Edward Chapman (13 October 1901 – 9 August 1977) was an

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who starred in many

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and

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programmes, but is chiefly remembered as "Mr. William Grimsdale", the officious superior and comic foil to

Norman Wisdom Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring a hapless onscreen character often called Norman ...

's character of Pitkin in many of his films from the late 1950s and 1960s.

Life and career

Chapman was born in

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, and was the uncle of actor/screenwriter John Chapman and actor Paul Chapman. On leaving school he became a bank clerk, but later began his

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career with the

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Players in June 1924 at the

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Repertory Theatre, playing Gecko in

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'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

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's Josephine in ''Napoleon'' at the Embassy Theatre in September 1934. In 1928 he attracted the attention of

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, who gave him the role of "The Paycock" in the 1930 film, ''

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''. In the same year he also made an appearance in ''

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''. He had a role in ''

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'' in 1938 and appeared alongside

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in the

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comedy ''

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'' in 1941. During the

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he took a break from acting and joined the

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. After training he was posted to 129 (Mysore) Squadron as an intelligence officer. This Spitfire squadron was based at

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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 Norman Wisdom in 1957's '' Just My Luck'' in the role of Mr. Stoneway, but the next year in ''

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'' 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 ''The Bulldog Breed'' is a 1960 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom and directed by Robert Asher. Plot Norman Puckle (Norman Wisdom), a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, cannot seem to do anything right. After being rejected b ...

'', 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, Chapman 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

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reportedly threw Chapman out of his dressing room when he solicited his signature for the petition.Symons, Mitchel
''Desert Island Discs: Flotsam & Jetsam: Fascinating facts, figures and miscellany from one of BBC Radio 4’s best-loved programmes'', London, Random House, 25 October 2012
/ref> From 1965 Chapman played mostly character roles on television. His final role was as Mr. Callon for nine episodes of the BBC's seafaring melodrama ''

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'' between 1971 and 1972. Chapman died in August 1977 of a

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, England at the age of 75.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1930) – Captain Boyle * ''

Murder! ''Murder!'' is a 1930 British thriller film co-written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring and Edward Chapman. Written by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville and Walter C. Mycroft, it is based on the 19 ...

'' (1930) – Ted Markham * ''

'' (1930) – Sam Gerridge * ''

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'' (1931) – Dawker * '' Tilly of Bloomsbury'' (1931) – Percy Welwyn * '' The Flying Squad'' (1932) – Sedeman * '' Happy Ever After'' (1932) – Colonel * ''

The Queen's Affair ''The Queen's Affair'' is a 1934 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Fernand Gravey, Muriel Aked and Edward Chapman. An Eastern European President falls in love with the Queen whom he had previously depo ...

'' (1934) – Soldier * '' Guest of Honour'' (1934) – Montague Tidmarsh * ''

The Church Mouse ''The Church Mouse'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Laura La Plante, Ian Hunter and Edward Chapman. It was made by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers at the company's Teddington Studios. It was made ...

'' (1934) – Mr. 'Pinky' Wormwood * '' Blossom Time'' (1934) – Meyerhoffer * ''

Girls Will Be Boys ''Girls Will Be Boys'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dolly Haas, Cyril Maude and Esmond Knight. It is based on ''The Last Lord'', a play by Kurt Siodmak. The film was shot at Elstree Studios with sets des ...

'' (1934) – Grey * ''

Royal Cavalcade ''Royal Cavalcade'', also known as ''Regal Cavalcade'', is a 1935 British, black-and-white, drama film directed by six separate directors: Thomas Bentley (Supervising Director), Herbert Brenon, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, W. P. Kellino and Mar ...

'' (1935) – Narrator (voice) * '' The Divine Spark'' (1935) – Saverio Mercadante * '' Things to Come'' (1936) – Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy * '' Someone at the Door'' (1936) – Price * ''

The Man Who Could Work Miracles ''The Man Who Could Work Miracles'' is a 1937 London Films British fantasy-comedy film directed by Lothar Mendes and produced by Alexander Korda. The film stars Roland Young with a cast of supporting players including Sir Ralph Richardson. ...

