Where to watch Edward Chapman in the UK
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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…
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- Maigret (1960) Cast
- No Hiding Place (1959) Cast
- The Onedin Line (1971) as Mr. Callon
- The World of Hammer (1994) as Self (archive footage)
- The Man in Room 17 (1965) as Oliver Crawford
- Champion House (1967) Cast
- The Men From Room 13 (1959) as Mr. Grandland
- Night and the City (1950) as Hoskins (uncredited)
- The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) as Barton
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Sir Pierson Cale
- The Citadel (1938) as Joe Morgan
- Convoy (1940) as Captain Eckersley
- Things to Come (1936) as Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy
- Caste (1930) as Sam Gerridge
- Innocent Sinners (1958) as Manley
- X: The Unknown (1956) as John Elliott
- Marigold (1938) as Mordan
- Poison Pen (1939) as Len Griffin
- The Card (1952) as Mr. Duncalf
- Murder! (1930) as Ted Markham
- School for Scoundrels (1960) as Gloatbridge
- Bhowani Junction (1956) as Thomas Jones
- The Ringer (1952) as Stranger
- The Magic Box (1952) as Father in Family Group
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) as Major Grigsby
- Mandy (1952) as Ackland
- Juno and the Paycock (1930) as Captain Boyle
- Gone to Earth (1950) as Mr. James
- The Skin Game (1931) as Dawker
- Rembrandt (1936) as Fabrizius
- It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) as George Sandigate
- Doctor at Large (1957) as Mr. Wilkins
- The Bulldog Breed (1960) as Mr. Philpots
- A Yank in Ermine (1955) as Duke of Fontenham
- Ships with Wings (1941) as Papadopoulos
- A Stitch in Time (1963) as Mr. Grimsdale
- Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill (1948) as Birkland
- Joey Boy (1965) as Tom Hobson
- The History of Mr. Polly (1949) as Mr. Johnson
- The Crowded Day (1954) as Mr. Bunting
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Most-watched Edward Chapman films currently: Night and the City (1950), The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970), The Citadel (1938), Convoy (1940), Things to Come (1936).
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Selected TV credits: Maigret (1960), No Hiding Place (1959), The Onedin Line (1971), The World of Hammer (1994), The Man in Room 17 (1965).
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