Personal Life
Corbett married actress and dancer Anne Hart in 1965; they have two daughters, actresses Emma and Sophie Corbett. Their first child, Andrew, had a heart defect and died, six weeks old, at St Thomas' Hospital.
He has lived in Shirley, Croydon, London, for many years. He also has a home in Gullane, East Lothian, in Scotland. He is a beekeeper and keeps hives at his second home in East Lothian.
Corbett is a golfer and appears in celebrity and pro–am events; in 2009 he made a documentary with Colin Montgomerie in which they played at Gleneagles. He is also a past president of the Lord's Taverners (1982 and 1987).
He also supports his local football club, Crystal Palace as well as his hometown club Heart of Midlothian.
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