Biography

Welsh-born character actor with a penchant for dialects, accents and a diverse range of ethnic impersonations. Chissick trained for two years at Hampstead Studios and debuted on the London stage in 1972 as Macbeth's servant Seyton. He has performed in the West End and spent several seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he appeared in classic plays like School for Scandal, The Comedy of Errors and Edward III. Other theatrical roles have included Slop Wallace in the musical play Jack the Ripper, Mr. Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors, Mr. Goldstone in Gypsy and Mr. Visconti in Travels With My Aunt.

First on screen from 1958 as juveniles, Chissick was well cast in later decades as blue collar types, often workmen, shop owners, low level civil servants, drivers and barkeeps. His extensive resume of TV credits includes popular series like Minder (1979), Bird of Prey 2 (1984), Poirot (1989), A Touch of Frost (1992), Foyle's War (2002), Crime Traveller (1997) and Killing Eve (2018). More recently, Chissick has played the recurring character of betting shop owner Stan Dougan on the soap EastEnders (1985). He has also been the author of two plays (Mother Goose, 1997 and A Nation of Traders, RSC 2000).
- IMDb mini biography by: I.S.Mowis