Personal Info
Known Credits
46
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1894-04-23 (131 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Essex, England, UK
Also Known For
Basil Sydney
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Acting
1960 --
A Story of David
| King Saul
1960 --
The Hands of Orlac
| Maurice Seidelman
1960 --
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
| Emperor of Lilliput
1959 --
The Devil's Disciple
| Lawyer Hawkins
1959 --
John Paul Jones
| Sir William Young
1958 --
A Question of Adultery
| Sir John Loring
1957 --
Sea Wife
| Bulldog
1957 --
Island in the Sun
| Julian Fleury
1957 --
Mayerling
| The Emperor Franz Joseph
1956 --
Around the World in Eighty Days
| Reform Club Member
1955 --
The Dam Busters
| Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
1955 --
Simba
| Mr Crawford
1954 --
Hell Below Zero
| Bland
1954 --
Star of India
| King Louis XIV
1953 --
Three's Company
| Dr. Graham
1953 --
Salome
| Pontius Pilate
1952 --
Ivanhoe
| Waldemar Fitzurse
1952 --
The Magic Box
| William Fox-Talbot
1950 --
Treasure Island
| Captain Smollett
1950 --
The Angel with the Trumpet
| Francis Alt
1948 --
Hamlet
| Claudius - The King
1947 --
Jassy
| Nick Helmar
1947 --
The Man Within
| Sir Henry Merriman
1947 --
Meet Me at Dawn
| Georges Vermorel
1945 --
Caesar and Cleopatra
| Rufio
1942 --
Went the Day Well?
| Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
1942 --
The Next of Kin
| Naval captain
1942 --
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
| Costello
1941 --
Ships with Wings
| Capt. Fairfax
1941 --
The Farmer's Wife
| Samuel Sweetland
1941 --
Spring Meeting
| James
1940 --
Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing
| (uncredited)
1939 --
The Four Just Men
| Frank Snell
1936 --
Accused
| Eugene Roget
1936 --
Talk of the Devil
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1936 --
Crime Over London
| 'Joker' Finnigan
1936 --
Rhodes of Africa
| Dr. Jim Jameson
1936 --
The Amateur Gentleman
| Louis Chichester
1936 --
Blind Man's Bluff
| Dr. Peter Fairfax
1935 --
The Tunnel
| Mostyn
1935 --
The Riverside Murder
| Inspector Philip Winton
1934 --
Dirty Work
| Hugh Stafford
1934 --
The Third Clue
| Reinhardt Conway
1932 --
The Midshipmaid
| Cmdr. Fosberry
1922 --
Red Hot Romance
| Rowland Stone
1920 --
Romance
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