Syd Chaplin

Actor

About

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Also Known As
Sydney Chaplin
Birth Place
South Africa
Born
March 17, 1885
Died
April 16, 1965

Filmography

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A Little Bit of Fluff (1928)
A Dog's Life (1918)
Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
Lover's Lost Control (1915)
Director
Lover's Lost Control (1915)
Gussle's Day of Rest (1915)

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Dog's Life, A (1918) -- (Movie Clip) Pork And Bens
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Better 'Ole, The (1926) -- (Movie Clip) You Ain't Got Your Mind On The War!

Family & Companions

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Noelle Adam
Wife
Dancer. Married March 1960.

Biography

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

A Little Bit of Fluff (1928)
A Dog's Life (1918)
Fatty's Wine Party (1914)

Director (Short)

Lover's Lost Control (1915)
Director

Cast (Short)

Lover's Lost Control (1915)
Gussle's Day of Rest (1915)

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Dog's Life, A (1918) -- (Movie Clip) Pork And Bens Writer, director and star Charles Chaplin as The Tramp, co-star "Scraps" who would become a lifetime staffer at the Chaplin studio, and Chaplin's brother Syd as the guy at the lunch-wagon, in A Dog's Life, 1918.
Better 'Ole, The (1926) -- (Movie Clip) You Ain't Got Your Mind On The War! After an opening framing what was then "The Great War" and frustrated British commanders, we meet first heroic Bert (Harold Goodwin), then the star, Charlie's elder brother Sydney Chaplin as "Old Bill," and sidekick (Jack Ackroyd), early in The Better 'Ole, 1926, 'Ole short for fox-hole.
Better 'Ole, The (1926) -- (Movie Clip) Forward March! Assigned trash picking duty in the French village he and his Brit comrades are occupying, "Old Bill" (Charlie's elder brother Syd Chaplin) makes his own trouble, with the corporal (Ed Kennedy) then the major (Charles Gerrard), early in The Better 'Ole, 1926, 'Ole slang for fox-hole.
Better 'Ole, The (1926) -- (Movie Clip) Shell Shocked His commanding officer and a farmer in the occupied French village explaining away his crackpot behavior, Old Bill (Syd Chaplin, older brother of Charlie) is determined to get breakfast, animal hijinks ensuing, in The Better 'Ole, 1926, 'Ole referring to "fox hole."

Family

Charlie Chaplin
Half-Brother
Actor, director, screenwriter.

Companions

Noelle Adam
Wife
Dancer. Married March 1960.

Bibliography

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