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{{Short description|English actor (1920–1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tom Chatto
| image =Tom Chatto.gif
| imagesize =
| caption = Chatto in [[Guy Hamilton]]'s ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]'' (1969)
| birth_name = Thomas Chatto St George Sproule
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|9|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Elstree]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|8|8|1920|9|1|df=y}}
| death_place =[[London]], England
| alma_mater = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = Rosalind Thompson
| children = 2, including [[Daniel Chatto|Daniel]]
| family = [[Andrew Chatto]] (great-grandfather)<br>[[Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones]] (daughter-in-law)<br>[[Mae Martin]] (grandchild)
}}
'''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 [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]]. After the war he maintained the family interest in books and became a director of the firm of booksellers [[Pickering & Chatto Publishers|Pickering and Chatto]].

Chatto appeared mostly in films, including ''[[Oscar Wilde (1960 film)|Oscar Wilde]]'' (1960) in which he played the Clerk of Arraigns. He was well known for his role in the 1969 [[Guy Hamilton]] film ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba55de130|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211231541/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba55de130|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 February 2019|title=Tom Chatto|website=BFI}}</ref>

His work in the theatre includes ''[[Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be]]'', ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', ''Number 10'', ''[[The Young Visiters]]'' and ''Hushabye''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1166/tom-chatto|title=Tom Chatto | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> 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 (play)|Time out of Mind]]''. {{citation needed|date=December 2013}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.kent.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=READ/PRG/THE/PAL/F173756|title=Search Results|website=archive.kent.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.its-behind-you.com/gallery228.html|title=The Gallery – Playbills – Palladium Aladdin 1970|website=www.its-behind-you.com}}</ref>

He appeared on TV in ''Honey Lane'', ''[[The Cedar Tree]]'', ''[[The Expert (TV series)|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<ref>"Feel Good's Mae Martin: 'If you put a teenage girl in any industry, people will take advantage'". the Guardian. 5 July 2021</ref> whose child is the stand-up comedian [[Mae Martin]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mae Martin |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10380458.mae-martin/ |website=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] |date=26 April 2013 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Daniel Chatto]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Tim|title=The Queen's niece Lady Sarah Chatto mourns the death of agent to the stars|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 June 2012|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9332109/The-Queens-niece-Lady-Sarah-Chatto-mourns-the-death-of-agent-to-the-stars.html}}</ref> who married Lady [[Lady Sarah Chatto|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==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1957|| ''[[The Girl in the Picture (1957 film)|The Girl in the Picture]]'' || George Keefe ||
|-
|1957|| ''[[Quatermass 2]]'' || Broadhead ||
|-
|1960|| ''[[Oscar Wilde (film)|Oscar Wilde]]'' || Clerk of Arraigns ||
|-
|1962|| ''[[The Boys (1962 British film)|The Boys]]'' || Morris ||
|-
|1966|| ''[[The Frozen Dead]]'' || Inspector Witt ||
|-
|1967|| ''[[It! (1967 film)|It!]]'' || Young Captain ||
|-
|1969|| ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]'' || Willoughby's Assistant Controller ||
|-
|1970|| ''[[My Lover My Son]]'' || Woods ||
|-
|1970|| ''[[The Man Who Had Power Over Women]]'' || Doctor ||
|-
|1971|| ''[[Assault (film)|Assault]]'' || Police Doctor ||
|-
|1971|| ''[[When Eight Bells Toll (film)|When Eight Bells Toll]]'' || Lord Kirkside ||
|-
|1974|| ''[[Galileo (1974 film)|Galileo]]'' ||Town Crier ||
|-
|1975|| ''[[The Romantic Englishwoman]]'' || Neighbour ||
|-
|1979|| ''[[The Human Factor (1979 film)|The Human Factor]]'' || General Phipps ||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0154194| Tom Chatto}}

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