Tom Chatto

Tom Chatto
File:Tom Chatto.gif Chatto in Guy Hamilton's Battle of Britain (1969).
Born	Thomas Chatto St John Sproule (1920-09-01)1 September 1920 Elstree, Hertfordshire, England
Died	London, England
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Known for	Actor and father-in-law of Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, daughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Spouse(s)	Rosalind Joan Thompson (Ros Chatto)
Children	2, including Daniel Chatto

Thomas "Tom" Chatto (1 September 1920 – 8 August 1982) was a British actor. He made some 28 appearances between 1957 and his death. Chatto appeared mostly in films, including Oscar Wilde (1960) in which he played the Clerk of Arraigns. 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.

Early life and career

Born Thomas Chatto St John 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 Alladin, 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, 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 (died 5 June 2012); the couple had two sons: James and Daniel.

Filmography

• The Girl in the Picture (1957)
• Quatermass 2 (1957)
• Oscar Wilde (1960)
• The Boys (1962)
• It! (1966)
• The Frozen Dead (1967)
• Battle of Britain (1969)
• My Lover My Son (1970)
• Assault (1971)
• When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
• Galileo (1974)
• The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)
• The Human Factor (1979)

External links

• Tom Chatto at the Internet Movie Database