July 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of it's rich lady owner. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as he's about to be captured. Later the house is put up for sale and events lead the estate agent to conclude that the jewels may still be there.
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Some People
Title: Some People
Character: Johnnie's Father
Released: May 31, 1962
Type: Movie
Four teen-aged Teds are persuaded to form a rock group and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme to keep them out of trouble.
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Title: Steptoe and Son
Character: Harold Steptoe
Released: January 5, 1962
Type: TV
Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and son played by Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett who deal in selling used items. They live on Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974. Its theme tune, "Old Ned", was composed by Ron Grainer. The series was voted 15th in a 2004 BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. It was remade in the US as Sanford and Son, in Sweden as Albert & Herbert and in the Netherlands as Stiefbeen en zoon. In 1972 a movie adaptation of the series, Steptoe and Son, was released in cinemas, with a second Steptoe and Son Ride Again in 1973.
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The Unstoppable Man
Title: The Unstoppable Man
Character: Feist
Released: June 21, 1961
Type: Movie
Mitchell is a rich American businessman whose son is kidnapped in England. Naturally, there's a huge ransom demand, but Scotland Yard tells Mitchell to butt out.
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Marriage of Convenience
Title: Marriage of Convenience
Character: Inspector Bruce
Released: November 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A young woman going to her wedding is waiting for her fiancée, a hood in custody, who is allowed by the police to go to his wedding.
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The Big Day
Title: The Big Day
Character: Harry Jackson
Released: July 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A drama unfolding in the business world where shrewd methods are adopted by a boss to select a suitable yes-man for the Board.
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The Shakedown
Title: The Shakedown
Character: Gollar
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Augie comes out of prison and finds his old vice racket has been taken over by the sinister Gollar, so he dreams up a new scam.
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Cover Girl Killer
Title: Cover Girl Killer
Character: The Man
Released: September 26, 1959
Type: Movie
A madman is on the loose... killing fashion models that appear on the cover of magazines. The police start a manhunt in an attempt to capture the killer.
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In the Wake of a Stranger
Title: In the Wake of a Stranger
Character: McCabe
Released: June 30, 1959
Type: Movie
An unfortunate sailor gets implicated in a murder he never committed. After a bookie is murdered, the sailor is caught in an ever-tightening vice that would trap him as the killer unless he can clear himself. Along the way to struggling free and tracking down the real culprits, several unsavory characters cross his path as well as a rather interesting woman who sets romantic sparks flying.
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The Bird, the Bear and the Actress
Title: The Bird, the Bear and the Actress
Character: P. Panghurst Shippers
Released: March 8, 1959
Type: Movie
A group discover a famous designer and their entrepreneur sees this as a chance to have his name associated with their new production. The leading lady is outraged at the way they intend to exploit the old man.
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Nowhere to Go
Title: Nowhere to Go
Character: Sullivan
Released: December 2, 1958
Type: Movie
A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.
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Floods of Fear
Title: Floods of Fear
Character: Sharkey
Released: November 18, 1958
Type: Movie
A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress.
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Emperor Jones
Title: Emperor Jones
Character: Smithers
Released: March 30, 1958
Type: Movie
Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
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Title: Armchair Theatre
Character: Harry Fender
Released: July 8, 1956
Type: TV
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.