Harry H. Corbett
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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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 6.357 |
Birthday | 1925-02-28 |
Place of Birth | Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire |
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1966
Carry On Screaming!
6.515/101
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. Fortuna...
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Carry On Screaming!
1977
Jabberwocky
6.017/263
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. T...
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Jabberwocky
1972
Steptoe & Son
6.4/30
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 ya...
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Steptoe & Son
1963
Sammy Going South
6/12
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...
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Sammy Going South
1959
Cover Girl Killer
5/10
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 kill...
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Cover Girl Killer
1958
Nowhere to Go
6.5/25
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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Nowhere to Go
1973
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
6.742/31
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 th...
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Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1964
The Bargee
6.9/9
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 - causin...
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The Bargee
1966
The Sandwich Man
6.1/7
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
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The Sandwich Man
1974
Percy's Progress
3.9/8
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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Percy's Progress
1958
Floods of Fear
6.6/5
A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress.
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Floods of Fear
1979
The Plank
7.4/10
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 d...
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The Plank
1963
Ladies Who Do
7.045/11
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 thei...
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Ladies Who Do
1964
Rattle of a Simple Man
4.8/8
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 str...
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Rattle of a Simple Man
1965
Joey Boy
5.8/2
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 s...
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Joey Boy
1971
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
5.1/18
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 Se...
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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1963
What a Crazy World
6.6/5
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....
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What a Crazy World
1977
Adventures of a Private Eye
4.25/16
While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complicati...
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Adventures of a Private Eye
1960
Marriage of Convenience
5.5/2
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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Marriage of Convenience
1961
The Unstoppable Man
0/0
Mitchell is a rich American businessman whose son is kidnapped in England. Naturally, there's a huge ransom demand, but Scotland Yard tells Mitchell t...
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The Unstoppable Man
1962
Time to Remember
5.5/2
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 succ...
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Time to Remember
1969
Crooks and Coronets
8.3/3
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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Crooks and Coronets
1964
The Hothouse
0/0
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 obsess...
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The Hothouse
1962
Some People
7/5
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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Some People
1978
What's Up Superdoc!
3.167/6
A doctor fathers 837 brilliant sons through an artificial insemination program, and every woman wants a donation.
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What's Up Superdoc!
1960
The Big Day
7/1
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 Big Day
1976
Pot Luck
0/0
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 prepar...
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Pot Luck
1980
Silver Dream Racer
5.222/10
David Essex stars as Nick Freeman, a motorcycle racer who, following the death of his brother, inherits a revolutionary prototype motorcycle, and is d...
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Silver Dream Racer
1960
The Shakedown
5.7/6
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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The Shakedown
1977
Hardcore
3.9/4
Aka Hardcore, aka Frankly Fiona. The heavily fictionalised fantastical autobiography of the fantastic 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond, played by Fion...
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Hardcore
1963
Sparrows Can't Sing
5.167/21
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 wi...
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Sparrows Can't Sing
1959
In the Wake of a Stranger
0/0
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...
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In the Wake of a Stranger
1977
That's Carry On!
5.7/19
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film s...
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That's Carry On!
1958
Emperor Jones
0/0
Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean i...
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Emperor Jones
1959
The Bird, the Bear and the Actress
0/0
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 lad...
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The Bird, the Bear and the Actress
1968
The House That Jigger Built
0/0
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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The House That Jigger Built
1977
A Hymn from Jim
0/0
When a clean-cut young pop-star gets in trouble, he calls his manager. The call sets in motion a unusual series of events.
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A Hymn from Jim
1952
Never Look Back
6/1
Anne Maitland, a female lawyer, receives an unexpected late-night visit from ex-boyfriend Guy Ransome. She agrees to let him sleep on the sofa but he...
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Never Look Back
1959
Shake Hands with the Devil
6.522/23
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea ho...
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