Basil Sydney
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 23, 1894
- Died
- January 10, 1968
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
A Story of David 1960
as King Saul
The Hands of Orlac 1960
as Maurice Seidelman
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver 1960
as Emperor of Lilliput
The Devil's Disciple 1959
as Lawyer Hawkins
John Paul Jones 1959
as Sir William Young
A Question of Adultery 1958
as Sir John Loring
Sea Wife 1957
as Bulldog
Island in the Sun 1957
as Julian Fleury
Mayerling 1957
as The Emperor Franz Joseph
Around the World in 80 Days 1956
as Reform Club Member
The Dam Busters 1955
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Simba 1955
as Mr Crawford
Hell Below Zero 1954
as Bland
Star of India 1954
as King Louis XIV
- Three's Company
Three's Company 1953
as Dr. Graham
Salome 1953
as Pontius Pilate
Ivanhoe 1952
as Waldemar Fitzurse
The Magic Box 1952
as William Fox-Talbot
Treasure Island 1950
as Captain Smollett
The Angel with the Trumpet 1950
as Francis Alt
Hamlet 1948
as Claudius - The King
Jassy 1947
as Nick Helmar
The Man Within 1947
as Sir Henry Merriman
Meet Me at Dawn 1947
as Georges Vermorel
Caesar and Cleopatra 1946
as Rufio
Went the Day Well? 1942
as Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
The Next of Kin 1942
as Naval captain
The Black Sheep of Whitehall 1942
as Costello
Ships with Wings 1941
as Capt. Fairfax
The Farmer's Wife 1941
as Samuel Sweetland
Spring Meeting 1941
as James
- Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing
Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing 1940
as (uncredited)
The Four Just Men 1939
as Frank Snell
Accused 1936
as Eugene Roget
Talk of the Devil 1936
Actor
Crime Over London 1936
as 'Joker' Finnigan
Rhodes of Africa 1936
as Dr. Jim Jameson
The Amateur Gentleman 1936
as Louis Chichester
- Blind Man's Bluff
Blind Man's Bluff 1936
as Dr. Peter Fairfax
The Tunnel 1935
as Mostyn
The Riverside Murder 1935
as Inspector Philip Winton
Dirty Work 1934
as Hugh Stafford
The Third Clue 1934
as Reinhardt Conway
The Midshipmaid 1932
as Cmdr. Fosberry
Red Hot Romance 1922
as Rowland Stone
Romance 1920
Actor
Credits from TMDB.