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 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 (50 titles)
Silent Evidence
1962
Drama 61-67
Mourtzinos · 1961
4.4MovieThe Hands of Orlac
Maurice Seidelman · 1960
5.4MovieA Story of David
King Saul · 1960
6.6MovieThe 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Emperor of Lilliput · 1960
4.8ShowNo Hiding Place
1959
6.6MovieThe Devil's Disciple
Lawyer Hawkins · 1959
6.0MovieJohn Paul Jones
Sir William Young · 1959
4.5MovieA Question of Adultery
Sir John Loring · 1958
5.6MovieSea Wife
Bulldog · 1957
6.5MovieIsland in the Sun
Julian Fleury · 1957
6.1MovieMayerling
The Emperor Franz Joseph · 1957
6.7MovieAround the World in 80 Days
Reform Club Member · 1956
6.0ShowArmchair Theatre
Pastor Manders · 1956
6.9MovieThe Dam Busters
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C. · 1955
6.6MovieSimba
Mr Crawford · 1955
7.0MovieHell Below Zero
Bland · 1954
4.4MovieStar of India
King Louis XIV · 1954
Three's Company
Dr. Graham · 1953
5.9MovieSalome
Pontius Pilate · 1953
6.8MovieIvanhoe
Waldemar Fitzurse · 1952
6.5MovieThe Magic Box
William Fox-Talbot · 1952
6.6MovieTreasure Island
Captain Smollett · 1950
7.0MovieThe Angel with the Trumpet
Francis Alt · 1950
7.4MovieHamlet
Claudius - The King · 1948
5.2MovieJassy
Nick Helmar · 1947
6.8MovieThe Man Within
Sir Henry Merriman · 1947
7.5MovieMeet Me at Dawn
Georges Vermorel · 1947
6.2MovieCaesar and Cleopatra
Rufio · 1945
7.2MovieWent the Day Well?
Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter · 1942