Portrait of Sydney Howard

Acting

Sydney Howard

Career

Active from 1929 to 1945, busiest in 1931 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
GoodWatch score54/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Lighthearted 4
  • Classic Film 3
  • Mistaken Identity 2
  • British Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

4 titles
Flight from Folly
Flight from Folly (1945)

as Dr Wylie

When We Are Married
When We Are Married (1943)

as Henry Ormonroyd

Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941)

as Mr. Proudfoot

Once a Crook
Once a Crook (1941)

as Hallelujah Harry

1930s

16 titles · average score 54
Shipyard Sally
Shipyard Sally (1939)

as Major Fitzgerald

Fame
Fame (1936)

as Oswald Bertwhistle

Chick
Chick (1936)

as Chick Beane

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dan Campbell, the Drunk

It's a Cop
It's a Cop (1934)

as PC Robert Spry

Night of the Garter
Night of the Garter (1933)

as Bodger

Up for the Derby
Up for the Derby (1933)

as Joe Burton

The Mayor's Nest
The Mayor's Nest (1932)

as Joe Pilgrim

It's a King
It's a King (1932)

as Albert King / King Albert

Splinters in the Navy
Splinters in the Navy (1931)

as Joe Crabbs

Tilly of Bloomsbury
Tilly of Bloomsbury (1931)

as Samuel Stillbottle

Up for the Cup
Up for the Cup (1931)

as John Willie Entwhistle

1920s

1 title
Splinters
Splinters (1929)

as Doleful Soldier