Acting • AGE 73
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, a...


The Hands of Orlac
Maurice Seidelman
1960

A Story of David
King Saul
1960

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Emperor of Lilliput
1960

No Hiding Place
1959

The Devil's Disciple
Lawyer Hawkins
1959

John Paul Jones
Sir William Young
1959

A Question of Adultery
Sir John Loring
1958

Sea Wife
Bulldog
1957

Island in the Sun
Julian Fleury
1957

Mayerling
The Emperor Franz Joseph
1957

Around the World in 80 Days
Reform Club Member
1956

Armchair Theatre
Pastor Manders
1956

The Dam Busters
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
1955

Simba
Mr Crawford
1955

Hell Below Zero
Bland
1954

Star of India
King Louis XIV
1954

Salome
Pontius Pilate
1953

Ivanhoe
Waldemar Fitzurse
1952

The Magic Box
William Fox-Talbot
1952

Treasure Island
Captain Smollett
1950

The Angel with the Trumpet
Francis Alt
1950

Hamlet
Claudius - The King
1948

Jassy
Nick Helmar
1947

The Man Within
Sir Henry Merriman
1947

Meet Me at Dawn
Georges Vermorel
1947

Caesar and Cleopatra
Rufio
1945

Went the Day Well?
Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
1942

The Next of Kin
Naval captain
1942

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Costello
1942

Ships with Wings
Capt. Fairfax
1941

The Farmer's Wife
Samuel Sweetland
1941

Spring Meeting
James
1941

The Four Just Men
Frank Snell
1939

Accused
Eugene Roget
1936

Talk of the Devil
1936

Crime Over London
'Joker' Finnigan
1936

Rhodes of Africa
Dr. Jim Jameson
1936

The Amateur Gentleman
Louis Chichester
1936

The Tunnel
Mostyn
1935

The Riverside Murder
Inspector Philip Winton
1935

Dirty Work
Hugh Stafford
1934

The Third Clue
Reinhardt Conway
1934

The Midshipmaid
Cmdr. Fosberry
1932

Red Hot Romance
Rowland Stone
1922

Romance
1920