Biography: life and films
Harry H. Corbett was an English actor and screenwriter. He was born in Rangoon, Burma on 28th February 1925 and died in Hastings, East Sussex, England on 21st March 1982, aged 57.His best films as an actor include Alexander Mackendrick's Sammy Going South (1963), Duncan Wood's comedy The Bargee (1964), Gerald Thomas's comedy-thriller Carry On Screaming (1966), Peter Sykes's Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973) and Terry Gilliam's Jabberwocky (1977).
Harry H. Corbett appeared in 30 films and scripted 1 film.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Terry Bishop (2 films) and Gerald Thomas (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (13 films), drama (9), Thriller (4), comedy-drama (3) and Horror (2).
Our average rating for Harry H. Corbett over all films is: 2.6
Filmography
Key: a = actor; w = writer
Passing Stranger (1954) [a]
Nowhere to Go (1958) [a]
Cover Girl Killer (1959) [a]
Floods of Fear (1959) [a]
In the Wake of a Stranger (1959) [a]
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) [a]
The Shakedown (1959) [a]
The Big Day (1960) [a]
The Unstoppable Man (1960) [a]
Some People (1962) [a]
Sammy Going South (1963) [a]
Sparrows Can't Sing (1963) [a]
What a Crazy World (1963) [a]
Rattle of a Simple Man (1964) [a]
The Bargee (1964) [a]
Joey Boy (1965) [a]
The Sandwich Man (1966) [a]
Crooks and Coronets (1969) [a]
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) [a]
Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973) [a]
Percy's Progress (1974) [a,w]
Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) [a]
Hardcore (1977) [a]
Jabberwocky (1977) [a]
What's Up Superdoc! (1978) [a]
Silver Dream Racer (1980) [a]
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
The very best of Italian cinema
The very best American film comedies
