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A memorial service was held for him at St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden on 29th April 1982.

He suffered a heart attack in September 1979 and was involved in a serious car crash shortly afterwards. Corbett had smoked 60 cigarettes a day for years, but cut down to 20 a day after the heart attack.

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1976 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to drama. Prime Minister Harold Wilson intended the award to go to him partly because he was a Labour Party supporter but the "H" got missed out of the name and the offer initially went to Sooty and Sweep entertainer Harry Corbett instead. Both were eventually included in the same honours list.

He could do a very accurate impression of British prime minister Harold Wilson and used it for the film It's Not the Size That Counts (1974).

Contrary to popular belief, Corbett didn't begin wearing a wig in "Steptoe and Son" until 1972, although he was already losing his hair when the series began in January 1962. When the series was revived in 1970 after a five year absence he wore a piece at the front.

Got the part of Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung in Carry on Screaming! (1966) when Sidney James was unavailable due to a theatre commitment. His fee of £12,000 was the highest paid to a Carry On actor at that time.

Auditioned for the role of Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File (1965) but ultimately lost out to Sir Michael Caine.

He wore a hairpiece to cover his bald spot from the second season of Steptoe and Son (1962). By the end of the series he wore a full wig.

At the end of this period he made the move to the big screen and appeared in about twenty movies (mostly 'B' pictures) during the years from 1959 to 1980, including the starring role of Detective Sergeant Bung in Carry on Screaming! (1966), Rattle of a Simple Man (1964) and the two "Steptoe and Son" movies in the early 1970s.

He declined to convert to Judaism to marry his first wife in 1958.

After his war service, he joined a repertory company and during the 1950s appeared in many stage productions.

He may have killed two Japanese soldiers during hand-to-hand fighting in New Guinea in 1945, although this is unconfirmed.

Harry H Corbett (he added the "H" to avoid being confused with Sooty's friend) was born in Burma in 1925. His father was an officer in the army. His mother died when he was very young and he moved to England as a child and was brought up in Manchester by an aunt.