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Basil Sydney
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Basil Sydney
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1894-04-23, Essex, England, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Went the Day Well?

7.2

Went the Day Well?
1942-12-07

Treasure Island

6.53

Treasure Island
1950-07-19

Caesar and Cleopatra

6.1

Caesar and Cleopatra
1945-12-11

6.8

Ivanhoe
1952-07-31

5.8

Salome
1953-03-24

Meet Me at Dawn

7

Meet Me at Dawn
1947-02-17

Red Hot Romance

0

Red Hot Romance
1922-02-13

The Hands of Orlac

4.3

The Hands of Orlac
1960-12-01

6.462

Simba
1955-01-07

Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing

6

Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing
1940-01-01

5.4

Sea Wife
1957-08-20

Hell Below Zero

6

Hell Below Zero
1954-01-13

0

Accused
1936-12-18

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

7.2

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942-02-23

A Story of David

4.2

A Story of David
1960-12-01

5.5

Mayerling
1957-02-04

The Riverside Murder

5

The Riverside Murder
1935-03-02

5.4

Jassy
1947-08-13

The Angel with the Trumpet

6.3

The Angel with the Trumpet
1950-03-20

0

Dirty Work
1934-12-07

The Dam Busters

6.8

The Dam Busters
1955-05-16

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

6.607

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1960-11-30

The Amateur Gentleman

4

The Amateur Gentleman
1936-04-26

Blind Man's Bluff

0

Blind Man's Bluff
1936-03-01

The Midshipmaid

0

The Midshipmaid
1932-12-08

The Four Just Men

6.2

The Four Just Men
1939-06-01

5.3

The Tunnel
1935-10-27

7.385

Hamlet
1948-12-10

Three's Company

0

Three's Company
1953-10-26

3

The Third Clue
1934-11-20

Rhodes of Africa

6

Rhodes of Africa
1936-06-30

4.8

Spring Meeting
1941-01-23

Ships with Wings

4

Ships with Wings
1941-11-10

The Next of Kin

5

The Next of Kin
1942-06-15

The Farmer's Wife

6

The Farmer's Wife
1941-04-20

Around the World in Eighty Days

6.6

Around the World in Eighty Days
1956-10-17

4.3

Star of India
1954-01-02

6.3

The Magic Box
1952-01-01

Crime Over London

6

Crime Over London
1936-10-21

The Devil's Disciple

6.5

The Devil's Disciple
1959-08-20

Talk of the Devil

0

Talk of the Devil
1936-12-09

John Paul Jones

6.1

John Paul Jones
1959-06-16

9

Romance
1920-05-16

Island in the Sun

6.5

Island in the Sun
1957-06-12

5.7

The Man Within
1947-05-19

A Question of Adultery

4

A Question of Adultery
1958-07-15

No Hiding Place

3.7

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

Silent Evidence

0

Silent Evidence
1962-08-07