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Erik Chitty (1907–1977)

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Diminutive, worried-looking character actor and dedicated genealogist, educated at Dover College and Jesus College, Cambridge. Trained for acting at RADA. Appeared primarily on television, often in bumbling or owlish roles. Seen to best effect in recurring roles as Mr. Smith in Please Sir! and as Co-Ordinator Engin in "The Deadly Assassin" episodes of Doctor Who.

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(age 70) in London, England, UK

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1977 Midnight Is a Place (TV series)
Gabriel Towzer / Towzer
Episode #1.6 (1977) … Gabriel Towzer
Episode #1.5 (1977) … Gabriel Towzer
Episode #1.4 (1977) … Towzer
Episode #1.3 (1977) … Gabriel Towzer
Episode #1.2 (1977) … Gabriel Towzer
 
1977 A Bridge Too Far
Organist
 
1977 Raffles (TV series)
Dodson
Home Affairs (1977) … Dodson
 
1977 Jabberwocky
2nd Door Opener/Servant (uncredited)
 
1977 Hazlitt in Love (TV movie)
Goldsmith
 
1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Butler
 
1973-1976 The Goodies (TV series)
Eye Witness / The Butler / The Second Judge
Goodies in the Nick (1974) … Eye Witness/The Second Judge
A Hunting We Will Go (1973) … The Butler
 
1976 The Dick Emery Show (TV series)
 
1976 The Dick Emery Show (TV series)
Episode #14.3 (1976)
 
1976 The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Sam (uncredited)
 
1969-1976 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Ferapont / Phipps / Treisure
Loyalties (1976) … Treisure
The Three Sisters (1970) … Ferapont
An Ideal Husband (1969) … Phipps
 
1976 Happy Ever After (TV series)
Mr. Calthrop
Old Folks' Party (1976) … Mr. Calthrop
 
1975 The Basil Brush Show (TV series)
 
1975 One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Museum Guard
 
1975 Village Hall (TV series)
Mr. Memory Lane
Silver Threads (1975) … Mr. Memory Lane
 
1975 Churchill's People (TV series)
Dr. Ezekiel Hopkins
The Derry Boys (1975) … Dr. Ezekiel Hopkins
 
1975 Man About the House (TV series)
Magistrate
One for the Road (1975) … Magistrate
 
1975 Not on Your Nellie (TV series)
Doctor
The Lady with the Lamp (1975) … Doctor
 
1975 The Venturers (TV series)
Mr. Haversham
Gilt Edged (1975) … Mr. Haversham
 
1970-1974 Dad's Army (TV series)
Mr. Clerk / Mr. Sedgewick
Gorilla Warfare (1974) … Mr. Clerk
Boots, Boots, Boots (1970) … Mr. Sedgewick
 
1974 Great Expectations (TV movie)
Old Man
 
1974 Billy Liar (TV series)
Mr. Honeysett
Billy and the Food of Love (1974) … Mr. Honeysett
 
1974 Fall of Eagles (TV mini-series)
Hertling
End Game (1974) … Hertling
The Secret War (1974) … Hertling
 
1974 Crown Court (TV series)
Gerard Yates
Vermin: Part 1 (1974) … Gerard Yates
 
1973 Going Dutch
Mr. Molenaar
 
1973 Heil Caesar! (TV series)
Caius Ligartius
Murder of a President (1973) … Caius Ligartius
 
1973 Sykes (TV series)
Fancy Dress (1973)
 
1973 Casanova '73 (TV series)
Sportsmaster
Episode #1.2 (1973) … Sportsmaster
 
1973 Ooh La La! (TV series)
Gerome
Paying the Piper (1973) … Gerome
 
1973 The Vault of Horror
Old Waiter (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")
 
1973 War & Peace (TV mini-series)
Gerasim
The Road to Life (1973) … Gerasim
Moscow! (1973) … Gerasim
 
1973 The Flying Sorcerer
Sir Roger
 
1972 The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Claverton
 
1972 Lollipop Loves Mr Mole (TV series)
Dr.English
Its Only Natural Gas (1972) … Dr.English
 
1968-1972 Please Sir! (TV series)
Mr. Smith
The Fixer (1972) … Mr. Smith
The Price War (1972) … Mr. Smith
Blodwyn All Over (1972) … Mr. Smith
Cup Fever (1972) … Mr. Smith
 
