Sydney Bromley
Sydney Bromley (born July 24, 1909 in London , † August 14, 1987 in Worthing , Sussex ) was a British actor.
Bromley's acting career includes more than sixty films and television productions between 1944 and 1987, with the bearded character actor from the 1960s mostly cast as a wise eccentric and bucolic, toothless age. His best-known film roles in Germany include the sleigh driver in Roman Polański's horror comedy Tanz der Vampire (1967) and the Enguywook in Wolfgang Petersen's fantasy literary adaptation The Neverending Story (1984). In the theater he performed in plays such as A Midsummer Night's Dream and Was ihr wollt at the Open Air Theater in London. He was also a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company ,
Filmography (selection)
- 1945: Encounter (Brief Encounter)
- 1948: A Date with a Dream
- 1957: Saint Joan (Saint Joan)
- 1959: Horrors of the Black Museum
- 1962: The Gang of Captain Clegg (Captain Clegg)
- 1964: Oh, dear father (Father Came Too!)
- 1964–1965: Fire Crackers (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 1965: The horror at Witley Castle (Die, Monster, Die!)
- 1965: It's crazy - the brazen cowboy (Carry on Cowboy)
- 1967: The slave of the amazons (slave girls)
- 1967: Burning Death (Night of the Big Heat)
- 1967: Dance of the Vampires (Dance of the Vampires)
- 1967: Smashing Time
- 1971: Macbeth (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
- 1973: No Sex Please, We're British
- 1974: The Pallisers (TV miniseries, 3 episodes)
- 1974: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
- 1977: The Prince and the Pauper
- 1977: Adventures at Candleshoe Castle (Candleshoe)
- 1981: The Dragon Slayer (Dragonslayer)
- 1981: American Werewolf
- 1984: The Neverending Story
- 1986: Pirates (Pirates)
- 1987: Crystalstone
Web links
- Sydney Bromley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bromley, Sydney |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1987 |
| Place of death | Worthing , Sussex |