Edward Chapman

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1901-10-13
  • event Death Date 1977-08-09
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 1.4
  • info Birth Place Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Edward Chapman

6.5

Things to Come

1936-03-31

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The Queen's Affair

1934-03-01

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Murder!

1930-07-31

6.1

X the Unknown

1956-09-21

6.6

It Always Rains on Sunday

1947-11-28

6.9

School for Scoundrels

1960-03-24

6.9

The Card

1952-02-25

5.8

The Bulldog Breed

1960-12-13

6.3

The Square Peg

1958-12-04

7.4

A Stitch in Time

1963-12-01

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Just My Luck

1957-11-14

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Juno and the Paycock

1930-06-29

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Hide and Seek

1964-06-21

6.2

The October Man

1947-08-28

5.7

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

1936-07-23

6.6

Rembrandt

1936-11-06

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The Magic Box

1952-01-01

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The Skin Game

1931-02-26

7.8

The History of Mr. Polly

1949-02-08

6.3

The Citadel

1938-10-29

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There Ain't No Justice

1939-06-17

6.2

The Proud Valley

1940-04-06

6.1

Gone to Earth

1950-11-06

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They Flew Alone

1942-06-29

5.9

Bhowani Junction

1956-05-01

6.5

Turned Out Nice Again

1941-08-01

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The Spider and the Fly

1949-12-01

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The Church Mouse

1934-12-10

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The Cocktail Party

1952-01-01

7.2

A Day to Remember

1953-11-10

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His Excellency

1952-01-22

6.9

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

1941-05-17

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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday

1939-12-01

7.7

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

1948-09-27

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Marigold

1938-11-03

5.8

The Ringer

1952-11-24

7.6

The Early Bird

1965-11-30

4.8

Blossom Time

1934-01-01

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Mister Cinders

1934-01-01

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The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

1939-03-01

6.6

Man on the Run

1949-05-20

6.5

Jeannie

1941-09-06

4.3

Girls Will Be Boys

1934-10-29

5.5

The Young and the Guilty

1958-01-01

5.6

Venus fra Vestø

1962-12-21

6.2

The Four Just Men

1939-06-01

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Poison Pen

1939-07-03

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Innocent Sinners

1958-03-25

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The Big Deal

1961-03-03

5.4

Convoy

1940-09-28

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Someone at the Door

1936-09-28

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Ships with Wings

1941-11-10

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The Divine Spark

1935-06-01

5.1

Oscar Wilde

1960-05-29

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Eating Out with Tommy Trinder

1941-02-21

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The Briggs Family

1940-09-07

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Caste

1930-09-01

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Tilly of Bloomsbury

1931-04-29

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The Flying Squad

1932-07-20

7.8

The Love Match

1955-02-01

6.9

Mandy

1952-07-29

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The Intruder

1953-10-18

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Who Killed John Savage?

1938-06-05

7.5

Night and the City

1950-06-15

6.7

Folly to Be Wise

1952-12-04

5.8

Joey Boy

1965-01-01

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A Yank in Ermine

1955-01-01

5.6

Doctor at Large

1957-03-26

6.4

Lisbon

1956-08-17

6.1

The Man Who Haunted Himself

1970-09-17

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Now You're Talking

1940-03-01

5.4

The Crowded Day

1954-10-01

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The End of the Road

1954-01-01

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Law and Disorder

1940-07-06

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Happy Ever After

1932-09-23

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Premiere

1938-01-20

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Champion House

1967-05-28

3.7

No Hiding Place

1959-09-16

6.9

Maigret

1960-10-31

5.5

The Man In Room 17

1965-06-11

6.8

The Onedin Line

1971-10-15