Personal Info
Basil Sydney
Acting
Biography
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 He…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
as Emperor of Lilliput
The Hands of Orlac
as Maurice Seidelman
A Story of David
as King Saul
The Devil's Disciple
as Lawyer Hawkins
John Paul Jones
as Sir William Young
A Question of Adultery
as Sir John Loring
Island in the Sun
as Julian Fleury
Mayerling
as The Emperor Franz Joseph
Sea Wife
as Bulldog
Around the World in 80 Days
as Reform Club Member
