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Romance
1920
Basil Sydney
Acting
Born:April 23, 1894
Died:January 10, 1968(aged 73)
Birthplace:Essex, England, UK
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (44 movies)
7.8
7.8
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
as Costello
7.4
7.4
Hamlet
1948
as Claudius - The King
7.2
7.2
Went the Day Well?
1942
as Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
7.0
7.0
Meet Me at Dawn
1947
as Georges Vermorel
6.9
6.9
The Dam Busters
1955
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
6.8
6.8
Ivanhoe
1952
as Waldemar Fitzurse
6.7
6.7
Simba
1955
as Mr Crawford
6.7
6.7
Hell Below Zero
1954
as Bland
6.6
6.6
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1960
as Emperor of Lilliput
6.6
6.6
Island in the Sun
1957
as Julian Fleury
6.6
6.6
Treasure Island
1950
as Captain Smollett
6.5
6.5
The Devil's Disciple
1959
as Lawyer Hawkins
6.3
6.3
The Angel with the Trumpet
1950
as Francis Alt
6.2
6.2
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Rufio
6.2
6.2
The Four Just Men
1939
as Frank Snell
6.0
6.0
Crime Over London
1936
as 'Joker' Finnigan
6.0
6.0
The Farmer's Wife
1941
as Samuel Sweetland
6.0
6.0
Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing
1940
as (uncredited)
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6.0
Rhodes of Africa
1936
as Dr. Jim Jameson
5.9
5.9
John Paul Jones
1959
as Sir William Young
5.7
5.7
The Man Within
1947
as Sir Henry Merriman
5.7
5.7
Salome
1953
as Pontius Pilate
5.5
5.5
Mayerling
1957
as The Emperor Franz Joseph
5.4
5.4
Jassy
1947
as Nick Helmar
5.3
5.3
The Tunnel
1935
as Mostyn
5.2
5.2
Sea Wife
1957
as Bulldog
5.2
5.2
The Riverside Murder
1935
as Inspector Philip Winton
5.1
5.1
The Next of Kin
1942
as Naval captain
4.8
4.8
Spring Meeting
1941
as James
4.2
4.2
A Story of David
1960
as King Saul
4.0
4.0
The Amateur Gentleman
1936
as Louis Chichester
4.0
4.0
Ships with Wings
1941
as Capt. Fairfax
3.9
3.9
The Hands of Orlac
1960
as Maurice Seidelman
3.7
3.7
Star of India
1954
as King Louis XIV
3.3
3.3
A Question of Adultery
1958
as Sir John Loring
3.0
3.0
The Third Clue
1934
as Reinhardt Conway
Accused
1936
as Eugene Roget
The Midshipmaid
1932
as Cmdr. Fosberry
Talk of the Devil
1936
Blind Man's Bluff
1936
as Dr. Peter Fairfax
Red Hot Romance
1922
as Rowland Stone
Dirty Work
1934
as Hugh Stafford
Three's Company
1953
as Dr. Graham
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