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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 b...
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Murder!
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X the Unknown
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It Always Rains on Sunday
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School for Scoundrels
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The Card
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The Bulldog Breed
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The Square Peg
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A Stitch in Time
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Just My Luck
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Juno and the Paycock
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Hide and Seek
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The October Man
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles
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Rembrandt
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The Magic Box
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The Skin Game
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The Citadel
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There Ain't No Justice
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The Proud Valley
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Gone to Earth
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They Flew Alone
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Bhowani Junction
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Turned Out Nice Again
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A Day to Remember
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His Excellency
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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
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Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
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Marigold
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The Early Bird
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Blossom Time
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Mister Cinders
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The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Man on the Run
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Jeannie
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Girls Will Be Boys
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The Young and the Guilty
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Venus fra Vestø
Poison Pen
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The Four Just Men
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Innocent Sinners
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The Big Deal
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Convoy
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Someone at the Door
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Ships with Wings
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The Divine Spark
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Oscar Wilde
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Eating Out with Tommy Trinder
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Caste
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Tilly of Bloomsbury
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The Flying Squad
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The Love Match
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Mandy
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The Intruder
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Who Killed John Savage?
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Night and the City
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Folly to Be Wise
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Joey Boy
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A Yank in Ermine
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