Basil Sydney

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.

  • Title: Basil Sydney
  • Popularity: 3.742
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1894-04-23
  • Place of Birth: Essex, England, UK
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Basil Sydney Movies

  • 1942
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    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    7.189 1942 HD

    The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in...

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  • 1950
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    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    6.5 1950 HD

    Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a...

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  • 1945
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    Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

    6.1 1945 HD

    The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

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  • 1952
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    Ivanhoe

    Ivanhoe

    6.8 1952 HD

    Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of...

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  • 1953
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    Salome

    Salome

    5.8 1953 HD

    In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but...

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  • 1947
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    Meet Me at Dawn

    Meet Me at Dawn

    7 1947 HD

    A young man makes his living in Paris in 1900 by fighting duels on behalf of other parties. He is hired to injure a leading politician and starts to...

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  • 1922
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    Red Hot Romance

    Red Hot Romance

    1 1922 HD

    After his father's death, Roland Stone learns that his will stipulates that he must go to the South American country of Bunkonia and sell life...

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  • 1960
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    The Hands of Orlac

    The Hands of Orlac

    4.3 1960 HD

    Famed concert pianist Stephen Orlac survives a plane crash, but his hands are permanently destroyed. Helpful surgeon Volcheff grafts a pair of new...

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  • 1955
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    Simba

    Simba

    6.462 1955 HD

    A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the...

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  • 1940
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    Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing

    Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing

    6 1940 HD

    British Air Ministry short film highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreckage during World War II.

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  • 1957
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    Sea Wife

    Sea Wife

    5.4 1957 HD

    In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army...

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  • 1954
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    Hell Below Zero

    Hell Below Zero

    6 1954 HD

    Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through, partly to help Judie Nordhall find her father. Rumor...

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  • 1936
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    Accused

    Accused

    1 1936 HD

    Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Yvette. She is later...

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  • 1942
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    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    7.2 1942 HD

    A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and...

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  • 1960
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    A Story of David

    A Story of David

    4.2 1960 HD

    Directed by Bob McNaught. King Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who long ago slew Goliath and brought victory to Saul's...

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  • 1957
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    Mayerling

    Mayerling

    5.5 1957 HD

    Mayerling is the name of a notorious Austrian village linked to a romantic tragedy. At a royal hunting lodge there, in 1889, Crown Prince...

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  • 1935
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    The Riverside Murder

    The Riverside Murder

    5 1935 HD

    This is a great rainy day/night murder mystery in a mansion that all whodunit lovers will appreciate. A woman reporter helps an inspector solve the...

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  • 1947
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    Jassy

    Jassy

    5.4 1947 HD

    In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the...

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  • 1950
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    The Angel with the Trumpet

    The Angel with the Trumpet

    6.3 1950 HD

    Sad tale of a woman who marries the man her family wishes her to wed, not Wooland, the man she truly loves. Years after her lover's suicide, Herlie...

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  • 1934
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    Dirty Work

    Dirty Work

    1 1934 HD

    Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.

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  • 1955
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    The Dam Busters

    The Dam Busters

    6.883 1955 HD

    The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617...

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  • 1960
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    The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

    The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

    6.555 1960 HD

    Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to...

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  • 1936
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    The Amateur Gentleman

    The Amateur Gentleman

    4 1936 HD

    A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English...

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  • 1936
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    Blind Man's Bluff

    Blind Man's Bluff

    1 1936 HD

    A formerly blind scientist continues to feign his condition in order to thwart his philandering wife's romantic plans.

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  • 1932
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    The Midshipmaid

    The Midshipmaid

    1 1932 HD

    Sir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter Celia tags along and organizes a morale-boosting show...

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  • 1939
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    The Four Just Men

    The Four Just Men

    6.2 1939 HD

    The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or...

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  • 1935
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    The Tunnel

    The Tunnel

    5.3 1935 HD

    An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.

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  • 1948
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    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    7.4 1948 HD

    Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version...

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  • 1953
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    Three's Company

    Three's Company

    1 1953 HD

    Compilation of 3 episodes of the TV series "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents ...". "The Surgeon", "Take A Number" and "The Scream".

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  • 1934
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    The Third Clue

    The Third Clue

    3 1934 HD

    Set in an Old Dark House, a man is murdered in his study. With his dying breath, he tells his brother of two clues to finding hidden Eastern Indian...

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  • 1936
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    Rhodes of Africa

    Rhodes of Africa

    6 1936 HD

    Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was directed by Berthold Viertel and starred Walter...

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  • 1941
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    Spring Meeting

    Spring Meeting

    4.8 1941 HD

    Tiny Fox-Collier and her son, Tony, are broke. A cheery and handsome young man about town, Tony knows he can rely on his mother for a brainwave to...

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  • 1941
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    Ships with Wings

    Ships with Wings

    4 1941 HD

    Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade...

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  • 1942
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    The Next of Kin

    The Next of Kin

    5 1942 HD

    Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of...

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  • 1941
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    The Farmer's Wife

    The Farmer's Wife

    6 1941 HD

    Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version...

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  • 1956
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    Around the World in Eighty Days

    Around the World in Eighty Days

    6.6 1956 HD

    Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a...

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  • 1954
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    Star of India

    Star of India

    4.3 1954 HD

    Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne, for back...

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  • 1952
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    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

    6.3 1952 HD

    Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to...

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  • 1936
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    Crime Over London

    Crime Over London

    6 1936 HD

    With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.

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  • 1959
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    The Devil's Disciple

    The Devil's Disciple

    6.5 1959 HD

    In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister...

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  • 1936
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    Talk of the Devil

    Talk of the Devil

    1 1936 HD

    A ruthless businessman tries to steal his brother's successful shipping company. He hires a gifted mimic to date one of his brother's daughters to...

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  • 1959
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    John Paul Jones

    John Paul Jones

    6.1 1959 HD

    The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

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  • 1920
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    Romance

    Romance

    9 1920 HD

    A young man planning to marry receives a cautionary tale from his bishop based on the sad tale of the bishop's own early romance.

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  • 1957
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    Island in the Sun

    Island in the Sun

    6.5 1957 HD

    A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.

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  • 1947
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    The Man Within

    The Man Within

    5.7 1947 HD

    A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.

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  • 1958
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    A Question of Adultery

    A Question of Adultery

    4 1958 HD

    Mark Loring is madly jealous of his wife, Mary, former American cabaret singer. Due to an automobile accident, she loses her unborn child, and Mark...

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  • 1959
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    No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

    3.7 1959 HD

    No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

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  • 1962
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    Silent Evidence

    Silent Evidence

    1 1962 HD

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