Basil Sydney

Basil Sydney

Known For:Acting
Gender:Male
Birthday:1894-04-23
Place of Birth: Essex, England, UK
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Known For: Acting Gender: Male Birthday: 1894-04-23 More

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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.
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The Hands of Orlac
Horror Crime Thriller
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Music Adventure Fantasy Comedy Family
The Devil's Disciple
War Comedy History
John Paul Jones
War History Action Romance
Sea Wife
Drama Romance Thriller War
Mayerling
TV Movie Romance War History
Around the World in Eighty Days
Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy Romance
The Dam Busters
Drama Action History Thriller War
Simba
Romance Drama
Hell Below Zero
Adventure Action
Star of India
Adventure Romance
Salome
Drama Romance
Ivanhoe
Adventure Romance History
Treasure Island
Adventure Family
Jassy
Adventure Drama Romance
The Man Within
Adventure Crime Drama
Meet Me at Dawn
Adventure Comedy
Caesar and Cleopatra
Drama History Comedy
The Next of Kin
Drama War Thriller Mystery
The Four Just Men
Thriller Mystery Drama
Accused
Crime Drama
Crime Over London
Adventure Romance Crime
The Tunnel
Science Fiction
  • name:Basil Sydney
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Male
  • Birthday:1894-04-23
  • Place of Birth: Essex, England, UK
  • Also Known As:
  • 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.
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