Basil Sydney
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 23, 1894
- Died
- January 10, 1968 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Essex, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Thursday Theatre
TV · as Sir Norman Tullis · 1 ep
Silent Evidence
TV · as Dr. Martin Westlake · 6 eps
Drama 61-67
TV · as Mourtzinos · 1 ep
The Hands of Orlac
Movie · as Maurice Seidelman
A Story of David
Movie · as King Saul
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Movie · as Emperor of Lilliput
The Devil's Disciple
Movie · as Lawyer Hawkins
John Paul Jones
Movie · as Sir William Young
No Hiding Place
TV · 1 ep
A Question of Adultery
Movie · as Sir John Loring
Sea Wife
Movie · as Bulldog
Mayerling
Movie · as The Emperor Franz Joseph
Island in the Sun
Movie · as Julian Fleury
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Reform Club Member
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Pastor Manders · 1 ep
Simba
Movie · as Mr Crawford
The Dam Busters
Movie · as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Hell Below Zero
Movie · as Bland
Star of India
Movie · as King Louis XIV
Salome
Movie · as Pontius Pilate
Three's Company
Movie · as Dr. Graham
Ivanhoe
Movie · as Waldemar Fitzurse
The Magic Box
Movie · as William Fox-Talbot
Treasure Island
Movie · as Captain Smollett
The Angel with the Trumpet
Movie · as Francis Alt
Hamlet
Movie · as Claudius - The King
Meet Me at Dawn
Movie · as Georges Vermorel
Jassy
Movie · as Nick Helmar
The Man Within
Movie · as Sir Henry Merriman
Caesar and Cleopatra
Movie · as Rufio
Went the Day Well?
Movie · as Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Movie · as Costello
The Next of Kin
Movie · as Naval captain
Spring Meeting
Movie · as James
Ships with Wings
Movie · as Capt. Fairfax
The Farmer's Wife
Movie · as Samuel Sweetland
Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Four Just Men
Movie · as Frank Snell
Accused
Movie · as Eugene Roget
The Amateur Gentleman
Movie · as Louis Chichester
Blind Man's Bluff
Movie · as Dr. Peter Fairfax
Rhodes of Africa
Movie · as Dr. Jim Jameson
Crime Over London
Movie · as 'Joker' Finnigan
Talk of the Devil
Movie
The Riverside Murder
Movie · as Inspector Philip Winton
The Tunnel
Movie · as Mostyn
Dirty Work
Movie · as Hugh Stafford
The Third Clue
Movie · as Reinhardt Conway
The Midshipmaid
Movie · as Cmdr. Fosberry
Red Hot Romance
Movie · as Rowland Stone
Romance
Movie