The names Corbett and Brambell are most associated with which well-known UK TV series?
Wilfrid Brambell Rigsby for the TV adaptation called "Rising Damp", with Leonard Rossiter replacing Brambell in the role. It was this ability to play old men that led to his casting in his best remembered role as Albert Steptoe, the irascible father in "Steptoe and Son" (his son Harold was played by Harry H. Corbett), a man who, when the series began, was said to be in his sixties, even though Brambell was only aged 50 in 1962 (thirteen years older than Corbett). The series began as a pilot on the BBC's "Comedy Playhouse", and its success led to the commissioning of
Wilfrid Brambell died as a result of cancer at his home in Westminster, London, aged 72 on 18 January 1985. He was cremated on 25 January 1985 at Streatham Park Cemetery, where his ashes were scattered. "The Curse of Steptoe", a BBC TV play about Brambell and his co-star Harry H. Corbett, was broadcast on 19 March 2008 on digital BBC channel BBC Four, featuring Phil Davis as Brambell. The first broadcast gained the channel its highest audience figures to date, based on overnight returns. Wilfrid Brambell Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and