Edward Chapman actor
- All known tv series 5
- Total known movies 76
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.
Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy
Movie 1936
Guard
Movie 1934
George Sandigate
Movie 1947
Gloatbridge
Movie 1960
Mr. Philpots
Movie 1960
Mr Grimsdale
Movie 1958
Mr Grimsdale
Movie 1963
Mr. Stoneway
Movie 1957
Captain Boyle
Movie 1930
McPherson
Movie 1964
Mr. Peachy
Movie 1947
Major Grigsby
Movie 1936
Fabrizius
Movie 1936
Dawker
Movie 1931
Joe Morgan
Movie 1938
Sammy Sanders
Movie 1939
Dick Parry
Movie 1940
Mr. James
Movie 1950
Mr. Johnson
Movie 1942
Thomas Jones
Movie 1956
Uncle Arnold
Movie 1941
Minister for War
Movie 1949
Mr. 'Pinky' Wormwood
Movie 1934
Movie 1952
The Admiral
Movie 1952
Mr. Blenkinsop
Movie 1941
Captain Edwin Fraser
Movie 1939
Birkland
Movie 1948
Mordan
Movie 1938
Mr. Thomas Grimsdale
Movie 1965
Mr. Gaunt
Movie 1934
Meyerhoffer
Movie 1934
Movie 1939
Chief Inspector Mitchell
Movie 1949
Mr. Jansen
Movie 1941
Grey
Movie 1934
George Connor
Movie 1958
Movie 1962
B.J. Burrell
Movie 1939
Len Griffin
Movie 1939
Manley
Movie 1958
Sir Pierson Cale
Movie 1961
Captain Eckersley
Movie 1940
Price
Movie 1936
Papadopoulos
Movie 1941
Saverio Mercadante
Movie 1935
Mr. Jones
Movie 1941
Marquis of Queensberry
Movie 1960
Charley Briggs
Movie 1940
Sam Gerridge
Movie 1930
Percy Welwyn
Movie 1931
Sedeman
Movie 1932
Mr Longworth
Movie 1955
Ackland
Movie 1952
Lowden
Movie 1953
Inspector Chortley
Movie 1938
Hoskins (uncredited)
Movie 1950
Joseph Byres M.P.
Movie 1952
Tom Hobson
Movie 1965
Duke of Fontenham
Movie 1955
Wilkins
Movie 1957
Barton
Movie 1970
Alf Small
Movie 1940
Mr. Bunting
Movie 1954
Works Manager
Movie 1954
Detective Inspector Bray
Movie 1940
Colonel
Movie 1932
Lohrmann
Movie 1938
Tv 1967
Tv 1959
Tv 1960
Mr. Callon
Tv 1971
