From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Edward Chapman (13 October 1901 - 9 August 1977) was an English actor who starred in many films and television programmes, but is chiefly remembered as Mr. Wilfred Grimsdale, the officious superior and comic foil to Norman Wisdoms character of Pitkin in many of his films from the late 1950s and 1960s.Chapman was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. On leaving school he became a bank clerk but later began his stage career with Ben Greets Company in June 1924 at the Repertory Theatre, Nottingham, playing Gecko in George du Mauriers Trilby. He made his first London stage appearance at the Court Theatre in August 1925 playing the Rev Septimus Tudor in The Farmers Wife. Among dozens of stage roles that followed, he played Bonaparte to Margaret Rawlingss Josephine in Napoleon at the Embassy Theatre in September 1934. In 1928 he attracted the attention of Alfred Hitchcock, who gave him the role of The Paycock in the 1930 film, Juno and the Paycock. In the same year he also made an appearance in Caste (of which no prints are known to exist). He had a role in The Citadel in 1938 and appeared alongside George Formby in the Ealing Studios comedy Turned Out Nice Again in 1941.During the Second World War he took a break from acting and joined the Royal Air Force. After training he was posted to 129 (Mysore) Squadron as an intelligence officer. This Spitfire squadron was based at Westhampnett and Debden. The squadron was heavily engaged in combat during this period and many of Chapmans fellow squadron mates were killed in action.Chapman first starred alongside Wisdom in 1957s Just My Luck in the role of Mr. Stoneway, but the next year in The Square Peg he appeared as Mr. Grimsdale for the first time opposite Wisdoms character of Norman Pitkin. In 1960 he and Wisdom acted together again in The Bulldog Breed, playing the roles of Mr. Philpots and Norman Puckle - Mr. Grimsdale and Pitkin in all but name. Wisdom appeared alone as Norman Pitkin in On the Beat in 1962, while Chapman branched out, starring in the Danish folktale Venus fra Vestø, but Grimsdale and Pitkin were reunited for 1963s A Stitch in Time. Their final performance together was in The Early Bird in 1965, Wisdoms first film in colour. In all, he appeared alongside Norman Wisdom in five films.After Sir John Gielgud was arrested for persistently importuning male persons for immoral purposes, Chapman started a petition to force him to resign from Equity. Sir Laurence Olivier reportedly threw Chapman out of his dressing room when he solicited his signature for the petition.From 1965 Chapman played mostly characters roles on television. His final role was as Mr. Callon for nine episodes of the BBCs seafaring melodrama The Onedin Line between 1971 and 1972. Chapman died of a heart attack in Brighton, East Sussex, England at the age of 75.Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward Chapman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Κινηματογράφος μη διαθέσιμο από Edward Chapman

Things to Come

Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy

Ταινία 1936

The Queen's Affair

Guard

Ταινία 1934

It Always Rains on Sunday

George Sandigate

Ταινία 1947

School for Scoundrels

Gloatbridge

Ταινία 1960

The Bulldog Breed

Mr. Philpots

Ταινία 1960

The Square Peg

Mr Grimsdale

Ταινία 1958

A Stitch in Time

Mr Grimsdale

Ταινία 1963

Just My Luck

Mr. Stoneway

Ταινία 1957

Juno and the Paycock

Captain Boyle

Ταινία 1930

Hide and Seek

McPherson

Ταινία 1964

The October Man

Mr. Peachy

Ταινία 1947

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

Major Grigsby

Ταινία 1936

Rembrandt

Fabrizius

Ταινία 1936

The Skin Game

Dawker

Ταινία 1931

The Citadel

Joe Morgan

Ταινία 1938

There Ain't No Justice

Sammy Sanders

Ταινία 1939

The Proud Valley

Dick Parry

Ταινία 1940

Gone to Earth

Mr. James

Ταινία 1950

They Flew Alone

Mr. Johnson

Ταινία 1942

Bhowani Junction

Thomas Jones

Ταινία 1956

Turned Out Nice Again

Uncle Arnold

Ταινία 1941

The Spider and the Fly

Minister for War

Ταινία 1949

The Church Mouse

Mr. 'Pinky' Wormwood

Ταινία 1934

The Cocktail Party

Ταινία 1952

His Excellency

The Admiral

Ταινία 1952

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Mr. Blenkinsop

Ταινία 1941

Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday

Captain Edwin Fraser

Ταινία 1939

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Birkland

Ταινία 1948

Marigold

Mordan

Ταινία 1938

The Early Bird

Mr. Thomas Grimsdale

Ταινία 1965

Mister Cinders

Mr. Gaunt

Ταινία 1934

Blossom Time

Meyerhoffer

Ταινία 1934

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

Ταινία 1939

Man on the Run

Chief Inspector Mitchell

Ταινία 1949

Jeannie

Mr. Jansen

Ταινία 1941

Girls Will Be Boys

Grey

Ταινία 1934

The Young and the Guilty

George Connor

Ταινία 1958

Venus fra Vestø

Ταινία 1962

The Four Just Men

B.J. Burrell

Ταινία 1939

Poison Pen

Len Griffin

Ταινία 1939

Innocent Sinners

Manley

Ταινία 1958

The Big Deal

Sir Pierson Cale

Ταινία 1961

Convoy

Captain Eckersley

Ταινία 1940

Someone at the Door

Price

Ταινία 1936

Ships with Wings

Papadopoulos

Ταινία 1941

The Divine Spark

Saverio Mercadante

Ταινία 1935

Eating Out with Tommy Trinder

Mr. Jones

Ταινία 1941

Oscar Wilde

Marquis of Queensberry

Ταινία 1960

The Briggs Family

Charley Briggs

Ταινία 1940

Caste

Sam Gerridge

Ταινία 1930

Tilly of Bloomsbury

Percy Welwyn

Ταινία 1931

The Flying Squad

Sedeman

Ταινία 1932

The Love Match

Mr Longworth

Ταινία 1955

Mandy

Ackland

Ταινία 1952

The Intruder

Lowden

Ταινία 1953

Who Killed John Savage?

Inspector Chortley

Ταινία 1938

Night and the City

Hoskins (uncredited)

Ταινία 1950

Folly to Be Wise

Joseph Byres M.P.

Ταινία 1952

Joey Boy

Tom Hobson

Ταινία 1965

A Yank in Ermine

Duke of Fontenham

Ταινία 1955

Doctor at Large

Wilkins

Ταινία 1957

The Man Who Haunted Himself

Barton

Ταινία 1970

Now You're Talking

Alf Small

Ταινία 1940

The Crowded Day

Mr. Bunting

Ταινία 1954

The End of the Road

Works Manager

Ταινία 1954

Law and Disorder

Detective Inspector Bray

Ταινία 1940

Happy Ever After

Colonel

Ταινία 1932

Premiere

Lohrmann

Ταινία 1938

Τηλεοπτική σειρά μη διαθέσιμο από Edward Chapman

Champion House

Tv 1967

No Hiding Place

Tv 1959

Maigret

Tv 1960

The Onedin Line

Mr. Callon

Tv 1971