Norman Chappell
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Norman Chappell was a British character actor most known for his roles in the Carry On films and in The Avengers
The Avengers (TV series)
The Avengers is a spy-fi British television series set in the 1960s Britain. The Avengers initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed . Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants...

. He often portrayed slightly pompous types of which his role in "The Gilded Cage" was a good example.

Selected filmography

  • The Day the Earth Caught Fire
    The Day the Earth Caught Fire
    The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a British science fiction disaster film starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern and Janet Munro. It was directed by Val Guest and released in 1961....

    (1961)
  • Petticoat Pirates
    Petticoat Pirates
    Petticoat Pirates is a 1961 British comedy film directed by David MacDonald and starring Charlie Drake, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, John Turner and Thorley Walters.-Cast:* Charlie Drake as Charlie* Anne Heywood as Chief Officer Anne Stevens...

    (1961)
  • The Pot Carriers
    The Pot Carriers
    The Pot Carriers is a 1962 British comedy drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Ronald Fraser, Paul Massie, Carole Lesley and Dennis Price...

    (1962)
  • Jigsaw
    Jigsaw (1962 film)
    Jigsaw is a 1962 British crime drama film written and directed by Val Guest and starring Jack Warner and Ronald Lewis.-Plot:After a murder is committed in Brighton, two detectives comb the South Coast of England for the killer.-Cast:...

    (1962)
  • The Punch and Judy Man
    The Punch and Judy Man
    The Punch and Judy Man is a British comedy film from 1963 directed by Jeremy Summers. It was Tony Hancock's second film in a starring role, following The Rebel .-Plot:...

    (1963)
  • Carry On Cabby
    Carry On Cabby
    Carry On Cabby is the seventh Carry On film. Released in 1963, it was the first one written by series mainstay Talbot Rothwell from a story by Sid Green and Dick Hills...

    (1963)
  • 80,000 Suspects
    80,000 Suspects
    80,000 Suspects is a 1963 British film, directed by Val Guest which concerns an outbreak of smallpox in Bath, England.-Plot:A romantic melodrama set against the backdrop of a smallpox epidemic which features Richard Johnson as the diligent doctor in control and Claire Bloom as his outwardly serene...

    (1963)
  • Girl in the Headlines
    Girl in the Headlines
    Girl in the Headlines is a 1963 British detective film directed by Michael Truman and starring Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Jeremy Brett and Jane Asher.-Cast:* Ian Hendry - Inspector Birkett* Ronald Fraser - Sergeant Saunders* Margaret Johnston - Mrs Gray...

    (1963)
  • Crooks in Cloisters
    Crooks in Cloisters
    Crooks in Cloisters is a British-made comedy released in 1964 and starring Ronald Fraser as 'Little Walter' , the boss of a gang of forgers, including Bernard Cribbins as 'Squirts' , Melvyn Hayes as 'Willy' , Grégoire Aslan as 'Lorenzo' , and Davy Kaye as 'Specs' .-Synopsis:After pulling off...

    (1964)
  • Doctor in Clover
    Doctor in Clover
    Doctor in Clover is a British comedy film released in 1966, starring Leslie Phillips. The film is based on the novel by Richard Gordon.The film was shot in Carnaby Street, Wormwood Scrubs and Pinewood Studios.-Synopsis:...

    (1966)
  • The Mini-Affair
    The Mini-Affair
    The Mini-Affair is a 1967 British romantic comedy film directed by Robert Amram and starring Georgie Fame, Rosemary Nicols and John Clive. A leading Pop star is kidnapped in swinging London.-Cast:* Georgie Fame - Georgie Hart* Rosemary Nicols - Charlotte...

    (1967)
  • How I Won the War
    How I Won the War
    How I Won the War is a black comedy film directed by Richard Lester, released in 1967. The film stars Michael Crawford as bungling British Army Officer Lieutenant Earnest Goodbody, with John Lennon , Jack MacGowran , Roy Kinnear and Lee Montague as soldiers under his command...

    (1967)
  • Journey to Midnight
    Journey to Midnight
    Journey to Midnight is a 1968 British mystery film directed by Roy Ward Baker and Alan Gibson, It starred Sebastian Cabot, Bernard Lee, Chad Everett, Fay Compton and Edward Fox. Joan Crawford was also due to appear, but her scenes were ultimately cut....

    (1968)
  • Toomorrow
    Toomorrow (film)
    Toomorrow is a 1970 British musical film starring Olivia Newton-John, and directed by Val Guest.-Synopsis:A group of students pay their way through school by forming a pop band called Toomorrow; sonic vibrations from a special instrument called a "tonaliser" cause an extraterrestrial to abduct the...

    (1970)
  • Carry On Henry
    Carry On Henry
    Carry On Henry is the 21st of the Carry On series and was released in 1971. It tells a fictionalised story involving Sid James as Henry VIII, who chases after Barbara Windsor's character Bettina. James and Windsor feature alongside other regulars Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Terry...

    (1971)
  • Nearest and Dearest (1972)
  • Au Pair Girls
    Au Pair Girls
    Au Pair Girls is a 1972 British comedy film directed by Val Guest.The film is part of the British 1970s soft core sex comedy film. It also had cameo appearances by mainstream actors such as John Le Mesurier and Richard O'Sullivan.-Plot:...

    (1972)
  • Love Thy Neighbour
    Love Thy Neighbour (1973 film)
    Love Thy Neighbour is a 1973 British comedy film starring Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Kate Williams and Nina Baden-Semper, spun off from the television series Love Thy Neighbour.-Cast:* Jack Smethurst as Eddie Booth...

    (1973)
  • Percy's Progress
    Percy's Progress
    Percy's Progress is a 1974 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas. It was written by Sid Colin, Harry H. Corbett and Ian Le Frenais. It was released in the United States under the title It's Not the Size That Counts...

    (1974)
  • The Four Musketeers
    The Four Musketeers (film)
    The Four Musketeers is a 1974 Richard Lester film that follows upon his film of the year before, The Three Musketeers, and covers the second half of Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers...

    (1974)
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