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After spending UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo enlisted in the Royal Marines and serving in the Home Fleet, Corbett became an actor and mostly appeared on stage until 1958, when he began to move toward more roles in films. His film career began with him taking roles that showed him as a serious, intense performer, while he also appeared in drama series on TV such as ''Series/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'' and ''Police Surgeon''.
In 1962, he was cast as Harold Steptoe in the pilot for ''Steptoe and Son'', which brought him great success until the final episode was aired in 1974. However, starring in ''Steptoe'' wasn't all good for Corbett. Critics couldn't take him seriously as an actor anymore, causing the only roles to be offered to Corbett become those in {{Awful British Sex Comed|y}}ies or those that were parodies of Harold Steptoe.
In 1962, he was cast as Harold Steptoe in the pilot for ''Steptoe and Son'', which brought him great success until the final episode was aired in 1974. However, starring in ''Steptoe'' wasn't all good for Corbett. Critics couldn't take him seriously as an actor anymore, causing the only roles to be offered to Corbett become those in {{Awful British Sex Comed|y}}ies or those that were parodies of Harold Steptoe.
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After spending UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo UsefulNotes/WorldWarII enlisted in the Royal Marines and serving in the Home Fleet, Corbett became an actor and mostly appeared on stage until 1958, when he began to move toward more roles in films. His film career began with him taking roles that showed him as a serious, intense performer, performer while he also appeared in drama series on TV such as ''Series/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'' and ''Police Surgeon''.
In 1962, he was cast as Harold Steptoe in the pilot for ''Steptoe and Son'', which brought him great success until the final episode was aired in 1974. However, starring in ''Steptoe'' wasn't all good for Corbett. Critics couldn't take him seriously as an actor anymore, causing the only roles to be offered to Corbett to become those in {{Awful British Sex Comed|y}}ies or those that were parodies of Harold Steptoe.
In 1962, he was cast as Harold Steptoe in the pilot for ''Steptoe and Son'', which brought him great success until the final episode was aired in 1974. However, starring in ''Steptoe'' wasn't all good for Corbett. Critics couldn't take him seriously as an actor anymore, causing the only roles to be offered to Corbett to become those in {{Awful British Sex Comed|y}}ies or those that were parodies of Harold Steptoe.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Series/SteptoeAndSon You dirty old man!]]"]]
->''"Television was what made it possible. I would never have been allowed to try to do comic acting if it hadn't been for television. That's what is crashing the barriers."''
Harry H. Corbett, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]], (28 February 1925 -- 21 March 1982), was a British actor best known for playing Harold Steptoe in ''Series/SteptoeAndSon''.
After spending UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo enlisted in the Royal Marines and serving in the Home Fleet, Corbett became an actor and mostly appeared on stage until 1958, when he began to move toward more roles in films. His film career began with him taking roles that showed him as a serious, intense performer, while he also appeared in drama series on TV such as ''Series/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'' and ''Police Surgeon''.
In 1962, he was cast as Harold Steptoe in the pilot for ''Steptoe and Son'', which brought him great success until the final episode was aired in 1974. However, starring in ''Steptoe'' wasn't all good for Corbett. Critics couldn't take him seriously as an actor anymore, causing the only roles to be offered to Corbett become those in {{Awful British Sex Comed|y}}ies or those that were parodies of Harold Steptoe.
He died of a heart attack at the age of 57.
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!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''Film/CarryOnScreaming'' (1966) -- Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
* ''Film/SteptoeAndSon'' (1972) -- Harold Steptoe
* ''Film/SteptoeAndSonRideAgain'' (1973) -- Harold Steptoe
* ''Film/{{Jabberwocky}}'' (1977) -- Squire
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'', 4 episodes:
** "The Charter" (1957) -- Sir Bascom
** "The Angry Village" (1957) -- Jason
** "The Genius" (1958) -- Nicodemus
** "A Bushel of Apples" (1960) -- Sir Watkyn
* ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'', 57 episodes (1962-74) -- Harold Steptoe
* ''Series/{{Jackanory}}'', 4 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Pegasus the Winged Horse", "Bayard the Charger", "The Horses of the Foolish People", "The Wish Horse"[[/labelnote]] (1966) -- Storyteller
* ''Series/TheGoodies'', episode "Hospital for Hire" (1973) -- Minister for Health
* ''Series/{{Shoestring}}'', episode "Nine Tenths of the Law" (1979) -- Tom
* ''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected'', episode "The Moles" (1982) -- George Balsam
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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Series/SteptoeAndSon You dirty old man!]]"]]
->''"Television was what made it possible. I would never have been allowed to try to do comic acting if it hadn't been for television. That's what is crashing the barriers."''
Harry H. Corbett, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]], (28 February 1925 -- 21 March 1982), was a British actor best known for playing Harold Steptoe in ''Series/SteptoeAndSon''.
After spending UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo enlisted in the Royal Marines and serving in the Home Fleet, Corbett became an actor and mostly appeared on stage until 1958, when he began to move toward more roles in films. His film career began with him taking roles that showed him as a serious, intense performer, while he also appeared in drama series on TV such as ''Series/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'' and ''Police Surgeon''.
In 1962, he was cast as Harold Steptoe in the pilot for ''Steptoe and Son'', which brought him great success until the final episode was aired in 1974. However, starring in ''Steptoe'' wasn't all good for Corbett. Critics couldn't take him seriously as an actor anymore, causing the only roles to be offered to Corbett become those in {{Awful British Sex Comed|y}}ies or those that were parodies of Harold Steptoe.
He died of a heart attack at the age of 57.
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!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''Film/CarryOnScreaming'' (1966) -- Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
* ''Film/SteptoeAndSon'' (1972) -- Harold Steptoe
* ''Film/SteptoeAndSonRideAgain'' (1973) -- Harold Steptoe
* ''Film/{{Jabberwocky}}'' (1977) -- Squire
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'', 4 episodes:
** "The Charter" (1957) -- Sir Bascom
** "The Angry Village" (1957) -- Jason
** "The Genius" (1958) -- Nicodemus
** "A Bushel of Apples" (1960) -- Sir Watkyn
* ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'', 57 episodes (1962-74) -- Harold Steptoe
* ''Series/{{Jackanory}}'', 4 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Pegasus the Winged Horse", "Bayard the Charger", "The Horses of the Foolish People", "The Wish Horse"[[/labelnote]] (1966) -- Storyteller
* ''Series/TheGoodies'', episode "Hospital for Hire" (1973) -- Minister for Health
* ''Series/{{Shoestring}}'', episode "Nine Tenths of the Law" (1979) -- Tom
* ''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected'', episode "The Moles" (1982) -- George Balsam
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