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- Birth nameArnold Edward Chapman
- Eddie Chapman was born on November 16, 1914 in Burnopfield, County Durham, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Joey Boy (1965), To Tell the Truth (1956) and The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964). He was married to Betty Farmer. He died on December 11, 1997 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- SpouseBetty Farmer(1938 - December 11, 1997) (his death, 2 children)
- He was known to his German spy-handlers as Fritz and to Britain's MI5 security service as Zig-Zag, but his real name was Arnold Edward Chapman.
- Displaying a talent for deception that rivaled his considerable skills at blowing open safes in pre-war Britain, Mr. Chapman connived with British agents to convince the Germans that he had blown up an aircraft factory in England. He also fed false information to the Germans that kept buzz-bombs away from central London in the late stages of the war.
- A notorious British safecracker who hoodwinked German intelligence in World War II -- winning the Nazis' Iron Cross for bravery while serving as a double agent for Britain.
- His adventures were chronicled in a 1967 film ''Triple Cross,'' in which he was portrayed by Christopher Plummer.
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