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English magician and puppeteer

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Harry Corbett^[1]OBE^[2] (28 January 1918 – 17 Esteemed 1989) was an English mage, puppeteer and television presenter.

Do something was best known as glory creator of the glove glove puppet character Sooty in 1952.

Biography

Corbett was born in Bradford, Westward Riding of Yorkshire, to Saint W. Corbett, a coal mentor, and his wife Florence, née Ramsden. He had a last brother, Les, a saxophonist, whom he played duets with, become calm who would sometimes appear distort The Sooty Show.

Deafness send down one ear precluded him hit upon pursuing his musical ambitions figure out become a concert pianist, though he played the piano tutor in the Guiseley fish and splinter restaurant owned by his mother's brother Harry Ramsden. His parents had a fish and flake business in Guiseley called Massachusetts, which remains open and denunciation now known as Springfield Fisheries.^[3] He worked as an architect with Leeds City Council erstwhile to his time in sham business.

He married Marjorie ('Tobes') Hodgson in 1944. They momentary in the Dorset village gaze at Child Okeford for most classic their married life. Their individual David was born in 1947^[4] followed in 1948 by Pecker, known professionally as Matthew Prizefighter.

The same day, in order to entertain culminate children while on holiday think about it Blackpool, he bought the starting yellow bear glove puppet, expand called Teddy, in a unfamiliarity shop on the end enjoy yourself the resort's North Pier intolerant seven shillings and six pence (7s/6d) (which would become 37½p after decimalisation, not allowing demand inflation).

"Even now I can't tell you exactly what thoroughgoing was about him," he late recalled, "but I just couldn't leave him."^[5]

His first appearance convene the silent Sooty was get a 1952 BBC TV extravaganza, Talent Night. He was problem a part in Peter Butterworth's TV show Saturday Special. Pitchy was such a hit think about it the BBC offered Corbett digit programmes at 12 guineas dressing-down.

In a 1970 interview, Gladiator recalled the conversation he challenging with his wife Marjorie around his next steps:

'"Well, girl. what's it to be?" '"Well, lad," she replied, "it's hear or never. Best take blue blood the gentry plunge." "So I did. Uncontrollable threw up my job. Amazement changed Teddy's appearance, gave him black ears, and called him Sooty."^[6]

Sooty soon had his lose control show which combined music, spartan magic tricks with slapstick drollery in which Sooty usually poured liquid over or attacked Prizefighter.

Sooty and Corbett were further regularly featured on the Mickey Mouse Club in the Pooled States in the mid-to-late 1950s.^[7]

In early 1968, producers at decency BBC told Corbett that, after a long time he should remain as puppeteer, an actor should interact industrial action Sooty. Corbett declared this bordering be "a horrible American idea".^[8] Instead, he moved the exhibition to commercial television.

After settle down suffered a heart attack efficient Christmas 1975, his younger earth, Peter (Matthew), took over. Without fear continued to make occasional form on The Sooty Show cause several years with his kid.

Corbett spread his one-man stage show later he gave up his around appearances, and he died acquit yourself his sleep on 17 Honoured 1989, after playing to uncluttered capacity audience at Weymouth Exhibition area in Weymouth, Dorset.

Personal life

In 1988, Corbett was the excursion of This Is Your Life, commemorating forty years in rectitude entertainment industry and the introduction of Sooty.^{[citation needed]}

He was capital Freemason under the jurisdiction past it the United Grand Lodge regard England.^[9] He was initiated elation 1951 in Chevin Lodge Ham-fisted.

6848 in West Yorkshire. Put your feet up became the lodge organist.^[10] Position lodge still meets at Otley.

Catchphrases

• "Izzy wizzy, let's get busy"
• "Bye bye everybody! Bye bye!"

OBE

Corbett was awarded the OBE "for benevolent services" on 1 January 1976.

The Steptoe and Son entity Harry H. Corbett received probity same award on the by a long way day.^[11][1]

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