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Edward Chapman 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.
Born
Sunday, 13 October 1901
Died
Tuesday, 09 August 1977
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| The Onedin Line | Mr. Callon | 1971 |
| The Man Who Haunted Himself | Barton | 1970 |
| The Morecambe & Wise Show | Self | 1968 |
| Champion House | Joe Champion | 1967 |
| The Early Bird | Mr. Grimsdale / Mr. Thomas Grimsdale | 1965 |
| Joey Boy | Tom Hobson | 1965 |
| Secret Agent | Sir Ralph | 1964 |
| Hide and Seek | McPherson | 1964 |
| A Stitch in Time | Mr. Grimsdale / Mr Grimsdale | 1963 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| The Onedin Line | Mr. Callon | 1971 |
| The Man Who Haunted Himself | Barton | 1970 |
| The Morecambe & Wise Show | Self | 1968 |
| Champion House | Joe Champion | 1967 |
| The Early Bird | Mr. Grimsdale / Mr. Thomas Grimsdale | 1965 |
| Joey Boy | Tom Hobson | 1965 |
| Secret Agent | Sir Ralph | 1964 |
| Hide and Seek | McPherson | 1964 |
| A Stitch in Time | Mr. Grimsdale / Mr Grimsdale | 1963 |
| Venus fra Vestø | Englænder | 1962 |
| The Bulldog Breed | Mr. Philpots | 1960 |
| Maigret | Hubert Vernoux | 1959 |
| Oscar Wilde | Marquis of Queensberry / John Sholto Douglas - Marquis of Queensberry | 1960 |
| School for Scoundrels | Gloatbridge | 1960 |
| Portrait of a Sinner | Willy Catch | 1959 |
| No Hiding Place | Mr. Holsworth | 1959 |
| The Square Peg | Mr. Grimsdale / Mr Grimsdale | 1958 |
| Innocent Sinners | Manley | 1958 |
| The Young and the Guilty | George Connor | 1958 |
| Just My Luck | Mr. Stoneway | 1957 |
| Doctor at Large | Wilkins | 1957 |
| X the Unknown | John Elliott | 1956 |
| Lisbon | Edgar Selwyn | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Sir Pierson Cale / Edward Strachan | 1956 |
| Bhowani Junction | Thomas Jones | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Fred Webber / Joe Lawson | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Lew / Jim Preston | 1955 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Bernard Glaister | 1955 |
| The Love Match | Mr. Longworth / Mr Longworth | 1955 |
| A Yank in Ermine | Duke of Fontenham | 1955 |
| Shop Spoiled | Mr. Bunting | 1954 |
| A Day to Remember | Mr. Robinson | 1953 |
| The Intruder | Lowden | 1953 |
| Rheingold Theatre | Dai Richards | 1953 |
| Folly to Be Wise | Joseph Byres M.P. | 1952 |
| The Ringer | Stranger | 1952 |
| Crash of Silence | Ackland | 1952 |
| The Promoter | Mr. Duncalf / Herbert Duncalf | 1952 |
| His Excellency | The Admiral | 1952 |
| The Cocktail Party | Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly | 1952 |
| The Magic Box | Father in Family Group | 1952 |
| Gone to Earth | Mr. James | 1950 |
| Night and the City | Hoskins | 1950 |
| Madeleine | Dr. Thompson | 1950 |
| The Spider and the Fly | Minister for War | 1949 |
| Man on the Run | Chief Inspector Mitchell | 1949 |
| The History of Mr. Polly | Mr. Johnson | 1949 |
| Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill | Birkland / Mr. Birkland | 1948 |
| It Always Rains on Sunday | George Sandigate | 1947 |
| The October Man | Mr. Peachy | 1947 |
| Journey Together | Pilot | 1945 |
| Wings and the Woman | Mr. Johnson | 1942 |
| Ships with Wings | Papadopoulos | 1941 |
| Jeannie | Mr. Jansen | 1941 |
| Turned Out Nice Again | Uncle Arnold | 1941 |
| Mail Train | Mr. Blenkinsop | 1941 |
| The Briggs Family | Charley Briggs | 1940 |
| Law and Disorder | Detective Inspector Bray | 1940 |
| Convoy | Captain Eckersley | 1940 |
| The Proud Valley | Dick Parry | 1940 |
| Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday | Captain Edwin Fraser | 1939 |
| Poison Pen | Len Griffin | 1939 |
| There Ain't No Justice | Sammy Sanders | 1939 |
| The Secret Four | 'B. J' / B.J. Burrell | 1939 |
| The Nursemaid Who Disappeared | Jenks | 1939 |
| The Citadel | Joe Morgan | 1938 |
| Who Killed John Savage? | Inspector Chortley | 1938 |
| Rembrandt | Fabrizius | 1936 |
| The Man Who Could Work Miracles | Major Grigsby | 1936 |
| Someone at the Door | Price | 1936 |
| Things to Come | Raymond Passworthy / Pippa Passworthy | 1936 |
| The Divine Spark | Saverio Mercadante | 1935 |
| Regal Cavalcade | Narrator | 1935 |
| Runaway Queen | Soldier | 1934 |
| Girls Will Be Boys | Grey | 1934 |
| April Blossoms | Meyerhoffer | 1934 |
| The Church Mouse | Mr. 'Pinky' Wormwood | 1934 |
| Mister Cinders | Mr. Gaunt | 1934 |
| Tilly of Bloomsbury | Percy Welwyn | 1931 |
| The Skin Game | Dawker | 1931 |
| Murder! | Ted Markham | 1930 |
| Caste | Sam Gerridge | 1930 |
| Juno and the Paycock | Captain Boyle | 1929 |
