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Harry H. Corbett



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  • Carry on Screaming
  • Carry on Screaming review by RSAntilles from York, UK
    Rated - 5.0 stars Scream? I nearly laughed my head off! 17 May 2005
    ... one the most, probably a mix of the horror and the Victorian era which I love. Harry H. Corbett too, although it was his only part in the Carry On series pulled it off so well...   Read customer review
  • Jabberwocky
  • Jabberwocky review by howie from London
    Rated - 2.0 stars Half Gilliam, half Python 28 April 2004
    ...A good cast - Max Wall, John Le Mesurier, Harry H. Corbett, Bernard Bresslaw, Warren Mitchell and, of course, Michael Palin - and the sort of beautifully shot grubby mediaeval ...   Read customer review
  • The Magnificent 7 Deadly Sins
  • The Magnificent 7 Deadly Sins review by from Wales
    Rated - 3.0 stars Ok worth a look 25 November 2004
    ...70s. You won?t be rolling over on the floor, but it might make you chuckle. Harry H. Corbett (Steptoe & Son) `Lust? is a sad laugh. (he always seems to be 37 and not marri...   Read customer review

Harry H. Corbett - filmography


  • Best Of Adventures on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Harry H. Corbett,  Jon Pertwee,  Robert Lindsay
    Director: Stanley Long
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Feature length compilation of all the clips from the 1970s sex comedy 'Adventures' series. Presented by Peter Noble, with all the best bits included from: 'The Adventures of a Taxi Driver' (1976), 'The Adventures of a Private Eye' (1977) and 'The Adventures of a Plumber's Mate' (1978).
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 22 members
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  • Silver Dream Racer (1980)
    Starring: Harry H. Corbett,  Clarke Peters,  T.P. McKenna
    Director: David Wickes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    David Essex is a greasy motor mechanic who achieves his dream of entering the big world of motor-bike racing when he finally gets sponsorship. Beau Bridges, heavily sponsored, is his main rival, and the race is on. Featuring songs by Elton John.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 506 members
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  • Jabberwocky on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Annette Badland,  Rodney Bewes,  Harry H. Corbett
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in the medieval period, this light-hearted comedy was written by Terry Gilliam and Charles Alverson and stars Michael Palin, supported by the Monty Python team. Dennis Cooper (Palin), a cooper's apprentice, is mistaken for a prince and declared the Dragonslayer. However, he must live up to his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,220 members
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  • Steptoe And Son - Series 8 on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Harry H. Corbett,  Wilfred Brambell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All six episodes from the eighth and final series of the classic BBC television comedy about the father and son who run a junkyard and scrap metal business, played by Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell. Episodes are: 'Back in Fashion', 'And So To Bed', 'Porn Yesterday', 'The Seven Steptoerai', '..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 461 members
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  • Steptoe And Son - Series 7 (2 discs) on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Harry H. Corbett,  Wilfred Brambell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All seven episodes from the seventh - and penultimate - series of the classic BBC television comedy about the father and son who run a junkyard and scrap metal business, played by Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell. Episodes are: 'Men of Letters', 'A Star is Born', 'Oh What a Beautiful Morning', ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 466 members
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  • Steptoe And Son - Series 5 (2 discs) on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Harry H. Corbett,  Wilfrid Brambell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All seven episodes from the fifth series of the classic BBC television comedy about the father and son who run a junkyard and scrap metal business, played by Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell. In this series, the Steptoes' horse Hercules dies while out on a round, and Albert loses all interest ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 753 members
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  • Steptoe And Son - Series 6 (2 discs) on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Harry H. Corbett,  Wilfrid Brambell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All episodes from the sixth series of the classic BBC television comedy about the father and son who run a junkyard and scrap metal business, played by Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell. In this series, Albert knocks over Harold's good china cabinet and makes it look like a rather over-dramatic ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 538 members
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  • The Sandwich Man (1966)
    Starring: Wilfrid Hyde-White,  Norman Wisdom,  Bernard Cribbins
    Director: Robert Hartford-Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A look at London in the swinging 60s through the eyes of a humble sandwich board man (Michael Bentine). Throughout the course of the day he travels London and meets many different types of people played by top comedy names of the time including Alfie Bass, Terry-Thomas, Bernard Cribbins, Diana Dors,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 89 members
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  • Carry on Screaming on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Joan Sims,  Harry H. Corbett,  Kenneth Williams
    Director: Gerald Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Twelfth entry in the 'Carry On' series. Detective Bung (Harry H. Corbett) investigates a mad professor (Kenneth Williams) and his sister, who are turning their victims into shop window dummies. Those hamming it up in this Hammer horror spoof include Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Joan Sims and Fenella ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,571 members
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  • The Bargee on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Derek Nimmo,  Harry H. Corbett,  Eric Sykes
    Director: Duncan Wood
