Acting
Basil Sydney
- Titles
- 44movies2TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19221962
- Leading roles
- 18top three billing
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
Hamlet74/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.3average 2.6
- Politics5.3average 2.6
- Warfare3.8average 1.2
- Nostalgia5.7average 3.6
- Spiritual3.2average 2.0
- Wonder4.7average 3.4
- Class & Capitalism4.3average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay4.6average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.3, average 5.2
- Cringe Humor1.0, average 2.2
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Tech & Humanity0.7, average 1.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 3
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Historical Drama 2
- Historical Epic 2
- Period Piece 2
- Complex Characters 2
- Treasure Hunt 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Felix AylmerActorHamlet, The Hands of Orlac, The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Leslie BanksActorWent the Day Well?, The Tunnel, Ships with Wings
Patricia RocActorJassy, The Farmer's Wife, Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing
Michael WildingActorThe Farmer's Wife, Ships with Wings, Spring Meeting
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.ActorThe Amateur Gentleman, Accused, Three's Company
Enid Stamp-TaylorActorThe Farmer's Wife, Blind Man's Bluff, Spring Meeting- CConrad von MoloEditorThe Amateur Gentleman, Accused, Crime Over London
- JJohn DightonWriterThe Devil's Disciple, Went the Day Well?, The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Angus MacPhailWriterWent the Day Well?, The Four Just Men, The Black Sheep of Whitehall- AAlbert ParkerDirectorThe Riverside Murder, Blind Man's Bluff, The Third Clue
Margaret LockwoodActorJassy, The Amateur Gentleman
Eileen HerlieActorHamlet, The Angel with the Trumpet
Movies and TV shows
461960s
4 titles · average score 57
TV show
64
as Emperor of Lilliput
49
as Maurice Seidelman
as King Saul
1950s
18 titles · average score 63
67
as Lawyer Hawkins
as Sir John Loring
as Bulldog
as The Emperor Franz Joseph
66
as Reform Club Member
71
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
63
as Mr Crawford
59
as Bland
48
as King Louis XIV
57
as Pontius Pilate
as Dr. Graham
67
as Captain Smollett
1940s
12 titles · average score 69
74
as Claudius - The King
59
as Nick Helmar
as Georges Vermorel
as Sir Henry Merriman
69
as Rufio
73
as Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
as Costello
as Naval captain
as James
as Capt. Fairfax
as Samuel Sweetland
as (uncredited)
1930s
11 titles · average score 58
62
as Frank Snell
58
as Dr. Jim Jameson
as Dr. Peter Fairfax
as Louis Chichester
as 'Joker' Finnigan
as Eugene Roget
55
as Inspector Philip Winton
as Mostyn
as Reinhardt Conway
as Hugh Stafford
as Cmdr. Fosberry
1920s
1 titles
as Rowland Stone