Overview
In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Harold Steptoe in a television comedy show 'Steptoe and Son'. However, the show's success proves to be a poisoned chalice for him, type-casting him and thwarting his stage ambitions. Wilfrid Brambell, the actor playing his father, is marginalized in a different way. He is a gay man in an England where homosexuality is still illegal.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 44 | 62 | |
 | 54 | 72 | |
 | 54 | 71 | |
 | 52 | 69 | |
 | 33 | 51 | |
 | 30 | 47 | |
 | 30 | 47 | |
 | 26 | 43 |