Basil Sydney

Actor

Born: April 23, 1894
Died: January 10, 1968 (age 73)
From: Essex, England, UK

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…

Filmography (46)

The Hands of Orlac (1960)
Maurice Seidelman
A Story of David (1960)
King Saul
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
Emperor of Lilliput
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
Lawyer Hawkins
John Paul Jones (1959)
Sir William Young
A Question of Adultery (1958)
Sir John Loring
Sea Wife (1957)
Bulldog
Island in the Sun (1957)
Julian Fleury
Mayerling (1957)
The Emperor Franz Joseph
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Reform Club Member
The Dam Busters (1955)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Simba (1955)
Mr Crawford
Hell Below Zero (1954)
Bland
Star of India (1954)
King Louis XIV
Three's Company
Three's Company (1953)
Dr. Graham
Salome (1953)
Pontius Pilate
Ivanhoe (1952)
Waldemar Fitzurse
The Magic Box (1952)
William Fox-Talbot
Treasure Island (1950)
Captain Smollett
The Angel with the Trumpet (1950)
Francis Alt
Hamlet (1948)
Claudius - The King
Jassy (1947)
Nick Helmar
The Man Within (1947)
Sir Henry Merriman
Meet Me at Dawn (1947)
Georges Vermorel
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Rufio
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
The Next of Kin (1942)
Naval captain
The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
Costello
Ships with Wings (1941)
Capt. Fairfax
The Farmer's Wife (1941)
Samuel Sweetland