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.

Tom Chatto
Chatto in Guy Hamilton's Battle of Britain (1969)
Born	Thomas Chatto St George Sproule (1920-09-01)1 September 1920 Elstree, Hertfordshire], England
Died	8 August 1982(1982-08-08) (aged 61) London, England
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Rosalind Thompson
Children	2, including Daniel
Family	Andrew Chatto (great-grandfather) Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (daughter-in-law) Mae Martin (grandchild)

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.^[1]

His work in the theatre includes Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be, My Fair Lady, Number 10, The Young Visiters and Hushabye.^[2] 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. ^{[citation needed][3][4]}

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^[5] father of the stand-up comedian Mae Martin.^[6]
• Daniel Chatto^[7] who married Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, the daughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and Anthony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, and the niece of Queen Elizabeth II.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1957	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