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