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    1960s British comedy starring Harry H Corbett. Scripted by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson of 'Steptoe and Son' fame, the film charts the course of love of a Casanova (Corbett) who lives and works on the canals, breaking hearts as he cruises the waters.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 238 members
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  • Steptoe And Son - Series 2 on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Harry H. Corbett,  Wilfrid Brambell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All seven episodes from the second series of the classic BBC television comedy about the father and son who run a junkyard and scrap metal business. In 'The Bath', Harold (Harry H. Corbett) is sick of not having a proper bathroom and decides to build his own. In 'Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat', the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 1,350 member
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  • Sammy Going South on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Zena Walker,  Orlando Martins,  Harry H. Corbett
    Director: Alexander Mackendrick
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Released in the US as A Boy Ten Feet Tall, Sammy Going South is a rugged youngster's-eye-view adventure set in South Africa. 10-year-old orphan Sammy (Fergus McClelland), who resides in Port Said, tries to locate his only relative, who lives 5000 miles away across the desert in Durban. After the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 102 members
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  • Steptoe And Son - The Best Of Steptoe An... on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Harry H. Corbett,  Wilfrid Brambell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Five classic episodes of the popular rag and bone sitcom. In 'Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs, Downstairs', Harold has to look after Albert when the old man slips a disc. 'The Bath' sees Harold's romantic date ruined by his father eating pickles in the bath in the living room. In 'Porn Yesterday', ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,295 member
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  • Steptoe And Son - The Very Best Of Stept... on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Harry H. Corbett,  Wilfrid Brambell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Five classic episodes from the popular BBC series. In 'A Star is Born', Harold is offered the leading role in an amateur dramatics production. 'Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning' sees Albert hurrying to his brother George's funeral to see what he can scavenge. In 'Men of Letters', Harold writes an ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,126 member
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  • Steptoe And Son - Series 1 on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Harry H. Corbett,  Wilfrid Brambell
    Director: Duncan Wood
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All six episodes from the first season of the classic comedy series in which a father and son run a junkyard business. In the pilot episode, 'The Offer', Harold (Harry H Corbett) returns home from work one day to reveal that he has had a lucrative business offer. In 'The Bird', Albert (Wilfrid ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,985 member
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  • The Shakedown on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Terence Morgan,  Hazel Court,  Donald Pleasence
    Director: John Lemont
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Terence Morgan stars in this 1959 British production. Directed and co written by John Lemont which was distributed by Rank. Morgan plays "Augie" a crook just released from prison and intent on getting his rackets back from "Gollar" (Harry H Corbett). Augie sets up, down and out photographer (Donald ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 26 members
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  • Nowhere to Go (1958)
    Starring: Harry H. Corbett,  Bernard Lee,  Maggie Smith
    Director: Seth Holt
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    First-time director Seth Holt's stylish noir drama stars George Nader as a fugitive on the run from the police. Sentenced to ten years in prison for robbing an old lady of her valuable coin collection, Canadian thief Paul Gregory (Nader) is swiftly sprung from jail by his former partner-in-crime ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 14 members
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  • Whodunnit - Series 2 - Complete
    Starring: Harry H. Corbett,  John Pertwee,  Patrick Mower
    Director: Robert Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    All six episodes from the second series of the 1970s murder mystery game show. Each week host Jon Pertwee invites a panel of celebrity sleuths to solve the clues in a dramatised murder, giving them the opportunity to grill the characters and make enquiries before deciding on who they think is the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Vol.1
    Starring: Patrick Magee,  Michael Gough,  Jack Watling
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    First collection of feature-length TV dramas based on the novels of the British crime writer, Edgar Wallace. Though most famous today for contributing to the screenplay of 'King Kong' (1933), Wallace was an extremely popular writer of mystery fiction during the early 20th century. A number of his ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 6 members
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Harry H. Corbett facts

5 most recent films

Carry On Quizzing - 2.5 stars
Best Of Adventures - 2.5 stars
Silver Dream Racer - 3.5 stars
Jabberwocky - 3.0 stars
Percy's Progress - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Steptoe And Son - Series 7 - 4.0 stars
Steptoe And Son - Series 8 - 4.0 stars
Steptoe And Son - Series 6 - 4.0 stars
Steptoe And Son - The Christmas Specials - 4.0 stars
Steptoe And Son - Series 5 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Whodunnit - Series 2 - Complete - 3 stars
Percy's Progress - 2.0 stars
Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Vol.1 - 2.0 stars
Best Of Adventures - 2.5 stars
The Shakedown - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Wilfrid Brambell - 16 times - show films
Diana Dors - 4 times - show films
Wilfred Brambell - 4 times - show films
Charles Hawtrey - 3 times - show films
Jim Dale - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 14 times - show films
John Howard Davies - 3 times - show films
Douglas Argent - 3 times - show films
Graeme Muir - 3 times - show films
Cliff Owen - 2 times - show films