1971 The Stalls of Barchester (TV movie)
Priest
 
1971 The Fenn Street Gang (TV series)
Mr. Smith
Rough Justice (1971) … Mr. Smith
 
1971 Shirley's World (TV series)
Commissionaire
The Berkley Club Caper (1971) … Commissionaire
 
1971 The Statue
Mouser
 
1971 Lust for a Vampire
Prof. Herz (as Eric Chitty)
 
1971 Mr Tumbleweed (TV movie)
Art gallery attendant
 
1970 The Railway Children
Photographer
 
1970 Play for Today (TV series)
Mr. Cawser
Angels Are So Few (1970) … Mr. Cawser
 
1970 Song of Norway
Helsted
 
1970 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Maitre Gaspard
Act of Separation (1970) … Maitre Gaspard
 
1970 Wicked Women (TV series)
Puget
Madeleine Jury (1970) … Puget
 
1970 Doomwatch (TV series)
Old Man
Project Sahara (1970) … Old Man
 
1970 Lola
Lawyer's Elderly Client
 
1969 A Nice Girl Like Me
Vicar
 
1969 Arthur! Arthur!
Uncle Ratty
 
1969 Strange Report (TV series)
The Keymaker
Skeleton: Let Sleeping Heroes Lie (1969) … The Keymaker
 
1969 A Handful of Thieves (TV mini-series)
Old Puffer
 
1969 Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (TV series)
Soames
Situations Vacant: Apply Saville Row (1969) … Soames
 
1969 Pickwick (TV movie)
Judge
 
1965-1969 Out of the Unknown (TV series)
Bernard / Dr. Hammond / Thool
The Naked Sun (1969) … Thool
The World in Silence (1966) … Dr. Hammond
Andover and the Android (1965) … Bernard
 
1969 The Possessed (TV mini-series)
Governor Ossip
The Sins of Others (1969) … Governor Ossip
 
1968 The Root of All Evil? (TV series)
Herr Waldemar
West of Eden (1968) … Herr Waldemar
 
1968 The £1,000,000 Bank Note (TV mini-series)
Mr. Brown
 
1968 Detective (TV series)
Dr. Haunt
Dover and the Deadly Poison Pen Letters (1968) … Dr. Haunt
 
1967 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Old Bailey Judge
An Officer of the Court (1967) … Old Bailey Judge
 
1967 Bedazzled
Seed - Sir Stanley Moon's Butler (uncredited)
 
1967 The Pilgrim's Progress (TV series)
Formalist / Man in Cage / Prisoner / …
Episode #1.3 (1967) … Envy/Man in Cage
Episode #1.2 (1967) … Pope / Formalist / Preacher / …
Episode #1.1 (1967) … Formalist / Man in Cage / Prisoner
 
1967 Angel Pavement (TV series)
Benenden
Up and Up (1967) … Benenden
They Arrive (1967) … Benenden
 
1967 Casino Royale
Sir James Bond's Butler (uncredited)
 
1967 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Mr. Aylwood
An Absolute Treasure (1967) … Mr. Aylwood
 
1967 Adam Adamant Lives! (TV series)
Critchley
The Survivors (1967) … Critchley
 
1964-1967 Theatre 625 (TV series)
General Ffoliott / Job
Parade's End #1: Some Do Not (1964) … General Ffoliott
 
1967 Sword of Honour (TV series)
Job
Officers and Gentlemen (1967) … Job
 
1967 Ouch! (short)
Vicar
 
1966 King of the River (TV series)
Captain Dan Farley
Sling Your Hook (1966) … Captain Dan Farley
 
1966 Our Man at St. Mark's (TV series)
Mr. Andrews
Holy Yo-Yo (1966) … Mr. Andrews
 
1966 A Farewell to Arms (TV mini-series)
Waiter
Like Saying Goodbye to a Statue (1966) … Waiter
We Knew the Summer Was Gone (1966) … Waiter
 
1965 Doctor Zhivago
Old Soldier
 
1965 Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Waiter
The Bruce-Partington Plans (1965) … Waiter
 
