x

Login

Remember me
Forget password ?

Or via social

x

sign up

person_profile-Edward Chapman

Edward Chapman Died at age: 75

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Edward Chapman

Date of Birth:

Oct 13, 1901

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Aug 09, 1977

Biography of

Edward Chapman

    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.

Photos of

Edward Chapman

Photos ( 1 Photos

Filmography of

Edward Chapman

Found 63 Movies in total

... 1970

The Early Bird

Mr. Thomas Grimsdale ( Actor )

... 1965

Joey Boy

Tom Hobson ( Actor )

... 1965

Hide and Seek

McPherson ( Actor )

... 1964

A Stitch in Time

Mr Grimsdale ( Actor )

... 1963

... 1962

The Bulldog Breed

Mr. Philpots ( Actor )

... 1960

Oscar Wilde

Marquis of Queensberry ( Actor )

... 1960

School for Scoundrels

Gloatbridge ( Actor )

... 1960

The Square Peg

Mr Grimsdale ( Actor )

... 1958

Innocent Sinners

Manley ( Actor )

... 1958

Just My Luck

Mr. Stoneway ( Actor )

... 1957

Doctor at Large

Wilkins ( Actor )

... 1957

X: The Unknown

John Elliott ( Actor )

... 1956

Lisbon

Edgar Selwyn ( Actor )

... 1956

Bhowani Junction

Thomas Jones ( Actor )

... 1956

The Love Match

Mr Longworth ( Actor )

... 1955

A Yank in Ermine

Duke of Fontenham ( Actor )

... 1955

The Crowded Day

Mr. Bunting ( Actor )

... 1954

The End of the Road

Works Manager ( Actor )

... 1954

A Day to Remember

Mr. Robinson ( Actor )

... 1953

The Intruder

Lowden ( Actor )

... 1953

Folly to Be Wise

Joseph Byres M.P. ( Actor )

... 1952

The Ringer

Stranger ( Actor )

... 1952

Mandy

Ackland ( Actor )

... 1952

The Card

Mr. Duncalf ( Actor )

... 1952

His Excellency

The Admiral ( Actor )

... 1952

The Magic Box

Father in Family Group ( Actor )

... 1952

Gone to Earth

Mr. James ( Actor )

... 1950

Night and the City

Hoskins (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

The Spider and the Fly

Minister for War ( Actor )

... 1949

Man on the Run

Chief Inspector Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1949

The History of Mr. Polly

Mr. Johnson ( Actor )

... 1949

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Birkland ( Actor )

... 1948

It Always Rains on Sunday

George Sandigate ( Actor )

... 1947

The October Man

Mr. Peachy ( Actor )

... 1947

They Flew Alone

Mr. Johnson ( Actor )

... 1942

Ships with Wings

Papadopoulos ( Actor )

... 1941

Jeannie

Mr. Jansen ( Actor )

... 1941

Turned Out Nice Again

Uncle Arnold ( Actor )

... 1941

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Mr. Blenkinsop ( Actor )

... 1941

Convoy

Captain Eckersley ( Actor )

... 1940

The Briggs Family

Charley Briggs ( Actor )

... 1940

Law and Disorder

Detective Inspector Bray ( Actor )

... 1940

The Proud Valley

Dick Parry ( Actor )

... 1940

Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday

Captain Edwin Fraser ( Actor )

... 1939

Poison Pen

Len Griffin ( Actor )

... 1939

There Ain't No Justice

Sammy Sanders ( Actor )

... 1939

The Four Just Men

B.J. Burrell ( Actor )

... 1939

The Citadel

Joe Morgan ( Actor )

... 1938

Rembrandt

Fabrizius ( Actor )

... 1936

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

Major Grigsby ( Actor )

... 1936

Things to Come

Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy ( Actor )

... 1936

Mister Cinders

Mr. Gaunt ( Actor )

... 1935

The Church Mouse

Mr. 'Pinky' Wormwood ( Actor )

... 1934

Girls Will Be Boys

Grey ( Actor )

... 1934

The Queen's Affair

Guard ( Actor )

... 1934

Blossom Time

Meyerhoffer ( Actor )

... 1934

The Flying Squad

Sedeman ( Actor )

... 1932

The Skin Game

Dawker ( Actor )

... 1931

Caste

Sam Gerridge ( Actor )

... 1930

Murder!

Ted Markham ( Actor )

... 1930

Juno and the Paycock

Captain Boyle ( Actor )

... 1930