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 1970s. Corbett was regarded as one of Britain's first Method actors and early in his career he was dubbed "the English Marlon Brando" by some sections of the British press.
Read more about Harry H. Corbett: Early Life, Steptoe and Son, Other Work, OBE, Later Life, Personal Life, Death, Filmography
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