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 Henry IV, Part I (1926), and Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew (1927).[citation needed] In 1937 he starred in the murder mystery Blondie White in the West End.
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 Henry IV, Part I (1926), and Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew (1927).[citation needed] In 1937 he starred in the murder mystery Blondie White in the West End.
He made over 50 screen appearances, most memorably as Claudius in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film of Hamlet. He also appeared in classic films like Treasure Island (1950), Ivanhoe (1952), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), but the focus of his career was the stage on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Hands of Orlac
Character:Maurice Seidelman
Release Date:01/12/1960
A Story of David
Character:King Saul
Release Date:01/12/1960
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Character:Emperor of Lilliput
Release Date:30/11/1960
The Devil's Disciple
Character:Lawyer Hawkins
Release Date:20/08/1959
John Paul Jones
Character:Sir William Young
Release Date:16/06/1959
A Question of Adultery
Character:Sir John Loring
Release Date:15/07/1958
Sea Wife
Character:Bulldog
Release Date:20/08/1957
Island in the Sun
Character:Julian Fleury
Release Date:12/06/1957
Mayerling
Character:The Emperor Franz Joseph
Release Date:04/02/1957
Around the World in 80 Days
Character:Reform Club Member
Release Date:17/10/1956
The Dam Busters
Character:Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Release Date:16/05/1955
Simba
Character:Mr Crawford
Release Date:07/01/1955
Hell Below Zero
Character:Bland
Release Date:13/01/1954
Star of India
Character:King Louis XIV
Release Date:02/01/1954
Three's Company
Character:Dr. Graham
Release Date:26/10/1953
Salome
Character:Pontius Pilate
Release Date:24/03/1953
Ivanhoe
Character:Waldemar Fitzurse
Release Date:31/07/1952
The Magic Box
Character:William Fox-Talbot
Release Date:01/01/1952
Treasure Island
Character:Captain Smollett
Release Date:19/07/1950
The Angel with the Trumpet
Character:Francis Alt
Release Date:20/03/1950
Hamlet
Character:Claudius - The King
Release Date:10/12/1948
Jassy
Character:Nick Helmar
Release Date:13/08/1947
The Man Within
Character:Sir Henry Merriman
Release Date:19/05/1947
Meet Me at Dawn
Character:Georges Vermorel
Release Date:17/02/1947
Caesar and Cleopatra
Character:Rufio
Release Date:11/12/1945
Went the Day Well?
Character:Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
Release Date:07/12/1942
The Next of Kin
Character:Naval captain
Release Date:15/06/1942
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Character:Costello
Release Date:23/02/1942
Ships with Wings
Character:Capt. Fairfax
Release Date:10/11/1941
The Farmer's Wife
Character:Samuel Sweetland
Release Date:20/04/1941
Spring Meeting
Character:James
Release Date:23/01/1941
Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1940
The Four Just Men
Character:Frank Snell
Release Date:01/06/1939
Accused
Character:Eugene Roget
Release Date:18/12/1936
Talk of the Devil
Character:
Release Date:09/12/1936
Crime Over London
Character:'Joker' Finnigan
Release Date:21/10/1936
Rhodes of Africa
Character:Dr. Jim Jameson
Release Date:30/06/1936
The Amateur Gentleman
Character:Louis Chichester
Release Date:26/04/1936
Blind Man's Bluff
Character:Dr. Peter Fairfax
Release Date:01/03/1936
The Tunnel
Character:Mostyn
Release Date:27/10/1935
The Riverside Murder
Character:Inspector Philip Winton
Release Date:02/03/1935
Dirty Work
Character:Hugh Stafford
Release Date:07/12/1934
The Third Clue
Character:Reinhardt Conway
Release Date:20/11/1934
The Midshipmaid
Character:Cmdr. Fosberry
Release Date:08/12/1932
Red Hot Romance
Character:Rowland Stone
Release Date:13/02/1922
Romance
Character:
Release Date:16/05/1920
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