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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...
Highest rated appearances
as George Sandigate
Hide and Seek
as McPherson

The Square Peg
as Private Wilfred Grimsdale

Innocent Sinners
as Manley

The Young and the Guilty
as George Connor

Just My Luck
as Mr. Stoneway

Doctor at Large
as Mr. Wilkins

X: The Unknown
as John Elliott

Lisbon
as Edgar Selwyn

Bhowani Junction
as Thomas Jones

The Love Match
as Mr Longworth

A Yank in Ermine
as Duke of Fontenham

The Crowded Day
as Mr. Bunting

The End of the Road
as Works Manager

A Day to Remember
as Mr. Robinson

The Intruder
as Lowden

Folly to Be Wise
as Joseph Byres M.P.

The Ringer
as Stranger

Mandy
as Ackland

The Card
as Mr. Duncalf

His Excellency
as The Admiral

The Magic Box
as Father in Family Group

The Cocktail Party
Let’s Keep Our Teeth
as Self - Commentator

Gone to Earth
as Mr. James

Night and the City
as Hoskins (uncredited)

The Spider and the Fly
as Minister for War

Man on the Run
as Chief Inspector Mitchell

The History of Mr. Polly
as Mr. Johnson

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
as Birkland

It Always Rains on Sunday
as George Sandigate

The October Man
as Mr. Peachy

They Flew Alone
as Mr. Johnson

Ships with Wings
as Papadopoulos

Jeannie
as Mr. Jansen

Turned Out Nice Again
as Uncle Arnold

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
as Mr. Blenkinsop

Eating Out with Tommy Trinder
as Mr. Jones

Convoy
as Captain Eckersley

The Briggs Family
as Charley Briggs

Law and Disorder
as Detective Inspector Bray

The Proud Valley
as Dick Parry

Now You're Talking
as Alf Small

Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
as Captain Edwin Fraser

Poison Pen
as Len Griffin

There Ain't No Justice
as Sammy Sanders

The Four Just Men
as B.J. Burrell
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

Marigold
as Mordan

The Citadel
as Joe Morgan
Who Killed John Savage?
as Inspector Chortley
Premiere
as Lohrmann

Rembrandt
as Fabrizius
Someone at the Door
as Price

The Man Who Could Work Miracles
as Major Grigsby

Things to Come
as Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy
The Divine Spark
as Saverio Mercadante

Mister Cinders
as Mr. Gaunt

The Church Mouse
as Wormwood

Girls Will Be Boys
as Grey

Blossom Time
as Meyerhoffer

The Queen's Affair
as Guard
Happy Ever After
as Colonel

The Flying Squad
as Sedeman
Tilly of Bloomsbury
as Percy Welwyn

The Skin Game
as Dawker

Caste
as Sam Gerridge

Murder!
as Ted Markham

Juno and the Paycock
as Captain Boyle