Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in 26a Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC in black and white from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974 in colour.
Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and film actor, best remembered for playing the grubby rag-and-bone man Albert Steptoe alongside Harry H. Corbett in the long-running BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son (1962–1965, 1970–1974).
Frank Thornton Ball was born in Dulwich, London, the son of Rosina Mary (née Thornton) and William Ernest Ball. [1] His father was an organist at St Stephen's Church, Sydenham Hill, [2] where Frank learned to play the organ for a short while. Music proved too difficult for him, however, and he wanted to act from an early age.
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).
Steptoe and Son (also known as Steptoe & Son) is a 1972 British comedy drama film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett. [5] It was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The film centres on a flashback to about four years earlier detailing Harold's short-lived marriage to Zita, a stripper.
Born in Carhampton, Somerset, the daughter of Colin B. Watts and Annie née Lewis, Watts made her first television appearance in 1958 in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, going on to appear in Walk a Crooked Mile (1961), The Rag Trade (1962), The Avengers (1963), Maigret (1963), a French au pair in Steptoe and Son (1964), Esther Waters (1964), Mary Barton (1964), Armchair Mystery ...
The Offer featured Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett as Albert and Harold Steptoe, a father and son who run a London rag and bone business. Following this pilot, a series was commissioned, and on 14 June 1962, Steptoe and Son was broadcast. It ran for eight series until 1974. The Reunion 12 January 1962 30mins
Albert Edward Ladysmith Steptoe (c. 1900 - c. 1980s) is a fictional character from the British sitcom Steptoe and Son, portrayed by Wilfrid Brambell. He was the basis for the character of Fred Sanford from Sanford and Son , the American adaption of Steptoe and Son.