Basil Sydney

actor • miscellaneous

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...

Born: April 23, 1894 in Essex, England, UK

Died: January 10, 1968 (age 73)

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Known For

6.5

The Dam Busters

Movies & TV Credits

48 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Silent Evidence TV Show	—	Actor	—(6 Episodes)	1962
The Hands of Orlac Movie	5.4	Actor	Maurice Seidelman	1960
A Story of David Movie	5.3	Actor	King Saul	1960
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver Movie	6.6	Actor	Emperor of Lilliput	1960
John Paul Jones Movie	6.1	Actor	Sir William Young	1959
The Devil's Disciple Movie	6.7	Actor	Lawyer Hawkins	1959
No Hiding Place TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1959
A Question of Adultery Movie	6.4	Actor	Sir John Loring	1958
Sea Wife Movie	5.6	Actor	Bulldog	1957
Island in the Sun Movie	5.9	Actor	Julian Fleury	1957
Mayerling Movie	5.7	Actor	The Emperor Franz Joseph	1957
Around the World in Eighty Days Movie	6.5	Actor	Reform Club Member	1956
Simba Movie	6.0	Actor	Mr Crawford	1955
The Dam Busters Movie	7.6	Actor	Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.	1955
Star of India Movie	5.4	Actor	King Louis XIV	1954
Hell Below Zero Movie	5.7	Actor	Bland	1954
Salome Movie	5.9	Actor	Pontius Pilate	1953
Three's Company Movie	6.3	Actor	Dr. Graham	1953
Ivanhoe Movie	6.8	Actor	Waldemar Fitzurse	1952
The Magic Box Movie	6.8	Actor	William Fox-Talbot	1952
Treasure Island Movie	6.8	Actor	Captain Smollett	1950
The Angel with the Trumpet Movie	6.0	Actor	Francis Alt	1950
Hamlet Movie	7.4	Actor	Claudius - The King	1948
Jassy Movie	6.2	Actor	Nick Helmar	1947
The Man Within Movie	6.4	Actor	Sir Henry Merriman	1947
Meet Me at Dawn Movie	5.9	Actor	Georges Vermorel	1947
Caesar and Cleopatra Movie	6.1	Actor	Rufio	1945
The Black Sheep of Whitehall Movie	6.5	Actor	Costello	1942
Went the Day Well? Movie	7.7	Actor	Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter	1942
The Next of Kin Movie	6.6	Actor	Naval captain	1942
The Farmer's Wife Movie	6.2	Actor	Samuel Sweetland	1941
Spring Meeting Movie	5.6	Actor	James	1941
Ships with Wings Movie	5.3	Actor	Capt. Fairfax	1941
Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing Short Film	—	Actor	(uncredited)	1940
The Four Just Men Movie	6.1	Actor	Frank Snell	1939
Rhodes of Africa Movie	5.4	Actor	Dr. Jim Jameson	1936
Blind Man's Bluff Movie	6.1	Actor	Dr. Peter Fairfax	1936
Accused Movie	5.8	Actor	Eugene Roget	1936
Talk of the Devil Movie	5.2	Actor	—	1936
The Amateur Gentleman Movie	6.1	Actor	Louis Chichester	1936
Crime Over London Movie	6.5	Actor	'Joker' Finnigan	1936
The Tunnel Movie	5.8	Actor	Mostyn	1935
The Riverside Murder Movie	5.6	Actor	Inspector Philip Winton	1935
The Third Clue Movie	4.9	Actor	Reinhardt Conway	1934
Dirty Work Movie	6.2	Actor	Hugh Stafford	1934
The Midshipmaid Movie	6.5	Actor	Cmdr. Fosberry	1932
Red Hot Romance Movie	4.4	Actor	Rowland Stone	1922
Romance Movie	3.9	Actor	—	1920

Basil Sydney

Known For

Around the World in Eighty Days

Hamlet

Ivanhoe

The Dam Busters

Movies & TV Credits