Edward Chapman
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
The World of Hammer
Serial • 1994
jako Self (archive footage)
The Onedin Line
Serial • 1971
jako Mr. Callon
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Film • 1970
jako Barton
Champion House
Serial • 1967
The Early Bird
Film • 1965
jako Mr. Thomas Grimsdale
The Man in Room 17
Serial • 1965
jako Oliver Crawford
Joey Boy
Film • 1965
jako Tom Hobson
Hide and Seek
Film • 1964
jako McPherson
A Stitch in Time
Film • 1963
jako Mr. Grimsdale
Venus fra Vestø
Film • 1962
The Big Deal
Film • 1961
jako Sir Pierson Cale
The Bulldog Breed
Film • 1960
jako Mr. Philpots
Maigret
Serial • 1960
Oscar Wilde
Film • 1960
jako Marquis of Queensberry
School for Scoundrels
Film • 1960
jako Gloatbridge
The Men From Room 13
Serial • 1959
jako Mr. Grandland
No Hiding Place
Serial • 1959
The Square Peg
Film • 1958
jako Private Wilfred Grimsdale
Innocent Sinners
Film • 1958
jako Manley
The Young and the Guilty
Film • 1958
jako George Connor
Just My Luck
Film • 1957
jako Mr. Stoneway
Doctor at Large
Film • 1957
jako Mr. Wilkins
X: The Unknown
Film • 1956
jako John Elliott
Lisbon
Film • 1956
jako Edgar Selwyn
Armchair Theatre
Serial • 1956
jako Sir Pierson Cale
Bhowani Junction
Film • 1956
jako Thomas Jones
The Love Match
Film • 1955
jako Mr Longworth
A Yank in Ermine
Film • 1955
jako Duke of Fontenham
The Crowded Day
Film • 1954
jako Mr. Bunting
The End of the Road
Film • 1954
jako Works Manager
A Day to Remember
Film • 1953
jako Mr. Robinson
The Intruder
Film • 1953
jako Lowden
Folly to Be Wise
Film • 1952
jako Joseph Byres M.P.
The Ringer
Film • 1952
jako Stranger
Mandy
Film • 1952
jako Ackland
The Card
Film • 1952
jako Mr. Duncalf
His Excellency
Film • 1952
jako The Admiral
The Magic Box
Film • 1952
jako Father in Family Group
The Cocktail Party
Film • 1952
Let’s Keep Our Teeth
Film • 1952
jako Self - Commentator
Gone to Earth
Film • 1950
jako Mr. James
Noc i miasto
Film • 1950
jako Hoskins (uncredited)
The Spider and the Fly
Film • 1949
jako Minister for War
Ścigany
Film • 1949
jako Chief Inspector Mitchell
The History of Mr. Polly
Film • 1949
jako Mr. Johnson
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Film • 1948
jako Birkland
It Always Rains on Sunday
Film • 1947
jako George Sandigate
The October Man
Film • 1947
jako Mr. Peachy
They Flew Alone
Film • 1942
jako Mr. Johnson
Ships with Wings
Film • 1941
jako Papadopoulos
Jeannie
Film • 1941
jako Mr. Jansen
Turned Out Nice Again
Film • 1941
jako Uncle Arnold
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Film • 1941
jako Mr. Blenkinsop
Eating Out with Tommy Trinder
Film • 1941
jako Mr. Jones
Convoy
Film • 1940
jako Captain Eckersley
The Briggs Family
Film • 1940
jako Charley Briggs
Law and Disorder
Film • 1940
jako Detective Inspector Bray
The Proud Valley
Film • 1940
jako Dick Parry
Now You're Talking
Film • 1940
jako Alf Small
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
Film • 1939
jako Captain Edwin Fraser
Poison Pen
Film • 1939
jako Len Griffin
There Ain't No Justice
Film • 1939
jako Sammy Sanders
The Four Just Men
Film • 1939
jako B.J. Burrell
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Film • 1939
Marigold
Film • 1938
jako Mordan
The Citadel
Film • 1938
jako Joe Morgan
Who Killed John Savage?
Film • 1938
jako Inspector Chortley
Premiere
Film • 1938
jako Lohrmann
Dama z portretu
Film • 1936
jako Fabrizius
Someone at the Door
Film • 1936
jako Price
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Film • 1936
jako Major Grigsby
Rzeczy, które nadejdą
Film • 1936
jako Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy
The Divine Spark
Film • 1935
jako Saverio Mercadante
Mister Cinders
Film • 1935
jako Mr. Gaunt
The Church Mouse
Film • 1934
jako Wormwood
Girls Will Be Boys
Film • 1934
jako Grey
Blossom Time
Film • 1934
jako Meyerhoffer
The Queen's Affair
Film • 1934
jako Guard
Happy Ever After
Film • 1932
jako Colonel
The Flying Squad
Film • 1932
jako Sedeman
Tilly of Bloomsbury
Film • 1931
jako Percy Welwyn
The Skin Game
Film • 1931
jako Dawker
Caste
Film • 1930
jako Sam Gerridge
Morderstwo
Film • 1930
jako Ted Markham
Juno and the Paycock
Film • 1930
jako Captain Boyle