- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 23, 1894
- Place of Birth
- Essex, England, UK
- Died
- January 10, 1968
Basil Sydney
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 li…
Filmography
Silent Evidence
tvSilent Evidence
1962
Drama 61-67
tvDrama 61-67
1961 · Mourtzinos
movieThe Hands of Orlac
1960 · Maurice Seidelman
movieA Story of David
1960 · King Saul
movieThe 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1960 · Emperor of Lilliput
tvNo Hiding Place
1959
movieThe Devil's Disciple
1959 · Lawyer Hawkins
movieJohn Paul Jones
1959 · Sir William Young
movieA Question of Adultery
1958 · Sir John Loring
movieSea Wife
1957 · Bulldog
movieIsland in the Sun
1957 · Julian Fleury
movieMayerling
1957 · The Emperor Franz Joseph
movieAround the World in 80 Days
1956 · Reform Club Member
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Pastor Manders
movieThe Dam Busters
1955 · Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
movieSimba
1955 · Mr Crawford
movieHell Below Zero
1954 · Bland
movieStar of India
1954 · King Louis XIV
Three's Company
movieThree's Company
1953 · Dr. Graham
movieSalome
1953 · Pontius Pilate
movieIvanhoe
1952 · Waldemar Fitzurse
movieThe Magic Box
1952 · William Fox-Talbot
movieTreasure Island
1950 · Captain Smollett
movieThe Angel with the Trumpet
1950 · Francis Alt
movieHamlet
1948 · Claudius - The King
movieJassy
1947 · Nick Helmar
movieThe Man Within
1947 · Sir Henry Merriman
movieMeet Me at Dawn
1947 · Georges Vermorel
movieCaesar and Cleopatra
1945 · Rufio
movieWent the Day Well?
1942 · Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
movieThe Next of Kin
1942 · Naval captain
movieThe Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942 · Costello
movieShips with Wings
1941 · Capt. Fairfax
movieThe Farmer's Wife
1941 · Samuel Sweetland
movieSpring Meeting
1941 · James
Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing
movieBits of Our Aircraft Are Missing
1940 · (uncredited)
movieThe Four Just Men
1939 · Frank Snell
movieAccused
1936 · Eugene Roget
movieTalk of the Devil
1936
movieCrime Over London
1936 · 'Joker' Finnigan
movieRhodes of Africa
1936 · Dr. Jim Jameson
movieThe Amateur Gentleman
1936 · Louis Chichester
Blind Man's Bluff
movieBlind Man's Bluff
1936 · Dr. Peter Fairfax
movieThe Tunnel
1935 · Mostyn
movieThe Riverside Murder
1935 · Inspector Philip Winton
movieDirty Work
1934 · Hugh Stafford
movieThe Third Clue
1934 · Reinhardt Conway
movieThe Midshipmaid
1932 · Cmdr. Fosberry
movieRed Hot Romance
1922 · Rowland Stone
movieRomance
1920