Londoner Paul Chapman was born in 1939,the younger brother of comedy writer John Chapman and nephew of the actor Edward Chapman. After attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art he graduated in the early 1960s and made his television debut in 1964 in the series 'Curtain of Fear'. Several regular slots in television shows followed,including as an inmate of 'Colditz',Sir Harwell Mincing in the children's period drama 'Return of the Antelope',the pompous - but cuckolded - father of the bride in 'A Bit of a Do', and in two episodes of 'Midsomer Murders'. However he will probably be best known for playing the hen-pecked brother-in-law in long-running sitcom 'As Time Goes By'.