Personal Info
Эдуард Чепмен
Эдвард Чепмен
Edward Chapman
Acting
Biography
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Man Who Haunted Himself
as Barton
The Early Bird
as Mr. Thomas Grimsdale
Joey Boy
as Tom Hobson
Hide and Seek
as McPherson
A Stitch in Time
as Mr. Grimsdale
Venus fra Vestø
The Big Deal
as Sir Pierson Cale
The Bulldog Breed
as Mr. Philpots
School for Scoundrels
as Gloatbridge
Oscar Wilde
as Marquis of Queensberry
TV Shows
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
The Onedin Line
as Mr. Callon · 9 ep.
Champion House
30 ep.
The Man in Room 17
as Oliver Crawford · 1 ep.
Maigret
1 ep.
No Hiding Place
1 ep.
The Men From Room 13
as Mr. Grandland · 2 ep.
Armchair Theatre
as Sir Pierson Cale · 1 ep.
