Basil Sydney

Actor

About

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Birth Place

St Osyth, England, GB

Born

April 23, 1894

Died

January 10, 1968

Cause of Death

Pleurisy

Filmography

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The Hands of Orlac (1964)

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

Emporer of Lilliput

John Paul Jones (1959)

Sir William Young

The Devil's Disciple (1959)

Sea Wife (1957)

Island in the Sun (1957)

Photos & Videos

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Salome (1953) -- (Movie Clip) No Roman Near Me

Treasure Island (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Downright Un-English!

Family & Companions

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Doris Keane

Wife

Actor. Divorced.

Mary Ellis

Wife

Actor. Divorced.

Joyce Howard

Wife

Actor. Divorced.

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Hands of Orlac (1964)

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

Emporer of Lilliput

John Paul Jones (1959)

Sir William Young

The Devil's Disciple (1959)

Sea Wife (1957)

Island in the Sun (1957)

Star of India (1956)

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Member of Reform Club

The Dam Busters (1955)

Sir Arthur Harris

Hell Below Zero (1954)

Waldemar Fitzurse

The Magic Box (1951)

Treasure Island (1950)

Captain Smollett

Meet Me at Dawn (1947)

Caesar And Cleopatra (1945)

Went the Day Well? (1942)

Eugene Roget, defending counsel

The Amateur Gentleman (1936)

Louis Chichester

Talk of the Devil (1936)

Transatlantic Tunnel (1935)

The Midshipmaid (1932)

Red Hot Romance (1922)

Bishop Armstrong

Life Events

1920

Film debut "Romance" co-starring first wife Doris Keane

Photo Collections

Ivanhoe - Publicity Stills

Here are a few Publicity Stills from MGM's Ivanhoe (1952), starring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, and Joan Fontaine. Publicity stills were specially-posed photos, usually taken off the set, for purposes of publicity or reference for promotional artwork.

Videos

Salome (1953) -- (Movie Clip) No Roman Near Me Rita Hayworth (title character) in lovely Technicolor blue, irritates Pilate (Basil Sydney) but charms Claudius (Stewart Granger), the two Romans charged with sailing her home, in Salome, 1953.

Treasure Island (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Downright Un-English! Jim (Bobby Driscoll), frightened but charmed by the newly hired cook Silver (Robert Netwon), boards the ship at Bristol where we meet Captain Smollett (Basil Sydney), who’s not sure Squire Trelawney (Walter Fitzgerald) and Livesy (Denis O’Dea) have made good choices regarding the crew, in Walt Disney’s Treasure Island, 1950.

Treasure Island (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Many's The Night I've Dreamed Of Cheese Having just escaped Long John Silver, Jack (Bobby Driscoll) flees only to discover the marooned Ben Gunn (Geoffrey Wilkinson), left to guard Flint's gold in Treasure Island, 1950.

Treasure Island (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Head Full Of Pirates Fitting out the ship in Bristol, Jim (Bobby Driscoll), warned by his murdered friend Billy Bones of a one-legged man, meets Long John Silver (Robert Newton), who’s just been hired by the clueless Trelawney (Walter Fitzgerald) and Livesy (Denis O’Dea) as cook for their treasure hunting voyage, in Walt Disney’s Treasure Island, 1950.

Went The Day Well? (1942) -- (Movie Clip) You Can Speak Quite Freely Innocent goings-on in an English village, Major Hammond (Basil Sydney) explaining his mission to the vicar (C.V. France) whose daughter (Valerie Taylor) brings along home-guard chief Wilsford (Leslie Banks), Mrs. Fraser (Marie Lohr) arranging rooms for soldiers, before a seismic plot turn, in Went The Day Well, 1942.

Went The Day Well? (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Fifth Column In England Mrs. Fraser (Marie Lohr) hosts Hammond and aide (Basil Sydney, John Slater), who are secretly Nazis, with traitor Willsford (Leslie Banks), the vicar (C.V. France) and Nora (Valerie Taylor), who puzzles over news from Mrs. Collins (Muriel George), in Went The Day Well?, 1942.

Went The Day Well? (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Battle Of Bramley End Unique opening and premise, Mervyn Johns recounts the not-then-secured victory over Germany, in a fictional Worcestershire town, locals Tom, Peggy and Ivy (Frank Lawton, Elizabeth Allan, Thora Hird) introduced, in the Ealing Studios yarn of a Nazi invasion, Went The Day Well?, 1942.

Companions

Doris Keane

Wife

Actor. Divorced.

Mary Ellis

Wife

Actor. Divorced.

Joyce Howard

Wife

Actor. Divorced.

Bibliography

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