1965 The Worker (TV series)
Mr Corby
The Mechanics of Piecework (1965) … Mr Corby
 
1965 Secret Agent (TV series)
Butler
Such Men Are Dangerous (1965) … Butler
 
1964 Thursday Theatre (TV series)
Station waiter
Point of Departure (1964) … Station waiter
 
1964 The Massingham Affair (TV series)
Mr. Rees
 
1964 The Valiant Varneys (TV series)
Episode #1.7 (1964)
 
1964 The Horror of It All
Grandpa Marley
 
1964 First Men in the Moon
Gibbs, Cavor's Hired Man (uncredited)
 
1964 Sykes and A... (TV series)
Sykes and a Box (1964)
 
1963 Maupassant (TV series)
Savon
The Inheritance (1963) … Savon
 
1963 Bud (TV series)
Chief magistrate
Never Put Your Shirt on a Horse, Even If It Fits (1963) … Chief magistrate
 
1963 No Hiding Place (TV series)
Charlie Tyson
All Dead and Buried (1963) … Charlie Tyson
 
1963 The Victorians (TV mini-series)
Jessop
Still Waters Run Deep (1963) … Jessop
 
1963 Ghost Squad (TV series)
Hans Delarge
The Man with the Delicate Hands (1963) … Hans Delarge
 
1963 The Bergonzi Hand (TV movie)
Chairman of Trustees
 
1957-1963 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
Bert / Nightwatchman / Tosh
Trail of a Gun (1963) … Bert
All Buttoned Up (1958) … Nightwatchman
The Nelson Touch (1957) … Tosh
 
1962 Drama 61-67 (TV series)
Mr. West
Drama '62: A Chance in Life (1962) … Mr. West
 
1960-1961 Emergency-Ward 10 (TV series)
Ignatius Small
Episode #1.494 (1961) … Ignatius Small
Episode #1.493 (1961) … Ignatius Small
Episode #1.491 (1961) … Ignatius Small
Episode #1.461 (1961) … Ignatius Small
Episode #1.355 (1960) … Ignatius Small
 
1961 Echo Four Two (TV series)
1st Porter
Bag & Baggage (1961) … 1st Porter
 
1961 Roommates
Elderly Man at Concert
 
1961 Boyd Q.C. (TV series)
Mr. Prendergast
Findings Keepings (1961) … Mr. Prendergast
 
1961 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Commander Winter
The Paper Palace (1961) … Commander Winter
 
1961 If the Crown Fits (TV series)
Stevens the Footman
Royal Divorce (1961) … Stevens the Footman
The Ballet (1961) … Stevens the Footman
Peppercorn Rent (1961) … Stevens the Footman
Gambling (1961) … Stevens the Footman
Kythos (1961) … Stevens the Footman
 
1961 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series)
Tattoo Artist
The Face (1961) … Tattoo Artist
 
1961 Follow That Man
Doctor
 
1960 Maigret (TV series)
Hotel Clerk
Liberty Bar (1960) … Hotel Clerk
 
1960 The Strange World of Gurney Slade (TV series)
Clerk of Court
Episode #1.4 (1960) … Clerk of Court
 
1960 Not a Hope in Hell
Joe
 
1960 Arthur's Treasured Volumes (TV series)
Duke of Bellfoot
The Curse of the Bellfoots (1960) … Duke of Bellfoot
 
1960 The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Gudgeon (uncredited)
 
1960 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Fyodor
 
1960 Zoo Baby
Vulture man
 
1958-1959 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Hauck-Schendorf / Waiter
The Advocate (1959) … Waiter
The Macropulos Secret (1958) … Hauck-Schendorf
 
1950-1959 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Bank chairman / Cinquemani / Justice Shallow / …
The Lass of Richmond Hill (1957) … Weltje
Markheim (1952) … The Dealer
The Skin Game (1951) … Mr. Blinkard
 
1959 The Adventures of Brigadier Wellington-Bull (TV series)
Club chairman
A Clubbable Man (1959) … Club chairman
 
1959 Left Right and Centre
Deputy returning officer (as Eric Chitty)
 
1959 Volpone (TV movie)
Corbaccio
 
1959 William Tell (TV series)
Klein
Castle of Fear (1959) … Klein
 
1959 The Last Chronicle of Barset (TV series)
George, the waiter
The Arabins Return to Barchester (1959) … George, the waiter
Mr. Toogood Travels Professionally (1959) … George, the waiter
 
1959 Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (TV series)
Tiffey
David and Dora (1959) … Tiffey
 
