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Basil Sydney

Basil Sydney

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Born April 23, 1894 in Essex, England, UK

Died January 10, 1968

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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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67

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Year

Last Action Hero Poster

Last Action Hero Feature Film1993Claudius

Thursday Theatre TV Series1964Sir Norman Tullis

Silent Evidence TV Series1962Dr. Martin Westlake

Suspense Poster

Suspense TV Series1962Captain Joe Turner

Drama 61-67 Poster

Drama 61-67 TV Series1961Mourtzinos

A Story of David: The Hunted Poster

A Story of David: The Hunted Feature Film1960King Saul

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver Poster

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver Feature Film1960Emperor of Lilliput

The Hands of Orlac Poster

The Hands of Orlac Feature Film1960Maurice Seidelman

Theatre 70 TV Series1960Inspector Burny of the Sûreté

Antigone TV Movie1959Creon

John Paul Jones Poster

John Paul Jones Feature Film1959Sir William Young

No Hiding Place Poster

No Hiding Place TV Series1959Maj. Herbert Key

The Devil's Disciple Poster

The Devil's Disciple Feature Film1959Lawyer Hawkins

The Flying Doctor TV Series1959Jack Regan

A Question of Infidelity Poster

A Question of Infidelity Feature Film1958Sir John Loring

Island in the Sun Poster

Island in the Sun Feature Film1957Julian Fleury

Sea Wife Poster

Sea Wife Feature Film1957Bulldog

Armchair Theatre Poster

Armchair Theatre TV Series1956Aylmer Ross

Around the World in 80 Days Poster

Around the World in 80 Days Feature Film1956Reform Club Member

Film Fanfare Poster

Film Fanfare TV Series1956Self

ITV Play of the Week Poster

ITV Play of the Week TV Series1955Joseph

ITV Television Playhouse Poster

ITV Television Playhouse TV Series1955Gen. Sir Higson Barchard

Simba Feature Film1955Mr. Crawford

The Dam Busters Poster

The Dam Busters Feature Film1955Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.

Hell Below Zero Poster

Hell Below Zero Feature Film1954Bland

Producers' Showcase Poster

Producers' Showcase TV Series1954Emperor Franz Joseph

Star of India Poster

Star of India Feature Film1954King Louis XIV

Rheingold Theatre Poster

Rheingold Theatre TV Series1953Doctor Graham

Salome Feature Film1953Pontius Pilate

Shadow and Substance TV Movie1953The Very Rev. Thomas Canon Skerritt

Three's Company Feature Film1953Dr. Graham

Ivanhoe Feature Film1952Waldemar Fitzurse

The Magic Box Poster

The Magic Box Feature Film1951William Fox-Talbot

Treasure on Pelican TV Movie1951Sir Gilbert Rutland

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Poster

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre TV Series1950Captain Elijah Cadman

The Angel with the Trumpet Poster

The Angel with the Trumpet Feature Film1950Francis Alt

Treasure Island Poster

Treasure Island Feature Film1950Captain Smollett

Hamlet Feature Film1948Claudius, The King

Jassy Feature Film1947Nick Helmar

Meet Me at Dawn Poster

Meet Me at Dawn Feature Film1947Georges Vermorel

The Smugglers Poster

The Smugglers Feature Film1947Sir Henry Merriman

Caesar and Cleopatra Poster

Caesar and Cleopatra Feature Film1945Rufio

Black Sheep of Whitehall Poster

Black Sheep of Whitehall Feature Film1942Arthur Costello

The Big Blockade Poster

The Big Blockade Feature Film1942Bit Part

The Next of Kin Poster

The Next of Kin Feature Film1942Naval Captain

Went the Day Well? Poster

Went the Day Well? Feature Film1942Major Ortler

Ships with Wings Poster

Ships with Wings Feature Film1941Capt. Fairfax

The Farmer's Wife Poster

The Farmer's Wife Feature Film1941Samuel Sweetland

Three Wise Brides Poster

Three Wise Brides Feature Film1941James

Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing Short Film1940Wakefield

Shadowed Eyes Feature Film1940Dr. Zander

The Secret Four Poster

The Secret Four Feature Film1939Frank Snell

Traitor's Gate TV Movie1939Sir Thomas More

Accused Feature Film1936Eugene Roget

Blind Man's Bluff Feature Film1936Dr. Peter Fairfax

Crime Over London Poster

Crime Over London Feature Film1936'Joker' Finnigan

Rhodes Feature Film1936Dr. Jim Jameson

Talk of the Devil Poster

Talk of the Devil Feature Film1936Stephen Rindlay

The Amateur Gentleman Poster

The Amateur Gentleman Feature Film1936Louis Chichester

The Riverside Murder Poster

The Riverside Murder Feature Film1935Inspector Philip Winton

The White Lilac Feature Film1935Ian Mackie

Transatlantic Tunnel Poster

Transatlantic Tunnel Feature Film1935Mostyn

Dirty Work Poster

Dirty Work Feature Film1934Hugh Stafford

The Third Clue Poster

The Third Clue Feature Film1934Reinhardt Conway

Midshipmaid Gob Poster

Midshipmaid Gob Feature Film1932Cmdr. Fosberry

Red Hot Romance Poster

Red Hot Romance Feature Film1922Rowland Stone

Romance Feature Film1920The Priest

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They Met in the Dark Poster

They Met in the Dark Feature Film1943

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