Syd Chaplin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1885-03-14

Place of Birth

London, England

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.

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Acting History

2017
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay as Self (archive footage)
2017
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)
1928
A Little Bit of Fluff
1927
The Missing Link as Arthur Wells
1927
The Fortune Hunter as Nat Duncan
1926
The Better 'Ole as Private William 'Old Bill' Busby
1926
Oh! What a Nurse! as Jerry Clark 'Dolly Whimple'
1925
The Man on the Box as Bob Warburton
1925
Charley's Aunt as Sir Fancourt Babberley (Babbs)
1924
Hello, 'Frisco as Syd Chaplin
1924
The Perfect Flapper as Dick Trayle
1924
The Galloping Fish as Freddy Wetherill
1923
Her Temporary Husband as Judd
1923
The Rendezvous as Winkie
1923
The Pilgrim as Eloper / Train Conductor / Little Boy's Father
1922
Pay Day as Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner
1918
Shoulder Arms as Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
1918
The Bond as The Kaiser
1918
A Dog's Life as Lunchwagon Owner (uncredited)
1915
A Submarine Pirate as Ambitious waiter
1915
A Lover's Lost Control as Gussle
1915
Gussle Tied to Trouble as Gussle
1915
Gussle's Backward Way as Gussle
1915
Gussle Rivals Jonah as Gussle
1915
Gussle's Wayward Path as Gussle
1915
Gussle's Day of Rest as Mr. Gussle
1915
Caught in a Park as The Husband
1915
Giddy, gay and ticklish
1915
That Springtime Feeling as Gussle - The Flirt
1914
Gussle, the Golfer as Reggie Gussle
1914
Fatty's Wine Party as The Waiter