Acting
Basil Sydney
- Titles
- 44movies5TV shows
- Career
Active from 1922 to 1962, busiest in 1936 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 18top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
The Dam Busters88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.3average 2.6
- Politics5.2average 2.6
- Warfare3.7average 1.2
- Nostalgia5.6average 3.7
- Wonder4.6average 3.4
- Spiritual3.1average 2.0
- Wit & Wordplay4.6average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.5, average 5.4
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Cringe Humor1.0, average 2.2
- Tech & Humanity0.7, average 1.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 3
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Historical Epic 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Psychological Tension 2
- Classic British Comedy 2
- Treasure Hunt 2
- Period Piece 2
- Complex Characters 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Patricia RocActorThe Farmer's Wife, Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing, Jassy
Leslie BanksActorWent the Day Well?, Ships with Wings, The Tunnel
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.ActorThree's Company, The Amateur Gentleman, Accused
Enid Stamp-TaylorActorThe Farmer's Wife, Blind Man's Bluff, Spring Meeting
Felix AylmerActorHamlet, The Hands of Orlac, The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Michael WildingActorThe Farmer's Wife, Ships with Wings, Spring Meeting- CConrad von MoloEditorThe Amateur Gentleman, Accused, Crime Over London
- AAlbert ParkerDirectorThe Riverside Murder, Blind Man's Bluff, The Third Clue
Angus MacPhailWriterWent the Day Well?, The Four Just Men, The Black Sheep of Whitehall- JJohn DightonWriterThe Devil's Disciple, Went the Day Well?, The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Gordon HarkerActorThe Amateur Gentleman, Dirty Work
Edward RigbyActorWent the Day Well?, Accused
Movies and TV shows
491960s
6 titles · average score 58
TV show · as Sir Norman Tullis
TV show · as Dr. Martin Westlake
TV show · as Mourtzinos
as Emperor of Lilliput
as Maurice Seidelman
as King Saul
1950s
19 titles · average score 65
as Lawyer Hawkins
as Sir John Loring
as Bulldog
as The Emperor Franz Joseph
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
as Mr Crawford
as Bland
as King Louis XIV
as Pontius Pilate
as Dr. Graham
as Captain Smollett
as Francis Alt
1940s
12 titles · average score 70
as Claudius - The King
as Nick Helmar
as Georges Vermorel
as Sir Henry Merriman
as Rufio
as Costello
as Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
as Naval captain
as James
as Samuel Sweetland
as Capt. Fairfax
as (uncredited)
1930s
11 titles · average score 60
as Frank Snell
as Dr. Jim Jameson
as Dr. Peter Fairfax
as Louis Chichester
as Eugene Roget
as 'Joker' Finnigan
as Inspector Philip Winton
as Mostyn
as Reinhardt Conway
as Hugh Stafford
as Cmdr. Fosberry
1920s
1 title
as Rowland Stone