Paul Chapman is a British actor who made his acting debut in 1964 in the TV series Curtain of Fear. He was born in Hampstead, London in 1939 and is the brother of British playwright John Chapman and the nephew of actor Edward Chapman Since graduating from RADA in the early 1960s, Chapman has had an extensive career on stage and on screen. He has a number of high-profile television series to his name, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, A Bit of a Do, Pie in the Sky and Midsomer Murders, but is probably best known for his recurring role as Captain George Brent in Colditz. Chapman's other TV credits include Waiting for God, and in the BBC's 1971 adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion, as Captain Benwick. He was known in the late 1980s for playing Harwell Mincing, in ITV's children's costume drama Return of the Antelope. In recent years, it is probably Chapman's portrayal of Stephen Johnson in the BBC sitcom As Time Goes By, alongside Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer, for which he is best known. Chapman took on the role in Series 2 and appeared regularly until the show ended in 2002, returning for the Reunion Specials in 2005. 

January 1st, 1939 in (Age 85)