Syd Chaplin
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1885-03-14 (80 years old)
Deathday
1965-04-16
Place of Birth
London, England
Also known As
Sydney Chaplin
Сідні Чаплін
Сід Чаплін
Сид Чаплин
Sydney John Chaplin
Sydney John Hill
Syd Chaplin
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.
Acting
1918
as Lunchwagon Owner (uncredited)
1923
as Eloper / Train Conductor / Little Boy's Father
1918
as Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
1918
as The Kaiser
1922
as Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner
1927
as Arthur Wells
1925
as Sir Fancourt Babberley (Babbs)
1914
as Reggie Gussle
1915
as Gussle
1915
as Gussle
1915
as Gussle
1926
as Private William 'Old Bill' Busby
1915
as Mr. Gussle
1915
as Gussle
1915
as Ambitious waiter
1996
as Self (archive footage)
1915
as The Husband
1926
as Jerry Clark 'Dolly Whimple'
1927
as Nat Duncan
1915
as Gussle - The Flirt
1925
as Bob Warburton
1915
as Gussle
1924
as Dick Trayle
1998
as Self (archive footage)
1914
as The Waiter
1924
as Syd Chaplin
1959
as Various (archive footage)
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
as Self (archive footage)
2017
as Self (archive footage)
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1923
as Winkie
1924
as Freddy Wetherill
Production
1915
as Director
1915
as Director
1915
as Director
1915
as Director
1915
as Director
1921
as Director
1915
as Director
1914
as Editor
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