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Acting

Basil Sydney

Career: Active from 1922 to 1962, busiest in 1936 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 18
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: The Dam Busters
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Basil Sydney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
0.5, average 5.4
Cringe Humor
1.0, average 2.2
Pop Culture
1.0, average 2.2
Tech & Humanity
0.7, average 1.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 3
Political Intrigue 3
Classic British Comedy 2
Historical Epic 2
Complex Characters 2
Psychological Tension 2
Historical Drama 2
Treasure Hunt 2
Period Piece 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

49

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1960s

6 titles · average score 58

Thursday Theatre

TV show · as Sir Norman Tullis

Silent Evidence

TV show · as Dr. Martin Westlake

Drama 61-67

TV show · as Mourtzinos

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

75

as Emperor of Lilliput

The Hands of Orlac

46

as Maurice Seidelman

A Story of David

54

as King Saul

1950s

19 titles · average score 65

The Devil's Disciple

68

as Lawyer Hawkins

A Question of Adultery

as Sir John Loring

Sea Wife

54

as Bulldog

Mayerling

as The Emperor Franz Joseph

Around the World in 80 Days

67

as Reform Club Member

The Dam Busters

88

as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.

Simba

64

as Mr Crawford

Hell Below Zero

64

as Bland

Salome

54

as Pontius Pilate

Three's Company

as Dr. Graham

Treasure Island

81

as Captain Smollett

The Angel with the Trumpet

66

as Francis Alt

1940s

12 titles · average score 70

Hamlet

83

as Claudius - The King

Jassy

49

as Nick Helmar

Meet Me at Dawn

as Georges Vermorel

The Man Within

as Sir Henry Merriman

Caesar and Cleopatra

69

as Rufio

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

74

as Costello

Went the Day Well?

85

as Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter

The Next of Kin

59

as Naval captain

The Farmer's Wife

as Samuel Sweetland

Spring Meeting

as James

Ships with Wings

as Capt. Fairfax

Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing

as (uncredited)

1930s

11 titles · average score 61

The Four Just Men

65

as Frank Snell

Rhodes of Africa

65

as Dr. Jim Jameson

Blind Man's Bluff

as Dr. Peter Fairfax

The Amateur Gentleman

as Louis Chichester

Accused

as Eugene Roget

Crime Over London

as 'Joker' Finnigan

The Riverside Murder

56

as Inspector Philip Winton

The Tunnel

57

as Mostyn

The Third Clue

as Reinhardt Conway

Dirty Work

as Hugh Stafford

The Midshipmaid

as Cmdr. Fosberry

1920s

1 title

Red Hot Romance

as Rowland Stone