Basil Sydney
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Sir Norman Tullis
Silent Evidence
1962
as Dr. Martin Westlake
Drama 61-67
1961
as Mourtzinos
The Hands of Orlac
1960
as Maurice Seidelman
A Story of David
1960
as King Saul
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1960
as Emperor of Lilliput
The Devil's Disciple
1959
as Lawyer Hawkins
John Paul Jones
1959
as Sir William Young
No Hiding Place
1959
A Question of Adultery
1958
as Sir John Loring
Sea Wife
1957
as Bulldog
Mayerling
1957
as The Emperor Franz Joseph
Island in the Sun
1957
as Julian Fleury
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Reform Club Member
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Pastor Manders
Simba
1955
as Mr Crawford
The Dam Busters
1955
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Hell Below Zero
1954
as Bland
Star of India
1954
as King Louis XIV
Salome
1953
as Pontius Pilate
Three's Company
1953
as Dr. Graham
Ivanhoe
1952
as Waldemar Fitzurse
The Magic Box
1952
as William Fox-Talbot
Treasure Island
1950
as Captain Smollett
The Angel with the Trumpet
1950
as Francis Alt
Hamlet
1948
as Claudius - The King
Meet Me at Dawn
1947
as Georges Vermorel
Jassy
1947
as Nick Helmar
The Man Within
1947
as Sir Henry Merriman
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Rufio
Went the Day Well?
1942
as Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
as Costello
The Next of Kin
1942
as Naval captain
Spring Meeting
1941
as James
Ships with Wings
1941
as Capt. Fairfax
The Farmer's Wife
1941
as Samuel Sweetland
Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing
1940
as (uncredited)
The Four Just Men
1939
as Frank Snell
Accused
1936
as Eugene Roget
The Amateur Gentleman
1936
as Louis Chichester
Blind Man's Bluff
1936
as Dr. Peter Fairfax
Rhodes of Africa
1936
as Dr. Jim Jameson
Crime Over London
1936
as 'Joker' Finnigan
Talk of the Devil
1936
The Riverside Murder
1935
as Inspector Philip Winton
The Tunnel
1935
as Mostyn
Dirty Work
1934
as Hugh Stafford
The Third Clue
1934
as Reinhardt Conway
The Midshipmaid
1932
as Cmdr. Fosberry
Red Hot Romance
1922
as Rowland Stone
Romance
1920