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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- No Hiding Place (1959) Cast
- Maigret (1960) 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
- The Card (1952) as Mr. Duncalf
- X: The Unknown (1956) as John Elliott
- Murder! (1930) as Ted Markham
- The Magic Box (1952) as Father in Family Group
- The Men From Room 13 (1959) as Mr. Grandland
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Sir Pierson Cale
- Night and the City (1950) as Hoskins (uncredited)
- The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) as Barton
- Bhowani Junction (1956) as Thomas Jones
- Things to Come (1936) as Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy
- The Citadel (1938) as Joe Morgan
- Gone to Earth (1950) as Mr. James
- Lisbon (1956) as Edgar Selwyn
- Doctor at Large (1957) as Mr. Wilkins
- The Bulldog Breed (1960) as Mr. Philpots
- The Square Peg (1958) as Private Wilfred Grimsdale
- The Skin Game (1931) as Dawker
- It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) as George Sandigate
- Mandy (1952) as Ackland
- A Stitch in Time (1963) as Mr. Grimsdale
- Rembrandt (1936) as Fabrizius
- Just My Luck (1957) as Mr. Stoneway
- The Spider and the Fly (1949) as Minister for War
- Hide and Seek (1964) as McPherson
- Ships with Wings (1941) as Papadopoulos
- Turned Out Nice Again (1941) as Uncle Arnold
- A Day to Remember (1953) as Mr. Robinson
- His Excellency (1952) as The Admiral
- The Early Bird (1965) as Mr. Thomas Grimsdale
- They Flew Alone (1942) as Mr. Johnson
- School for Scoundrels (1960) as Gloatbridge
- The Intruder (1953) as Lowden
- Oscar Wilde (1960) as Marquis of Queensberry
- Champion House (1967) Cast
- Poison Pen (1939) as Len Griffin
- The Crowded Day (1954) as Mr. Bunting
- Juno and the Paycock (1930) as Captain Boyle
- The Four Just Men (1939) as B.J. Burrell
- Premiere (1938) as Lohrmann
- Innocent Sinners (1958) as Manley
- Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill (1948) as Birkland
- Folly to Be Wise (1952) as Joseph Byres M.P.
- Man on the Run (1949) as Chief Inspector Mitchell
- The History of Mr. Polly (1949) as Mr. Johnson
- Convoy (1940) as Captain Eckersley
- The Ringer (1952) as Stranger
- Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939) as Captain Edwin Fraser
- Blossom Time (1934) as Meyerhoffer
- The Love Match (1955) as Mr Longworth
- The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939) Cast
- Happy Ever After (1932) as Colonel
- A Yank in Ermine (1955) as Duke of Fontenham
- The Church Mouse (1934) as Wormwood
- The October Man (1947) as Mr. Peachy
- Law and Disorder (1940) as Detective Inspector Bray
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) as Major Grigsby
- The Proud Valley (1940) as Dick Parry
- The End of the Road (1954) as Works Manager
- Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941) as Mr. Blenkinsop
- The Flying Squad (1932) as Sedeman
- Mister Cinders (1935) as Mr. Gaunt
- The Queen's Affair (1934) as Guard
- Caste (1930) as Sam Gerridge
- The Divine Spark (1935) as Saverio Mercadante
- The Briggs Family (1940) as Charley Briggs
- There Ain't No Justice (1939) as Sammy Sanders
- Jeannie (1941) as Mr. Jansen
- The Young and the Guilty (1958) as George Connor
- Girls Will Be Boys (1934) as Grey
- Someone at the Door (1936) as Price
- Now You're Talking (1940) as Alf Small
- Tilly of Bloomsbury (1931) as Percy Welwyn
- Marigold (1938) as Mordan
- Joey Boy (1965) as Tom Hobson
- The Big Deal (1961) as Sir Pierson Cale
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Most-watched Edward Chapman films currently: The Card (1952), X: The Unknown (1956), Murder! (1930), The Magic Box (1952), Night and the City (1950).
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Selected TV credits: No Hiding Place (1959), Maigret (1960), The Onedin Line (1971), The World of Hammer (1994), The Man in Room 17 (1965).
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