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|aka            = Peter Graham Matthew Corbett
|aka            = Peter Graham Matthew Corbett
|birth date    = [[8 November (people)|8 November]] [[1948 (people)|1948]]
|birth date    = [[28 March (people)|28 March]] [[1948 (people)|1948]]
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|job title      = [[Actor]]
|job title      = [[Actor]]
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|story          = ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''
|story          = ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''
|year          = 1971
|year          = 1971
|non dwu        = ''The Sooty Show'', ''Rainbow'', ''Sooty & Co.'', ''Sooty'', ''30 Years of CITV''
|non dwu        = ''[[The Sooty Show (series)|The Sooty Show]]'', ''Rainbow'', ''[[Sooty & Co. (series)|Sooty & Co.]]'', ''[[Sooty (franchise)|Sooty]]'', ''30 Years of CITV''
|imdb          = 0179181
|imdb          = 0179181
|time = 1971
|time           = 1971
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'''Matthew Corbett''' (born [[28 March (people)|28 March]] [[1948 (people)|1948]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?code=1884 Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) played [[Jones (The Dæmons)|Jones]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''.
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'''Matthew Corbett''' (born [[28 March (people)|28 March]] [[1948 (people)|1948]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?code=1884 Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) played [[Jones (The Dæmons)|Jones]] in the ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''.


== Career ==
== Career ==
He was born Peter Graham Matthew Corbett, but had to change his first name to Matthew when he joined the British actors' union Equity during the 1960s, as there was already a Peter Corbett registered.
He was born Peter Graham Matthew Corbett, but had to change his first name to Matthew when he joined the British actors' union Equity during the 1960s, as there was already a Peter Corbett registered.


Corbett is best known for presenting ''The Sooty Show'' for almost twenty-five years, having taken over from his father Harry Corbett in the 1970s, before his retirement in 1998 and passing the mantle of Sooty over to Richard Cadell the following year.
Corbett is best known for presenting ''[[The Sooty Show (series)|The Sooty Show]]'' for almost twenty-five years, having taken over from his father Harry Corbett in the 1970s, before his retirement in 1998 and passing the mantle of the series over to Richard Cadell the following year.


During his time as the show's leading man, he created the character of Little Cousin Scampi in the 1990s.
During his time as the show's leading man, he created the character of [[Scampi|Little Cousin Scampi]] in the 1990s.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors]]

Latest revision as of 20:44, 22 August 2023

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Matthew Corbett (born 28 March 1948[1]) played Jones in the Doctor Who television story The Dæmons.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

He was born Peter Graham Matthew Corbett, but had to change his first name to Matthew when he joined the British actors' union Equity during the 1960s, as there was already a Peter Corbett registered.

Corbett is best known for presenting The Sooty Show for almost twenty-five years, having taken over from his father Harry Corbett in the 1970s, before his retirement in 1998 and passing the mantle of the series over to Richard Cadell the following year.

During his time as the show's leading man, he created the character of Little Cousin Scampi in the 1990s.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]