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
- Politics5.3average 2.6
- Warfare3.8average 1.2
- Nostalgia5.7average 3.6
- Spiritual3.2average 2.0
- Wonder4.6average 3.4
- Class & Capitalism4.3average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay4.6average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.6, average 5.2
- Cringe Humor1.0, average 2.2
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Tech & Humanity0.8, average 1.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Historical Epic 2
- Complex Characters 2
- Classic British Comedy 2
- Treasure Hunt 2
- Period Piece 2
- Psychological Tension 2
- Historical Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Felix AylmerActorHamlet, The Hands of Orlac, The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Michael WildingActorShips with Wings, The Farmer's Wife, Spring Meeting
Leslie BanksActorWent the Day Well?, Ships with Wings, The Tunnel
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.ActorThe Amateur Gentleman, Three's Company, Accused
Patricia RocActorThe Farmer's Wife, Jassy, Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing
Enid Stamp-TaylorActorThe Farmer's Wife, Blind Man's Bluff, Spring Meeting- AAlbert ParkerDirectorBlind Man's Bluff, The Riverside Murder, The Third Clue
- CConrad von MoloEditorThe Amateur Gentleman, Crime Over London, Accused
- 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
Laurence OlivierActorThe Devil's Disciple, Hamlet
Joseph TomeltyActorHell Below Zero, Simba
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
75
as Emperor of Lilliput
46
as Maurice Seidelman
54
as King Saul
1950s
19 titles · average score 65
68
as Lawyer Hawkins
as Sir John Loring
54
as Bulldog
as The Emperor Franz Joseph
88
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
63
as Mr Crawford
64
as Bland
49
as King Louis XIV
54
as Pontius Pilate
as Dr. Graham
81
as Captain Smollett
as Francis Alt
1940s
12 titles · average score 70
83
as Claudius - The King
49
as Nick Helmar
as Georges Vermorel
as Sir Henry Merriman
69
as Rufio
74
as Costello
85
as Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter
59
as Naval captain
as Samuel Sweetland
as James
as Capt. Fairfax
as (uncredited)
1930s
11 titles · average score 60
64
as Frank Snell
65
as Dr. Jim Jameson
as Dr. Peter Fairfax
as Louis Chichester
as 'Joker' Finnigan
as Eugene Roget
56
as Inspector Philip Winton
56
as Mostyn
as Reinhardt Conway
as Hugh Stafford
as Cmdr. Fosberry
1920s
1 title
as Rowland Stone