Sydney Chaplin
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Biography
Sydney Chaplin was an actor who was no stranger to being featured in numerous film roles throughout his Hollywood career. Chaplin's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "Her Temporary Husband" (1923), "The Perfect Flapper" (1924) and "The Man on the Box" (1925). He also appeared in "The Better 'Ole" (1926), "Limelight" (1953) with Charlie Chaplin and "Land of the Pharaohs" (1955) with Jack Hawkins. He kept working in film throughout the fifties and the seventies, starring in "Quantez" (1957) with Fred MacMurray, "A Countess From Hong Kong" (1967) and the Phyllis Diller comedic adaptation "The Adding Machine" (1969). He also appeared in the Jean Gabin crime thriller "The Sicilian Clan" (1970). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "Le Grande Maffia" (1971), the action picture "La Saignee" (1971) with Bruno Pradal and the action flick "Satan's Cheerleaders" (1977) with John Ireland. He also was featured in the TV movie "The Woman Hunter" (CBS, 1972-73). Chaplin last appeared on the documentary "The Tramp and the Dictator" (2002) with Walter Bernstein. Chaplin was married to Margaret Beebe. Chaplin passed away in March 2009 at the age of 83.
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1952
First film as actor "Limelight"