Erik Chitty

Erik Chitty (8 July 1907 in Dover, Kent – 22 July 1977 Brent, Middlesex) was an English stage, film and television actor.

Chitty was the son of a flour miller, Frederick Walter Chitty and his wife Ethel Elsie Assistance née Franklin; they married in 1902. He attended Dover College and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was one of the founders of the Cambridge University Mummers, before training at RADA and becoming a professional actor. He then ran his own repertory company in Frinton-on-Sea.

Chitty and former actress Hester Bevan married 1936, and they had two daughters and one son. He was also a keen genealogist.

Chitty was an early player in the fledgling BBC television output, which started in November 1936 until it was closed at the beginning of WWII.

His television credits included a major role as the aged "Mr Smith" in Please Sir!, and multiple appearances in Dad' s Army, Raffles, Doctor Who, Danger Man, Maigret, Man About the House and The Goodies.[19] He appeared in the TV musical Pickwick for the BBC in 1969.[20]

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Vorname:Erik
Geburtsdatum:08.07.1907 (♋ Krebs)
Geburtsort:Dover
Sterbedatum:22.07.1977
Sterbeort:London Borough of Brent
Nationalität:Vereinigtes Königreich
Sprachen:Englisch;
Geschlecht:♂männlich
Berufe:Schauspieler, Genealoge, Fernsehschauspieler,

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