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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1894
- Died
- 1968
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Children of darkness
- The devil's disciple
- He who gets slapped
- Peer Gynt
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Thursday Theatre — Sir Norman Tullis1964
- Silent Evidence1962
- Drama 61-67 — Mourtzinos1961
- The Hands of Orlac — Maurice Seidelman1960
- A Story of David — King Saul1960
- The 3 Worlds of Gulliver — Emperor of Lilliput1960
- The Devil's Disciple — Lawyer Hawkins1959
- John Paul Jones — Sir William Young1959
- No Hiding Place1959
- A Question of Adultery — Sir John Loring1958
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Basil
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Essex
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Mary Ellis
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Basil Sydney.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1894-04-23
- date of death
- 1968-01-10
- Commons category
- Basil Sydney
- cause of death
- respiratory disease
- start of work period
- 1920-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
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