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Harry H. Corbett (28 February 1925 – 21 March 1982) [1] was an English actor and comedian, best remembered for playing rag-and-bone man Harold Steptoe alongside Wilfrid Brambell in the long-running BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son (1962–1965, 1970–1974).
He was born at the home in Oil Drum Lane where he and Harold reside throughout the series, and was possibly the tenth of fourteen children. His father had started "Steptoe and Son", meaning that Albert was actually the "Son". Albert mentions that his father died just after Harold was born, from whelk poisoning. Albert left school at 8 years old.
Harold Albert Kitchener Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett) was born in 1925 (Corbett's birth date) in the 1960s series, or around 1930 in the 1970s series.In the episode "Loathe Story" he says he was aged 10 just before the outbreak of the Second World War, which would indicate a birth year in 1928 or 1929, and in the episode "A Star is Born" he claims to be the same age as Sean Connery, (born 25 ...
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The two main characters in the show are Albert Steptoe (Wilfrid Brambell) and Harold Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett). They have a large extended family who appear occasionally including many of Albert's brothers and sisters, among them Auntie May , Uncle Arthur (George A. Cooper) and Auntie Minnie (Mollie Sugden).
The year is 2005. Steptoe's old house is now the property of the National Trust. Harold Steptoe, now in his 70s, visits the place, but gets shut in after closing time. Through his monologue, the audience discovers that he accidentally killed his father. Since then, he has been living in secret in Rio de Janeiro.