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Basil Sydney

Basil Sydney

Acting·1894–1968·43 films

Basil Sydney (23 April 1894 – 10 January 1968) was an English stage and screen actor. Sydney made his name in 1915 in the London stage hit Romance by Edward Sheldon, with Broadway star Doris Keane, and he costarred with Keane in the 1920 silent film of the play. The couple married in 1918, and when Keane revived Romance in New York City in 1921, Sydney made his Broadway debut in the parts. He stayed in New York for over a decade playing classical roles such as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (1922), Richard Dudgeon in The Devil's Disciple (1923), the title role in Hamlet (1923), Prince Hal in He

Filmography

Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)Reform Club Member
Hamlet
Hamlet (1948)Claudius - The King
Treasure Island
Treasure Island (1950)Captain Smollett
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe (1952)Waldemar Fitzurse
The Dam Busters
The Dam Busters (1955)Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)Emperor of Lilliput
Went the Day Well?
Went the Day Well? (1942)Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)Rufio
Salome
Salome (1953)Pontius Pilate
The Devil's Disciple
The Devil's Disciple (1959)Lawyer Hawkins
The Tunnel
The Tunnel (1935)Mostyn
Island in the Sun
Island in the Sun (1957)Julian Fleury
The Magic Box
The Magic Box (1952)William Fox-Talbot
Sea Wife
Sea Wife (1957)Bulldog
Simba
Simba (1955)Mr Crawford
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones (1959)Sir William Young
The Riverside Murder
The Riverside Murder (1935)Inspector Philip Winton
Jassy
Jassy (1947)Nick Helmar
The Hands of Orlac
The Hands of Orlac (1960)Maurice Seidelman
The Next of Kin
The Next of Kin (1942)Naval captain
Star of India
Star of India (1954)King Louis XIV
Mayerling
Mayerling (1957)The Emperor Franz Joseph
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)Costello
The Four Just Men
The Four Just Men (1939)Frank Snell
Spring Meeting
Spring Meeting (1941)James
A Story of David
A Story of David (1960)King Saul
Hell Below Zero
Hell Below Zero (1954)Bland
Ships with Wings
Ships with Wings (1941)Capt. Fairfax
A Question of Adultery
A Question of Adultery (1958)Sir John Loring
The Man Within
The Man Within (1947)Sir Henry Merriman
The Angel with the Trumpet
The Angel with the Trumpet (1950)Francis Alt
The Third Clue
The Third Clue (1934)Reinhardt Conway
Rhodes of Africa
Rhodes of Africa (1936)Dr. Jim Jameson
The Farmer's Wife
The Farmer's Wife (1941)Samuel Sweetland
Crime Over London
Crime Over London (1936)'Joker' Finnigan
The Amateur Gentleman
The Amateur Gentleman (1936)Louis Chichester
Romance
Romance (1920)
The Midshipmaid
The Midshipmaid (1932)Cmdr. Fosberry
Meet Me at Dawn
Meet Me at Dawn (1947)Georges Vermorel
Talk of the Devil
Talk of the Devil (1936)
Red Hot Romance
Red Hot Romance (1922)Rowland Stone
Dirty Work
Dirty Work (1934)Hugh Stafford
Accused
Accused (1936)Eugene Roget