Edward Chapman

Personal Info

Birthday

October 13, 1901

Day of Death

1977-08-09

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Эдуард Чепмен

Эдвард Чепмен

Edward Chapman

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.

Known For

The Onedin Line

The Man in Room 17

Rembrandt

Innocent Sinners

The Men From Room 13

Mandy

Things to Come

Night and the City

Filmography

1970
The Man Who Haunted Himself
as Barton
1965
The Early Bird
as Mr. Thomas Grimsdale
Joey Boy
as Tom Hobson
1964
Hide and Seek
as McPherson
1963
A Stitch in Time
as Mr Grimsdale
1961
The Big Deal
as Sir Pierson Cale
1960
The Bulldog Breed
as Mr. Philpots
Oscar Wilde
as Marquis of Queensberry
School for Scoundrels
as Gloatbridge
1958
The Square Peg
as Mr Grimsdale
Innocent Sinners
as Manley
The Young and the Guilty
as George Connor
1957
Just My Luck
as Mr. Stoneway
Doctor at Large
as Wilkins
1956
X: The Unknown
as John Elliott
Lisbon
as Edgar Selwyn
Bhowani Junction
as Thomas Jones
1955
The Love Match
as Mr Longworth
A Yank in Ermine
as Duke of Fontenham
1954
The Crowded Day
as Mr. Bunting
The End of the Road
as Works Manager
1953
A Day to Remember
as Mr. Robinson
The Intruder
as Lowden
1952
Folly to Be Wise
as Joseph Byres M.P.
The Ringer
as Stranger
Mandy
as Ackland
The Card
as Mr. Duncalf
His Excellency
as The Admiral
The Magic Box
as Father in Family Group
1950
Gone to Earth
as Mr. James
Night and the City
as Hoskins (uncredited)
1949
The Spider and the Fly
as Minister for War
Man on the Run
as Chief Inspector Mitchell
The History of Mr. Polly
as Mr. Johnson
1948
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
as Birkland
1947
It Always Rains on Sunday
as George Sandigate
The October Man
as Mr. Peachy
1942
They Flew Alone
as Mr. Johnson
1941
Ships with Wings
as Papadopoulos
Jeannie
as Mr. Jansen
Turned Out Nice Again
as Uncle Arnold
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
as Mr. Blenkinsop
Eating Out with Tommy Trinder
as Mr. Jones
1940
Convoy
as Captain Eckersley
The Briggs Family
as Charley Briggs
Law and Disorder
as Detective Inspector Bray
The Proud Valley
as Dick Parry
Now You're Talking
as Alf Small
1939
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
as Captain Edwin Fraser
Poison Pen
as Len Griffin
There Ain't No Justice
as Sammy Sanders
The Four Just Men
as B.J. Burrell
1938
Marigold
as Mordan
The Citadel
as Joe Morgan
Who Killed John Savage?
as Inspector Chortley
Premiere
as Lohrmann
1936
Rembrandt
as Fabrizius
Someone at the Door
as Price
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
as Major Grigsby
Things to Come
as Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy
1935
The Divine Spark
as Saverio Mercadante
Mister Cinders
as Mr. Gaunt
1934
The Church Mouse
as Wormwood
Girls Will Be Boys
as Grey
Blossom Time
as Meyerhoffer
The Queen's Affair
as Guard
1932
Happy Ever After
as Colonel
The Flying Squad
as Sedeman
1931
Tilly of Bloomsbury
as Percy Welwyn
The Skin Game
as Dawker
1930
Caste
as Sam Gerridge
Murder!
as Ted Markham
Juno and the Paycock
as Captain Boyle