Edward Chapman
Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK — Oct 13 1901• Died Aug 09 1977
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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 Geck…
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No Hiding Place
Maigret
The Onedin Line
Mr. Callon
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
The Man in Room 17
Oliver Crawford
The Men From Room 13
Mr. Grandland
A Yank in Ermine
Duke of Fontenham
Night and the City
Hoskins (uncredited)
X: The Unknown
John Elliott
A Day to Remember
Mr. Robinson
Armchair Theatre
Sir Pierson Cale
Murder!
Ted Markham
The Bulldog Breed
Mr. Philpots
The October Man
Mr. Peachy
The Citadel
Joe Morgan
Mandy
Ackland
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Barton
Things to Come
Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy
The Card
Mr. Duncalf
They Flew Alone
Mr. Johnson
The Intruder
Lowden
Convoy
Captain Eckersley
Gone to Earth
Mr. James
Rembrandt
Fabrizius
Doctor at Large
Mr. Wilkins
The Early Bird
Mr. Thomas Grimsdale
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Birkland
Joey Boy
Tom Hobson
The History of Mr. Polly
Mr. Johnson
Just My Luck
Mr. Stoneway
Turned Out Nice Again
Uncle Arnold
The Magic Box
Father in Family Group
Lisbon
Edgar Selwyn
Oscar Wilde
Marquis of Queensberry
Champion House
The Ringer
Stranger
The Square Peg
Private Wilfred Grimsdale
Poison Pen
Len Griffin
Jeannie
Mr. Jansen
The Skin Game
Dawker
The Four Just Men
B.J. Burrell
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Mr. Blenkinsop
Juno and the Paycock
Captain Boyle
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Major Grigsby
The Love Match
Mr Longworth
Ships with Wings
Papadopoulos
Hide and Seek
McPherson
Caste
Sam Gerridge
A Stitch in Time
Mr. Grimsdale
Girls Will Be Boys
Grey
Someone at the Door
Price
It Always Rains on Sunday
George Sandigate
Bhowani Junction
Thomas Jones
School for Scoundrels
Gloatbridge
The Briggs Family
Charley Briggs
The Proud Valley
Dick Parry
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
Captain Edwin Fraser
Folly to Be Wise
Joseph Byres M.P.
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
The Spider and the Fly
Minister for War
Mister Cinders
Mr. Gaunt
The Big Deal
Sir Pierson Cale
Blossom Time
Meyerhoffer
Man on the Run
Chief Inspector Mitchell
The End of the Road
Works Manager
The Divine Spark
Saverio Mercadante
Premiere
Lohrmann
The Crowded Day
Mr. Bunting
His Excellency
The Admiral
Marigold
Mordan
Tilly of Bloomsbury
Percy Welwyn
The Cocktail Party
Now You're Talking
Alf Small
Law and Disorder
Detective Inspector Bray
Innocent Sinners
Manley
Happy Ever After
Colonel
There Ain't No Justice
Sammy Sanders
The Church Mouse
Wormwood
The Queen's Affair
Guard
Venus fra Vestø
Who Killed John Savage?
Inspector Chortley
The Flying Squad
Sedeman
The Young and the Guilty
George Connor
Eating Out with Tommy Trinder
Mr. Jones
Let’s Keep Our Teeth
Self - Commentator