...d as a corporal instructor in small arms and field training in the [[Royal Marines]] during his [[Conscription in the United Kingdom #After 1945|national serv ...chardson]], he acted in major productions at the Royal Court and for the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre Company]] and was directed by [[Laurence

| rank = [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] ...teacher and had made his theatrical debut in ''Prunella'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Bristol]] when he volunteered for service with the [[British Army]] on the

Corbett enlisted in the [[Royal Marines|Royal Marines]] during the Second World War, and served in the [[Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] ...Workshop|Theatre Workshop]] at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East|Theatre Royal]] in [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], London.

...ith the [[Seaforth Highlanders]] as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] and was posted to Egypt. In 1955 he emigrated to Canada where [[Category:20th-century English singers]]

...terrupted by [[w:World War II|World War II]] and Dorning served in the [[w:Royal Air Force|RAF]]. After being demobbed, he utilised his ballet dancing talen * ''[[Pirates (1986 film)|Pirates]]'' (1986) - Commander of Marines

...s]]'', before being called up in 1917 into the [[w:Royal Naval Air Service|Royal Naval Air Service]]. During the last two years of the [[w:First World War|F ...Room'' was included in the programme for the [[w:Royal Variety Performance|Royal Command Performance]] at the [[w:London Coliseum|London Coliseum]].<ref nam

...lishments patronised by students of the [[Royal Marines Band Service|Royal Marines School of Music]].<ref name=Lewis/> ...te and the Seven Dwarfs'' again at the [[Theatre Royal, Nottingham|Theatre Royal]], Nottingham (April 1974). His last pantomime season was Christmas 1979.<r

...hotographic interpreter with the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]], he was later with the headquarters of the [[Second Army (United ...d she&nbsp;... there was a very nice British [[Royal Military Police|MP]] [Royal Military Police], and he said 'Don't have any more, come away, come away si

...ia]], as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] with the [[Royal Tank Regiment]]. Following the war, he returned to acting and made his film ...in Bury St Edmunds, the family lived less than 300 yards from the Theatre Royal, and his autobiography records meeting actors from that theatre as his earl

...HMS ''Illustrious'']] where he reached the rank of [[Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy)|lieutenant commander]]. Upon his [[demobilisation|demobilisation]] he ...d [[Glen Byam Shaw]] who secured the actor a season-long contract at the [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre|Shakespeare Memorial Theatre]] where he played major pa