Syd Chaplin
Birthday: 1885-03-14
Place of Birth: London, England
Biography: Sydney John Chaplin (né Hill; 16 March 1885 – 16 April 1965) was an English actor. Chaplin was the elder half-brother of actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and served as his business manager in later life. Through their mother Hannah, they were older half-brothers to the younger Wheeler Dryden, who grew up separately with his father in England and was not told about his half-brothers until 1915. Dryden later emigrated to the United States, joining the Chaplins in Hollywood. Sydney Chaplin was also a half-uncle of actor Sydney Chaplin (1926–2009), who was named after him.
Movies
The Pilgrim
The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church....
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Shoulder Arms
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enem...
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The Bond
A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to he...
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The Missing Link
Arthur Wells, an impoverished poet, impersonates a big-game hunter in an attempt to locate the missi...
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Charley's Aunt
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Braz...
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Gussle, the Golfer
The ever-disreputable Reggie Gussle, mistreating his caddy and generally making an ass of himself on...
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Gussle Tied to Trouble
Another of the fast and furious slapstick comedies produced for Keystone that is long on speed and m...
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Gussle's Backward Way
This film concerns the adventures of Gussle, played by Sydney Chaplin, in Big Bear Lake area of Cali...
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Gussle's Wayward Path
Gussle (Syd Chaplin) comes home with a cute little dog but doesn't want the wife to see it--leading ...
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The Better 'Ole
The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War....
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Gussle's Day of Rest
The disgraceful Reggie Gussle spends a day at the park with his hated wife while trying to steal a l...
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A Lover's Lost Control
Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy....
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A Submarine Pirate
A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion....
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Chaplin's Goliath
A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie C...
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Caught in a Park
Featuring Charlie Chaplin's half-brother as The Husband, Phyllis Allen as The Wife, Slim Summerville...
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Oh! What a Nurse!
Oh! What a Nurse! is a 1926 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Darryl F...
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The Fortune Hunter
The Fortune Hunter is a lost 1927 silent film comedy directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Ch...
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That Springtime Feeling
The old saying goes that "In the spring a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love", but when one...
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The Man on the Box
A wealthy young man disguises himself as a gardener to be near the woman he secretly loves. He disco...
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Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), f...
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Fatty's Wine Party
Fatty's Wine Party is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle....
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The Chaplin Revue
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together...
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The Tramp and the Dictator
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creat...
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A Little Bit of Fluff
Syd Chaplin And Betty Balfour star in this British International Picture....
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Birth of the Tramp
A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall succ...
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Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essa...
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Sydney, the Other Chaplin
Since his debut in 1914, Charles Chaplin has never ceased to amaze. But surely, Charles would have n...
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The Galloping Fish
Freddy Wetherill and his bride, Hyla, quarrel at her mother's beach cottage, and Hyla sends her new ...
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Giddy, gay and ticklish
Short with Sydney Chaplin. The comical character has lots of adventures such as falling, being beate...
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Her Temporary Husband
Blanche will inherit her aunt's large estate, providing that she gets married within 24 hours. She c...
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