Edward Chapman
Birthday
1901/10/13
Day of death
1977/08/09 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also know as
Эдуард Чепмен, Эдвард Чепмен
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1936) Things to Come
as Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy
(1934) The Queen's Affair
as Guard
(1930) Murder!
as Ted Markham
(1956) X the Unknown
as John Elliott
(1947) It Always Rains on Sunday
as George Sandigate
(1960) School for Scoundrels
as Gloatbridge
(1952) The Card
as Mr. Duncalf
(1960) The Bulldog Breed
as Mr. Philpots
(1958) The Square Peg
as Mr Grimsdale
(1963) A Stitch in Time
as Mr Grimsdale
(1957) Just My Luck
as Mr. Stoneway
(1930) Juno and the Paycock
as Captain Boyle
(1964) Hide and Seek
as McPherson
(1947) The October Man
as Mr. Peachy
(1936) The Man Who Could Work Miracles
as Major Grigsby
(1936) Rembrandt
as Fabrizius
(1952) The Magic Box
as Father in Family Group
(1931) The Skin Game
as Dawker
(1949) The History of Mr. Polly
as Mr. Johnson
(1938) The Citadel
as Joe Morgan
(1939) There Ain't No Justice
as Sammy Sanders
(1940) The Proud Valley
as Dick Parry
(1950) Gone to Earth
as Mr. James
(1942) They Flew Alone
as Mr. Johnson
(1956) Bhowani Junction
as Thomas Jones
(1941) Turned Out Nice Again
as Uncle Arnold
(1949) The Spider and the Fly
as Minister for War
(1934) The Church Mouse
as Wormwood
(1952) The Cocktail Party
as ---
(1953) A Day to Remember
as Mr. Robinson
(1952) His Excellency
as The Admiral
(1941) Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
as Mr. Blenkinsop
(1939) Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
as Captain Edwin Fraser
(1948) Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
as Birkland
(1938) Marigold
as Mordan
(1952) The Ringer
as Stranger
(1965) The Early Bird
as Mr. Thomas Grimsdale
(1934) Mister Cinders
as Mr. Gaunt
(1934) Blossom Time
as Meyerhoffer
(1939) The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
as ---
(1949) Man on the Run
as Chief Inspector Mitchell
(1941) Jeannie
as Mr. Jansen
(1934) Girls Will Be Boys
as Grey
(1958) The Young and the Guilty
as George Connor
(1962) Venus fra Vestø
as ---
(1939) The Four Just Men
as B.J. Burrell
(1939) Poison Pen
as Len Griffin
(1958) Innocent Sinners
as Manley
(1961) The Big Deal
as Sir Pierson Cale
(1940) Convoy
as Captain Eckersley
(1936) Someone at the Door
as Price
(1941) Ships with Wings
as Papadopoulos
(1935) The Divine Spark
as Saverio Mercadante
(1941) Eating Out with Tommy Trinder
as Mr. Jones
(1960) Oscar Wilde
as Marquis of Queensberry
(1940) The Briggs Family
as Charley Briggs
(1930) Caste
as Sam Gerridge
(1931) Tilly of Bloomsbury
as Percy Welwyn
(1932) The Flying Squad
as Sedeman
(1955) The Love Match
as Mr Longworth
(1952) Mandy
as Ackland
(1953) The Intruder
as Lowden
(1938) Who Killed John Savage?
as Inspector Chortley
(1950) Night and the City
as Hoskins (uncredited)
(1952) Folly to Be Wise
as Joseph Byres M.P.
(1965) Joey Boy
as Tom Hobson
(1955) A Yank in Ermine
as Duke of Fontenham
(1957) Doctor at Large
as Wilkins
(1956) Lisbon
as Edgar Selwyn
(1970) The Man Who Haunted Himself
as Barton
(1940) Now You're Talking
as Alf Small
(1954) The Crowded Day
as Mr. Bunting
(1954) The End of the Road
as Works Manager
(1940) Law and Disorder
as Detective Inspector Bray
(1932) Happy Ever After
as Colonel
(1938) Premiere
as Lohrmann
(1967) Champion House
as ---
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1960) Maigret
as ---
(1965) The Man In Room 17
as Oliver Crawford
(1971) The Onedin Line
as Mr. Callon