'' (1936) – Major Grigsby * ''

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'' (1936) – Fabrizius * ''

Love and How to Cure It ''Love and How to Cure It'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Royston Morley, based on a story by Thornton Wilder and starring Sara Gregory, Louise Hampton, Edward Chapman and Athene Seyler. It was made by the BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here ...

'' (1937) * ''

Who Killed John Savage? ''Who Killed John Savage?'' is a 1937 British mystery film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Nicholas Hannen, Barry MacKay, Kathleen Kelly, Henry Oscar and Edward Chapman. The film is based on a novel by Philip MacDonald and is a remake ...

'' (1937) – Inspector Chortley * ''

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'' (1938) – Lohrmann * ''

I've Got a Horse ''I've Got a Horse'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Herbert Smith and starring Sandy Powell, Norah Howard and Felix Aylmer.Wood p.98 Plot Sandy accepts a racehorse called Lightning as settlement for a bad debt. When he enters the ...

'' (1938) – George * ''

'' (1938) – Joe Morgan * '' Marigold'' (1938) – Mordan * ''

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared ''The Nursemaid Who Disappeared'' is a 1939 British, black-and-white, crime film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Ronald Shiner as Detective Smith (uncredited), Ian Fleming, Arthur Margetson, Peter Coke and Edward Chapman. Based on ...

'' (1939) – Jenks * '' The Four Just Men'' (1939) – 'B. J' * ''

There Ain't No Justice ''There Ain't No Justice'' is a 1939 British sports drama film directed by Pen Tennyson and starring Jimmy Hanley, Edward Chapman and Edward Rigby. The film is based on the 1937 novel of the same name by James Curtis. Plot summary Tommy Mut ...

'' (1939) – Sammy Sanders * ''

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'' (1939) – Len Griffin * ''

Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday ''Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday'' is a 1939 British detective film directed by Walter Forde and starring Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim and Linden Travers. It is the sequel to the 1938 film '' Inspector Hornleigh'', and both films are based ...

'' (1939) – Captain Edwin Fraser * '' The Proud Valley'' (1940) – Dick Parry * ''

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'' (1940) – Captain Eckersley * '' Law and Disorder'' (1940) – Detective Inspector Bray * ''

The Briggs Family ''The Briggs Family'' is a 1940 British drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Edward Chapman, Felix Aylmer, Jane Baxter, Oliver Wakefield and Austin Trevor. During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is ...

'' (1940) – Charley Briggs * ''

Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It ''Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It'' is a 1941 British detective film directed by Walter Forde and starring Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Phyllis Calvert and Edward Chapman. It was the third and final film adaptation of the Inspector Hornle ...

'' (1941) – Mr. Blenkinsop * ''

'' (1941) – Uncle Arnold * '' Jeannie'' (1941) – Mr. Jansen * '' Ships with Wings'' (1942) – Papadopoulos * '' They Flew Alone'' (1942) – Mr. Johnson * ''

The October Man ''The October Man'' is a 1947 mystery film/film noir starring John Mills and Joan Greenwood, written by novelist Eric Ambler, who also produced. A man is suspected of murder, and the lingering effects of a brain injury he sustained in an earlier ...

'' (1947) – Mr. Peachy * '' It Always Rains on Sunday'' (1947) – George Sandigate * ''

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill ''Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill'' is a 1948 British drama film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Marius Goring, David Farrar, Greta Gynt, Edward Chapman and Raymond Huntley. It is based on the 1911 novel of the same title by Hugh Walpole ...

'' (1948) – Birkland * '' The History of Mr. Polly'' (1949) – Mr. Johnson * ''

Man on the Run ''Man on the Run'' is a 1949 British film noir directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Kenneth More and Laurence Harvey. Plot An army deserter, still a fugitive in post-war Britain, wanders ...

'' (1949) – Chief Inspector Mitchell * '' The Spider and the Fly'' (1949) – Minister for War * '' Madeleine'' (1950) – Dr. Thompson * ''

Night and the City ''Night and the City'' is a 1950 film noir directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney and Googie Withers. It is based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Kersh. Shot on location in London and at Shepperton Studio ...

'' (1950) – Hoskins (uncredited) * '' Gone to Earth'' (1950) – Mr. James * ''

The Magic Box ''The Magic Box'' is a 1951 British Technicolor biographical drama film directed by John Boulting. The film stars Robert Donat as William Friese-Greene, with numerous cameo appearances by performers such as Peter Ustinov and Laurence Olivier. ...

