Basil Sydney
Basil Sydney (born April 23, 1894 in St. Osyth , Essex , England , † January 10, 1968 in London ) was a British theater and film actor .
Life
At the age of 15, Basil Sydney appeared as an actor on the theater stages in England. His breakthrough came in 1915 in a London performance of Edward Sheldon's play Romance at the side of Doris Keane (1881-1945), whom he married in 1918 after his military service in World War I and with whom he played in a US silent film version of 1920 Piece made his screen debut. In 1921 Sydney and Keane appeared in Romance on New York's Broadway , where Sydney was often seen in Shakespeare plays during the 1920s , including Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet , the title role of Hamlet and Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew .
In 1925 he divorced Keane. After marrying actress Mary Ellis in 1929, he focused more on his film career. Over the years he has appeared in almost 50 films, including Claudius in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948), Waldemar Fitzurse in Ivanhoe - The Black Knight (1952) alongside Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor , as Pontius Pilatus in Salome ( 1953) with Rita Hayworth and Stewart Granger and in the star-cast film Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
When his second marriage to Mary Ellis failed, Sydney stepped in front of the aisle with actress Joyce Howard. They had three children together. This relationship also ended in a divorce. Sydney died of pleurisy in London in 1968 at the age of 73 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1920: Romance
- 1922: Red Hot Romance
- 1935: The Tunnel
- 1936: Rhodes of Africa
- 1936: The Amateur Gentleman
- 1936: Under the spell of jealousy ( Accused )
- 1941: The Farmer's Wife
- 1945: Caesar and Cleopatra ( Caesar and Cleopatra )
- 1947: The Last Duel ( Meet Me at Dawn )
- 1947: Pirate Love ( The Man Within )
- 1947: Gypsy blood ( Jassy )
- 1948: Hamlet
- 1950: Treasure Island ( Treasure Iceland )
- 1951: The Wonderful Flicker Box ( The Magic Box )
- 1952: Ivanhoe - The Black Knight ( Ivanhoe )
- 1953: Salome
- 1954: Hell below zero ( Hell Below Zero )
- 1954: The Star of India ( Star of India )
- 1955: Simba
- 1955: May 1943 - The destruction of the dams ( The Dam Busters )
- 1956: In 80 days around the world ( Around the World in Eighty Days )
- 1957: Flotsam of Passion ( Sea Wife )
- 1957: Hot Earth ( Island in the Sun )
- 1958: Against Customs and Morals ( A Question of Adultery )
- 1959: Ruler of the Seas ( John Paul Jones )
- 1959: The Devil's Disciple ( The Devil's Disciple )
- 1960: Lord of the Three Worlds ( The 3 Worlds of Gulliver )
- 1960: The sinister hands of Dr. Orlak ( The Hands of Orlac )
Web links
- Basil Sydney in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Basil Sydney in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Basil Sydney in the All Movie Guide (English)
- Basil Sydney in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Doris Keane married . In: The New York Times , January 5, 1918.
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SURNAME | Sydney, Basil |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British theater and film actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Osyth , Essex , England |
DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1968 |
Place of death | London |