Syd Chaplin
Born: 1885-03-14 in London, England
Died: 1965-04-16
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2017
- Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay as Self (archive footage)
- Sydney, the Other Chaplin as Self (archive footage)
2013
- Birth of the Tramp as Self (archive footage)
2002
- The Tramp and the Dictator as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
- Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life as Self (archive footage)
1996
- Chaplin's Goliath as Self (archive footage)
1983
- Unknown Chaplin as Self
1959
- The Chaplin Revue as Various (archive footage)
1927
- The Fortune Hunter as Nat Duncan
- The Missing Link as Arthur Wells
1926
- The Better 'Ole as Private William 'Old Bill' Busby
- Oh! What a Nurse! as Jerry Clark 'Dolly Whimple'
1925
- Charley's Aunt as Sir Fancourt Babberley (Babbs)
- The Man on the Box as Bob Warburton
1924
- Hello, 'Frisco as Syd Chaplin
- The Perfect Flapper as Dick Trayle
- The Galloping Fish as Freddy Wetherill
1923
- The Pilgrim as Eloper / Train Conductor / Little Boy's Father
- The Rendezvous as Winkie
- Her Temporary Husband as Judd
1922
- Pay Day as Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner
1921
- King, Queen, Joker ... (Director)
1918
- Shoulder Arms as Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
- A Dog's Life as Lunchwagon Owner (uncredited)
- The Bond as The Kaiser
1915
- A Submarine Pirate as Ambitious waiter
- Gussle's Day of Rest as Mr. Gussle
- Gussle Rivals Jonah as Gussle
- That Springtime Feeling as Gussle - The Flirt
- Caught in a Park as The Husband
- Giddy, gay and ticklish
- Gussle's Wayward Path as Gussle
- A Lover's Lost Control as Gussle
- Gussle's Backward Way as Gussle
- Gussle Tied to Trouble as Gussle
1914
- Dough and Dynamite ... (Editor)
- Fatty's Wine Party as The Waiter
- Gussle, the Golfer as Reggie Gussle