Tom Chatto

Thomas Chatto St George Sproule (1 September 1920 – 8 August 1982) was an English actor who made numerous appearances on television, film, and stage between 1957 and his death in 1982.

Early life and career Chatto is a great-grandson of Andrew Chatto (1840–1913) the founder of the publishers Chatto and Windus.

According to a London Palladium souvenir brochure from a 1970 production of Aladdin, he was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. During the war he was commissioned in the Indian Army. After the war he maintained the family interest in books and became a director of the firm of booksellers Pickering and Chatto.

Chatto appeared mostly in films, including Oscar Wilde (1960) in which he played the Clerk of Arraigns. He appeared in the 1969 Guy Hamilton film Battle of Britain.

His work in the theatre includes Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be, My Fair Lady, Number 10, The Young Visiters and Hushabye. In 1969 he appeared with Tommy Steele and Mary Hopkin in Dick Whittington at The London Palladium and in 1970 was The Emperor of China in Aladdin with Cilla Black, Alfred Marks and Leslie Crowther, and with Alec Guinness in the play Time out of Mind.

He appeared on TV in Honey Lane, The Cedar Tree, The Expert, Happy Ever After, and as Sergeant Grimshaw in Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House. He had a minor role in the pilot episode of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in 1969 in the episode, "My Late Lamented Friend and Partner".

Marriage Chatto married Rosalind Joan Thompson, who became a successful talent agent under the name Ros Chatto (died 5 June 2012); the couple had two sons: James Chatto father of the stand-up comedian Mae Martin. Daniel Chatto who married Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, the daughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, and the niece of Queen Elizabeth II.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1957 The Girl in the Picture George Keefe 1957 Quatermass 2 Broadhead 1960 Oscar Wilde Clerk of Arraigns 1962 The Boys Morris 1966 The Frozen Dead Inspector Witt 1967 It! Young Captain 1969 Battle of Britain Willoughby's Assistant Controller 1970 My Lover My Son Woods 1970 The Man Who Had Power Over Women Doctor 1971 Assault Police Doctor 1971 When Eight Bells Toll Lord Kirkside 1974 Galileo Town Crier 1975 The Romantic Englishwoman Neighbour 1979 The Human Factor General Phipps 1981Lady KillersDr. GriersonEpisode: "Make It a Double"