Tom Chatto


Thomas Chatto was an English actor. He made some 28 appearances between 1957 and his death. Chatto appeared mostly in films, including Oscar Wilde in which he played the Clerk of Arraigns. He had a minor role in the pilot episode of Randall and Hopkirk in 1969 in the episode, "My Late Lamented Friend and Partner".

Early life and career

Born Thomas Chatto St George Sproule, Chatto was also well known for his role in the 1969 Guy Hamilton film, Battle of Britain. 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. He is also the great-grandson of the founder of Chatto and Windus, the well-known publishers. After the war he maintained the family interest in books and became a director of the firm of book sellers, Pickering and Chatto. His work in the theatre includes Fings ain't Wot they used to be, My Fair Lady, Number 10, The young visitors, Hushabye, and The man who power over women. He has appeared on TV in Honey Lane, The Expert, and Happy ever after. In 1969 he appeared with Tommy Steele and Mary Hopkins 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.

Marriage

Chatto married Rosalind Joan Thompson, who became a successful talent agent under the name Ros Chatto ; the couple had two sons: James and Daniel.

Filmography