Harry H. Corbett: The Front Legs of the CowAuthor: Susannah CorbettFormat: PaperbackBorn in to the slums of Manchester Harry H. Corbett went on to become one of the best-known television stars of the twentieth century. Highly respected as a stage actor, he became a leading light in Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop for his life to be change beyond recognition by the television comedy Steptoe and Son. The series drew unparalleled viewing figures of over 28 million, with fans ranging from the working classes to the Royal Family and Harry became a household name overnight. However, the glittering lights of show business couldn't hide the scars he bore from his time in the Royal Marines during the Second World War. With the Marines he travelled through Europe before ending up in Asia, where he saw first-hand the devastation wrought by the Hiroshima bomb. Naturally shy and a committed socialist, fame and fortune didn't sit easily on his shoulders, and for the next twenty years, until his untimely death at the age of only 57, he had to learn how to be "Arold'. Written by his daughter, Susannah, this is the first biography of Harry H. Corbett, the man who was once called 'the English Marlon Brando'.ISBN: 9780752487878Publisher: The History Press Ltd
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