To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

How to transfigure the Wikipedia

Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? We have created a browser extension. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology.

Try it — you can delete it anytime.

Install in 5 seconds
4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
Languages
Recent
Show all languages
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
Great Wikipedia has got greater.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

Erik Chitty

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the Canadian speedway rider, see Eric Chitty.

Erik Chitty
Born(1907-07-08)8 July 1907
Dover, Kent, UK
Died22 July 1977(1977-07-22) (aged 70)
Brent, Middlesex, UK
Alma materRADA
OccupationActor
Years active1937-1977
SpouseHester Bevan
Children3

Erik Chitty (8 July 1907 in Dover, Kent[1] – 22 July 1977 Brent, Middlesex)[2] was an English stage, film and television actor.[3][4]

YouTube Encyclopedic

  • 1/5
    Views:
    31 178
    18 685
    109 136 191
    81 500
    64 003
  • Making of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the musical
  • The Horror of It All
  • Nastya and her daily Routine with dad
  • Jeremy☆Brett An Ideal Husband 1969 (Eng.Sub) 2/6
  • South Park Season 25 Episode 3 Real Estate Agents

Transcription

Early life

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.[5] He then ran his own repertory company in Frinton-on-Sea.

Personal life

Chitty and former actress Hester Bevan married 1936, and they had two daughters and one son. He was also a keen genealogist.[6]

Television career

Early television (1936–1939)

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.

  • Pyramus And Thisbe, 23 July 1937, Snout[7]
  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, 2 March 1938, Guildenstern[8]
  • Henry IV 22 March 1938, "Valet"[9]
  • The White Chateau, 11 November 1938,[A] Trooper of Uhlans/Orderly/Linesman[10]
  • Edna's Fruit Hat, 27 January 1939, Cousin Sid[11]
  • The Tempest, 5 February 1939, Boatswain[12]
  • The Unquiet Spirit, 7 March 1939 "Hall Porter"[13]
  • Katharine and Petruchio, 12 April 1939, "A Tailor"[14]
  • Annajanska, The Bolsjevik Empress 2 May 1939, "Stammfest"[15]
  • The Day is Gone, 4 August 1939, Radio announcer's voice[16]
  • The Advantages of Paternity 12 May 1939, "Brunov"[17][18]

Television postwar (1946 onwards)

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][4] He appeared in the TV musical Pickwick for the BBC in 1969.[20]

Filmography

Notes

  1. ^ Armistice Day, 20th anniversary

References

  1. ^ British Film and Television Year Book 1975, 24th edition, Peter Noble, Cinema T.V. Today, 1975, p. 72
  2. ^ https://www.olddovorians.com/erick-chitty-english-stage-film-and-television-actor-famous-ods-profile/
  3. ^ "Erik Chitty - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  4. ^ a b "Erik Chitty". Archived from the original on 15 Jan 2009.
  5. ^ Fabrique. "Eric Chitty – RADA". rada.ac.uk.
  6. ^ "Chitty of London: genealogy and family history". chittyoflondon.awardspace.co.uk.
  7. ^ Radio Times (23 Jul 1937), Pyramus And Thisbe, vol. 56, BBC Television, p. 46
  8. ^ Radio Times (2 Mar 1938), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, vol. 58, BBC Television, p. 18
  9. ^ Radio Times (22 Mar 1938), Henry IV, vol. 58, BBC Television, p. 17
  10. ^ Radio Times (11 Nov 1938), The White Chateau, vol. 61, BBC Television, p. 18
  11. ^ Radio Times (27 Jan 1939), Edna's Fruit Hat, vol. 62, BBC Television, p. 17
  12. ^ Radio Times (5 Feb 1939), The Tempest, vol. 62, BBC Television, p. 12
  13. ^ Radio Times (7 Mar 1939), The Unquiet Spirit, vol. 62, BBC Television, p. 16
  14. ^ Radio Times (7 Apr 1939), Katharine and Petruchio, vol. 63, BBC Television, p. 17
  15. ^ Radio Times (2 May 1939), Annajanska, The Bolsjevik Empress, vol. 63, BBC Television, p. 15
  16. ^ Radio Times (4 Aug 1939), The Day is Gone, vol. 64, BBC Television, p. 17
  17. ^ Radio Times (12 May 1939), The Advantages of Paternity, vol. 63, BBC Television, p. 15
  18. ^ The Advantages of Paternity (1939) at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  19. ^ McFarlane, Brian (2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. OUP.
  20. ^ "Pickwick (1969)". Archived from the original on 9 Mar 2016.

External links

This page was last edited on 6 February 2024, at 12:58
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.
Contact WIKI 2
Introduction
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy