Basil Sydney
Apr 23, 1894 — Jan 10, 1968 (73 years)
Essex, England, UK
40 Movies
1 Series
A career spanning 106+ years and 41+ titles makes Basil Sydney one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Reform Club Member in 'Around the World in 80 Days' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Adventure has been his most frequent territory.
73R.I.P.
40Movies
1Series
Basil Sydney
40 Movies
1 Series
A career spanning 106+ years and 41+ titles makes Basil Sydney one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Reform Club Member in 'Around the World in 80 Days' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Adventure has been his most frequent territory.
73 R.I.P.
R.I.P.
40
Movies
1
Series
Movies
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
Treasure Island
1950
Ivanhoe
1952
Hamlet
1948
The Devil's Disciple
1959
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1960
John Paul Jones
1959
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
The Dam Busters
1955
Hell Below Zero
1954
The Hands of Orlac
1960
Island in the Sun
1957
Salome
1953
Ships with Wings
1941
The Magic Box
1952
Went the Day Well?
1942
The Next of Kin
1942
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
Sea Wife
1957
The Four Just Men
1939
Star of India
1954
Simba
1955
The Tunnel
1935
Jassy
1947
A Story of David
1960
The Angel with the Trumpet
1950
A Question of Adultery
1958
The Riverside Murder
1935
The Man Within
1947
Spring Meeting
1941
The Third Clue
1934
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The Hands of Orlac
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The Hands of Orlac
Maurice Seidelman
1960
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A Story of David
King Saul
1960
Film
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Emperor of Lilliput
1960
Film
The Devil's Disciple
Lawyer Hawkins
1959
Film
John Paul Jones
Sir William Young
1959
Film
A Question of Adultery
Sir John Loring
1958
Film
Sea Wife
Bulldog
1957
Film
Island in the Sun
Julian Fleury
1957
Film
Around the World in 80 Days
Reform Club Member
1956
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Basil Sydney still alive?
Basil Sydney passed away on January 10, 1968 at age 73.
What are the most famous roles of Basil Sydney?
Basil Sydney is best known for roles in Around the World in 80 Days, Hamlet, Treasure Island.
How many movies has Basil Sydney been in?
Over a 48-year career (since 1920), Basil Sydney has appeared in 46 movies and 5 TV shows.
What was Basil Sydney's first movie?
The career of Basil Sydney began with Romance (1920).
What is Basil Sydney's most recent movie or series?
Basil Sydney's most recent release is Thursday Theatre, which premiered on October 8, 1964.
What TV shows has Basil Sydney appeared in?
On television, Basil Sydney has appeared in Armchair Theatre, No Hiding Place, Silent Evidence, Drama 61-67.
Basil Sydney
1894-04-23 · 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 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.