1958 The Common Room (TV series)
Art dealer
That Great Artist Bisoni (1958) … Art dealer
 
1957 Mister Charlesworth (TV series)
Mr. Gilby
Mink Is Where You Find It (1957) … Mr. Gilby
 
1957 After the Ball
Waiter
 
1957 Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper (TV movie)
Mr. Cooker
 
1956 London Playhouse (TV series)
The Black Judge (1956)
 
1953-1956 Rheingold Theatre (TV series)
George / Mr. Gong
Mister Purley's Profession (1956) … George (as Eric Chitty)
Lowland Fling (1953) … Mr. Gong
 
1955-1956 The Granville Melodramas (TV series)
Badger / Bilcher / Giles / …
East Lynne (1956) … Lord Mount Severn
Puss in Boots (1955) … King Pumpkin
The Drunkard: Or the Fallen Saved (1955) … Lawyer Cribbs
 
1955 Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (TV series)
Railway porter
Bunter on the Run (1955) … Railway porter
 
1955 Footsteps in the Fog
Hedges (as Eric Chitty)
 
1955 The Stateless Man (short)
Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
 
1955 Raising a Riot
Mr. Buttons (uncredited)
 
1955 Windfall (uncredited)
 
1954 The Three Musketeers (TV series)
Jeweller
The Queen's Diamonds (1954) … Jeweller
 
1954 Time Is My Enemy
Ballistics Expert
 
1954 John Wesley
Trustee of Georgia
 
1954 There's Always a Better Way: Views on Trial (short)
Sterling Silver
 
1953 The Great Detective (TV series)
Gubbins, the gardener
 
1953 Your Favorite Story (TV series)
 
1953 The Pickwick Papers (TV series)
Sergeant Snubbin
 
1952 Temple Folly (TV movie)
Peters
 
1951 Circle of Danger
Boxoffice Clerk (uncredited)
 
1951 Captain Carvallo (TV movie)
Caspar Darde
 
1950 Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper (TV movie)
Mr. Cooker
 
1950 Assassin for Hire (TV movie)
Det. Sgt. Stott
 
1950 Chance of a Lifetime
Silas Pike
 
1950 Eye Witness
Judge's Clerk
 
1950 The Whole World Over (TV movie)
Stepan Cheezov
 
1949 The Ghost of Monsieur Tronjolly (TV movie)
The Golden Hand Landlord
 
1949 All Over the Town
Frobisher
 
1949 Forbidden
Schofield
 
1948 Oliver Twist
Workhouse Board Member (uncredited)
 
1948 I Killed the Count (TV movie)
Martin
 
1946 Alice (TV short)
White Rabbit
 
1946 Two Gentlemen of Soho (TV movie)
Waiter
 
1940 Blackout
Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
 
1939 The Day Is Gone (TV movie)
Radio Announcer (voice)
 
1939 The Advantages of Paternity (TV movie)
 
1939 Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress (TV movie)
Stammfest
 
1939 Katharine and Petruchio (TV movie)
A Tailor
 
1939 The Tempest (TV movie)
Boatswain
 
1938 The White Chateau (TV movie)
 
1938 Cast Up by the Sea (TV movie)
 
1938 Julius Caesar (TV movie)
Cinna
 
1938 The Rivals (TV movie)
Bob Acres
 
1938 The Marvellous History of St. Bernard (TV movie)
Menthon the Herald
 
1938 Henry IV (TV movie)
Valet
 
1938 Pyramus and Thisbe (TV movie)
Snout
 
1937 James Simpson (TV short)
Dr. Duncan (as Eric Chitty)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1978 Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook (documentary short)
Hokusai (voice) (as Eric Chitty)
 
1974 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself - Guest
John Alderton (1974) … Himself - Guest
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2000 I Love a 1970's Christmas (TV documentary)
 

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(1950) He acted in H.J. Byron's play, "Ali Baba or The Thirty-Nine Thieves," adapted by Hattie Jacques and Joan Sterndale Bennett in a pantomime production at the Players Theatre in London, England with Hattie Jacques, D. Anderson and J. Holman in the cast. Don Gemmell was director. See more »

Alternate Names:

Eric Chitty

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Trivia:

Diminutive, worried-looking character actor and dedicated genealogist, educated at Dover College and Jesus College, Cambridge. Trained for acting at RADA. Appeared primarily on television, often in bumbling or owlish roles. Seen to best effect in recurring roles as Mr. Smith in Please Sir! and as Co-Ordinator Engin in "The Deadly Assassin" episodes of Doctor Who. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer