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Edward Chapman‌

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Edward Chapman

Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK

Edward Chapman

Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1901-10-13

Popularity

star1.7

Biography

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 Wisdom's 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 Greet's Company in June 1924 at the Repertory Theatre, Nottingham, playing Gecko in George du Maurier's Trilby. He made his first London stage appearance at the Court Theatre in August 1925 playing the Rev Septimus Tudor in The Farmer's Wife. Among dozens of stage roles that followed, he played Bonaparte to Margaret Rawlings's 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 Chapman's fellow squadron mates were killed in action. Chapman first starred alongside Wisdom in 1957's 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 Wisdom's 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 1963's A Stitch in Time. Their final performance together was in The Early Bird in 1965, Wisdom's 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 BBC's 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.

Movie Credits

Things to Come

Things to Come‌
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calendar 1936

The Queen's Affair

The Queen's Affair‌
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calendar 1934

Murder!

Murder!‌
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calendar 1930

X the Unknown

X the Unknown‌
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calendar 1956

It Always Rains on Sunday

It Always Rains on Sunday‌
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calendar 1947

School for Scoundrels

School for Scoundrels‌
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calendar 1960

The Card

The Card‌
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calendar 1952

The Bulldog Breed

The Bulldog Breed‌
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calendar 1960

The Square Peg

The Square Peg‌
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calendar 1958

A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time‌
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calendar 1963

Just My Luck

Just My Luck‌
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calendar 1957

Juno and the Paycock

Juno and the Paycock‌
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calendar 1930

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek‌
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calendar 1964

The October Man

The October Man‌
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calendar 1947

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

The Man Who Could Work Miracles‌
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calendar 1936

Rembrandt

Rembrandt‌
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calendar 1936

The Magic Box

The Magic Box‌
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calendar 1952

The Skin Game

The Skin Game‌
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calendar 1931

The History of Mr. Polly

The History of Mr. Polly‌
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calendar 1949

The Citadel

The Citadel‌
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calendar 1938

There Ain't No Justice

There Ain't No Justice‌
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calendar 1939

The Proud Valley

The Proud Valley‌
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calendar 1940

Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth‌
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calendar 1950

They Flew Alone

They Flew Alone‌
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calendar 1942

Bhowani Junction

Bhowani Junction‌
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calendar 1956

Turned Out Nice Again

Turned Out Nice Again‌
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calendar 1941

The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly‌
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calendar 1949

The Church Mouse

The Church Mouse‌
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calendar 1934

The Cocktail Party

The Cocktail Party‌
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calendar 1952

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember‌
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calendar 1953

His Excellency

His Excellency‌
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calendar 1952

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It‌
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calendar 1941

Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday

Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday‌
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calendar 1939

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill‌
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calendar 1948

Marigold

Marigold‌
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calendar 1938

The Ringer

The Ringer‌
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calendar 1952

The Early Bird

The Early Bird‌
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calendar 1965

Blossom Time

Blossom Time‌
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calendar 1934

Mister Cinders

Mister Cinders‌
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calendar 1934

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared‌
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calendar 1939

Man on the Run

Man on the Run‌
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calendar 1949

Jeannie

Jeannie‌
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calendar 1941

Girls Will Be Boys

Girls Will Be Boys‌
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calendar 1934

The Young and the Guilty

The Young and the Guilty‌
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calendar 1958

Venus fra Vestø

Venus fra Vestø‌
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calendar 1962

Poison Pen

Poison Pen‌
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calendar 1939

The Four Just Men

The Four Just Men‌
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calendar 1939

Innocent Sinners

Innocent Sinners‌
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calendar 1958

The Big Deal

The Big Deal‌
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calendar 1961

Convoy

Convoy‌
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calendar 1940

Someone at the Door

Someone at the Door‌
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calendar 1936

Ships with Wings

Ships with Wings‌
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calendar 1941

The Divine Spark

The Divine Spark‌
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calendar 1935

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde‌
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calendar 1960

Eating Out with Tommy Trinder

Eating Out with Tommy Trinder‌
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calendar 1941

The Briggs Family

The Briggs Family‌
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calendar 1940

Caste

Caste‌
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calendar 1930

Tilly of Bloomsbury

Tilly of Bloomsbury‌
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calendar 1931

The Flying Squad

The Flying Squad‌
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calendar 1932

The Love Match

The Love Match‌
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calendar 1955

Mandy

Mandy‌
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calendar 1952

The Intruder

The Intruder‌
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calendar 1953

Who Killed John Savage?

Who Killed John Savage?‌
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calendar 1938

Night and the City

Night and the City‌
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calendar 1950

Folly to Be Wise

Folly to Be Wise‌
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calendar 1952

Joey Boy

Joey Boy‌
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calendar 1965

A Yank in Ermine

A Yank in Ermine‌
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calendar 1955

Doctor at Large

Doctor at Large‌
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calendar 1957

Lisbon

Lisbon‌
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calendar 1956

The Man Who Haunted Himself

The Man Who Haunted Himself‌
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calendar 1970

Now You're Talking

Now You're Talking‌
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calendar 1940

The Crowded Day

The Crowded Day‌
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calendar 1954

The End of the Road

The End of the Road‌
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calendar 1954

Law and Disorder

Law and Disorder‌
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calendar 1940

Happy Ever After

Happy Ever After‌
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calendar 1932

Premiere

Premiere‌
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calendar 1938

Tv Credits

Champion House

Champion House‌
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calendar 1967

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place‌
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calendar 1959

Maigret

Maigret‌
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calendar 1960

The Man In Room 17

The Man In Room 17‌
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calendar 1965

The Onedin Line

The Onedin Line‌
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calendar 1971