Edward Chapman
English actor (1901-1977) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 75
Edward Chapman was an English actor who starred in many films and television programmes, but is chiefly remembered as "Mr William 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.
Edward Chapman is read about 62 times a day, in 11 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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1977Died9 August 19771971
The Onedin LineSeries, Mr. Callon1970
The Man Who Haunted HimselfFilm, Barton1967Champion HouseSeries1965
The Man in Room 17Series, Oliver Crawford1963
A Stitch in TimeFilm, Mr. Grimsdale1962
Venus fra VestøFilm1960
MaigretSeries1959
No Hiding PlaceSeriesThe Men From Room 13Series, 1959Mr. Grandland1958
The Square PegFilm, Private Wilfred Grimsdale1957
Doctor at LargeFilm, Mr. Wilkins1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Sir Pierson Cale1954
The Crowded DayFilm, Mr. Bunting1952
Folly to Be WiseFilm, Joseph Byres M.P.1950
Gone to EarthFilm, Mr. James1948
Mr. Perrin and Mr. TraillFilm, Birkland1941
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to ItFilm, Mr. Blenkinsop1940
ConvoyFilm, Captain Eckersley1938
The CitadelFilm, Joe Morgan1936
RembrandtFilm, Fabrizius1930
Juno and the PaycockFilm, Captain Boyle1901Born13 October 1901
The Onedin LineSeries, Mr. Callon1970The Man Who Haunted HimselfFilm, Barton1967Champion HouseSeries1965The Man in Room 17Series, Oliver Crawford1963A Stitch in TimeFilm, Mr. Grimsdale1962Venus fra VestøFilm1960MaigretSeries1959No Hiding PlaceSeriesThe Men From Room 13Series, 1959Mr. Grandland1958The Square PegFilm, Private Wilfred Grimsdale1957Doctor at LargeFilm, Mr. Wilkins1956Armchair TheatreSeries, Sir Pierson Cale1954The Crowded DayFilm, Mr. Bunting1952Folly to Be WiseFilm, Joseph Byres M.P.1950Gone to EarthFilm, Mr. James1948Mr. Perrin and Mr. TraillFilm, Birkland1941Inspector Hornleigh Goes to ItFilm, Mr. Blenkinsop1940ConvoyFilm, Captain Eckersley1938The CitadelFilm, Joe Morgan1936RembrandtFilm, Fabrizius1930Juno and the PaycockFilm, Captain Boyle1901Born13 October 1901People around Edward
Close ties
Michael Balcon Produced It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Murder! and Juno and the Paycock
Robert Hamer Directed School for Scoundrels (1960)- Pen Tennyson Directed There Ain't No Justice (1939)
Norman Wisdom Also in The Square Peg and Just My Luck
Alastair Sim Also in School for Scoundrels (1960)- William Alwyn Wrote Madeleine, The Magic Box and The Card
- George Cole Also in The Wild Heart (1952)
Walter Forde Directed Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
Robert Asher Directed A Stitch in Time and The Early Bird- Allan Jeayes Also in Rembrandt, Convoy and The Proud Valley
Ralph Richardson Also in The Citadel and Oscar Wilde
Michael Powell Produced Gone to Earth (1950)- Emeric Pressburger Directed Gone to Earth and The Wild Heart
- Eric Ambler Produced The October Man (1947)
Ronald Neame Produced The Magic Box (1952)
Dandy Nichols Also in The History of Mr. Polly (1949)- Peter Jones Also in The Magic Box and School for Scoundrels
- John Paddy Carstairs Directed The Square Peg (1959)
- Jack Davies Wrote The Square Peg and The Early Bird
James Hayter Also in The Spider and the Fly and Marigold- Leslie Norman Directed X the Unknown (1956)
Wally Patch Also in The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)- John Clements Also in Rembrandt, The Divine Spark and Convoy
Known for
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Night and the City 1950
School for Scoundrels 1960
It Always Rains on Sunday 1947
Things to Come 1936
The Man Who Haunted Himself 1970
Filmography 40
85 credits on file
Television 8
About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1977 · aged 75