'' (1951)Release date for The Magic Box
in IMDb. – Father in Family Group * ''

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'' (1952) – The Admiral * ''

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'' (1952) – Herbert Duncalf * '' Mandy'' (1952) – Ackland * '' The Ringer'' (1952) – Stranger * '' Folly to Be Wise'' (1953) – Joseph Byres M.P. * '' The Intruder'' (1953) – Lowden * ''

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'' (1953) – Mr. Robinson * ''

The End of the Road ''The End of the Road'' is the second novel by American writer John Barth, published first in 1958, and then in a revised edition in 1967. The irony-laden black comedy's protagonist Jacob Horner suffers from a Existential nihilism, nihilistic p ...

'' (1954) – Works Manager * ''

The Crowded Day ''The Crowded Day'' is a 1954 British comedy drama film directed by John Guillermin and starring John Gregson, Joan Rice, Cyril Raymond and Josephine Griffin. The film follows a group of shopgirls working in Bunting and Hobbs, a London departm ...

'' (1954) – Mr. Bunting * ''

The Love Match ''The Love Match'' is a 1955 British black and white comedy film directed by David Paltenghi and starring Arthur Askey, Glenn Melvyn, Thora Hird and Shirley Eaton. A football-mad railway engine driver and his fireman are desperate to get back i ...

'' (1955) – Mr. Longworth * ''

A Yank in Ermine ''A Yank in Ermine'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Peter Thompson, Noelle Middleton, Harold Lloyd Jr. and Diana Decker, and featuring Jon Pertwee and Sid James. It was adapted by John Paddy Carstairs fro ...

'' (1955) – Duke of Fontenham * '' Bhowani Junction'' (1956) – Thomas Jones * ''

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'' (1956) – Edgar Selwyn * '' X the Unknown'' (1956) – John Elliott * '' Doctor at Large'' (1957) – Wilkins * '' Just My Luck'' (1957) – Mr. Stoneway * ''

Innocent Sinners ''Innocent Sinners'' is a 1958 British black and white film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Flora Robson. It was based on the 1955 novel '' An Episode of Sparrows'' by Rumer Godden. Plot Olivia Chesney is too sick to leave home, som ...

'' (1958) – Manley * ''

'' (1958) – Mr. Grimsdale * '' The Young and the Guilty'' (1958) – George Connor * '' The Rough and the Smooth'' (1959) – Willy Catch * '' School for Scoundrels'' (1960) – Gloatbridge * ''

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'' (1960) – Marquis of Queensberry * ''

'' (1960) – Mr. Philpots * ''

Venus fra Vestø ''Venus fra Vestø'' (literally, ''Venus from West Island'') is a 1962 Danish comedy war film directed by Annelise Reenberg and starring Malene Schwartz. The film is based on Jerrard Tickell's 1951 novel ''Appointment with Venus'' (Danish tit ...

'' (1962) – Englænder * '' A Stitch in Time '' (1963) – Mr. Grimsdale * ''

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'' (1964) – McPherson * ''

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'' (1965) – Tom Hobson * '' The Early Bird'' (1965) – Mr. Grimsdale * ''

The Man Who Haunted Himself ''The Man Who Haunted Himself'' is a 1970 British psychological thriller film written and directed by Basil Dearden (his final film prior to his death by automobile accident in 1971) and starring Roger Moore. It is based on the 1957 novel '' The ...

'' (1970) – Barton

Selected stage appearances

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(1927) * '' The Combined Maze'' by Frank Vosper (1927) * ''

Leave It to Psmith ''Leave It to Psmith'' is a comic novel by English author P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 30 November 1923 by Herbert Jenkins, London, England, and in the United States on 14 March 1924 by George H. Doran, New York.M ...

'' by

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and

P.G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( ; 15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeve ...

(1930) * ''

The Good Companions ''The Good Companions'' is a novel by the English author J. B. Priestley. Written in 1929, it follows the fortunes of a concert party on a tour of England. It is Priestley's most famous novel and established him as a national figure. It won ...

'' by

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(1931) * '' Chase the Ace'' by

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(1935)

References

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