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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 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...
Known for
No Hiding PlaceSeries • 1959
MaigretSeries • 1960
The Onedin LineSeries • 1971
Night and the CityMovie • 1950
Things to ComeMovie • 1936
The Man Who Haunted HimselfMovie • 1970
MandyMovie • 1952
The CitadelMovie • 1938
Gone to EarthMovie • 1950
A Stitch in TimeMovie • 1963
The Early BirdMovie • 1965
Murder!Movie • 1930
The Square PegMovie • 1958
Bhowani JunctionMovie • 1956
X: The UnknownMovie • 1956
The CardMovie • 1952
It Always Rains on SundayMovie • 1947
The Magic BoxMovie • 1952
Juno and the PaycockMovie • 1930
RembrandtMovie • 1936
The Skin GameMovie • 1931
The Man Who Could Work MiraclesMovie • 1936
The October ManMovie • 1947
School for ScoundrelsMovie • 1960