Edward Chapman (actor)

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Edward Chapman
Born	Edward Chapman (1901-10-13)13 October 1901 Harrogate, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Died	9 August 1977(1977-08-09) (aged 75) Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Years active	1930–1972
Spouse(s)	Constance Sparks (1931 – ?) (divorced) Prudence Nesbitt (1968–1977) (his death)
Relatives	John Chapman (nephew), Paul Chapman (nephew)

Edward Chapman (13 October 1901 – 9 August 1977)^[1] was an English actor who starred in many films and television programmes, but is chiefly remembered as "Mr. William 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.^[2]