Portrait of Syd Saylor

Acting

Syd Saylor

Career

Active from 1926 to 1953, busiest in 1937 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score48/100
Highest rated
Poster for Tangled Destinies
Tangled Destinies
GoodWatch score55/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 66 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Syd Saylor Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.7, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    3.1, average 4.7
  • Social Commentary
    3.5, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 4
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Jungle Exploration 2
  • Animal Action 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Action-Adventure 2
  • Heroic 2
  • Good vs Evil 2
  • Action-Packed 2
  • Western 2
  • 1930s 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

194
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

2 titles ยท average score 44
The Crawling Hand
The Crawling Hand (1963)
GoodWatch score 32

as Soda Shop Owner

Period of Adjustment
Period of Adjustment (1962)
GoodWatch score 56

as Bald Man (uncredited)

1950s

32 titles ยท average score 62
The Deputy
The Deputy (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Soapy Waters

Perry Mason
Perry Mason (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Charlie, Watchman

Maverick
Maverick (1957)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as 1st Townsman / Depot Master

Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot (1957)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Johnson

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Lassie
Lassie (1954)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

The Tall Texan
The Tall Texan (1953)
GoodWatch score 53

as Carney

Adventures of Superman
Adventures of Superman (1952)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

The Abbott and Costello Show
The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Second Panhandler / Sneezing Man

Dragnet
Dragnet (1951)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950)

as Sheriff Luke Arundle

Mule Train
Mule Train (1950)

as Deputy Skeeter

1940s

58 titles ยท average score 64
Sleep, My Love
Sleep, My Love (1948)
GoodWatch score 66

as Milkman

Thunder Town
Thunder Town (1946)

as Utah McGirk

Six Gun Man
Six Gun Man (1946)

as Rawhide McTavish

Ambush Trail
Ambush Trail (1946)

as Sam Hawkins

Navajo Kid
Navajo Kid (1945)

as Happy

Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street (1945)
GoodWatch score 89

as Tom Crocker, Evening Globe (uncredited)

Gaslight
Gaslight (1944)
GoodWatch score 83

as Baggage Clerk (uncredited)

It's Murder
It's Murder (1944)

as Mr Niblick

Harvest Melody
Harvest Melody (1943)

as Spot Potter

Action in the North Atlantic
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
GoodWatch score 71

as Jim (uncredited)

Wyoming Wildcat
Wyoming Wildcat (1941)

as Butch McCord

Young People
Young People (1940)
GoodWatch score 59

as Vaudevillian (uncredited)

1930s

95 titles ยท average score 60
Guns in the Dark
Guns in the Dark (1937)

as Oscar

Born to the West
Born to the West (1937)
GoodWatch score 51

as Dinkey Hooley

Arizona Days
Arizona Days (1937)

as Claude Grass Hopper

The Three Mesquiteers
The Three Mesquiteers (1936)

as Lullaby Joslin

Headin' for the Rio Grande
Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936)

as Chili (Tex's sidekick)

Two Hearts in Wax Time
Two Hearts in Wax Time (1935)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mannequin Dresser (uncredited)

Wilderness Mail
Wilderness Mail (1935)

as Mora

Branded a Coward
Branded a Coward (1935)

as Oscar

Nevada
Nevada (1935)

as Cash Burridge

The Lost Jungle
The Lost Jungle (1934)
GoodWatch score 40

as Larry Henderson

The Lost Jungle
The Lost Jungle (1934)
GoodWatch score 40

as Larry Henderson

The Dude Ranger
The Dude Ranger (1934)

as 'Nebraska' Kemp (as Sid Saylor)

1920s

7 titles
Just Off Broadway
Just Off Broadway (1929)

as Bennie Barnett

Shanghai Rose
Shanghai Rose (1929)

as Xavier Doolittle

Cat, Dog & Co.
Cat, Dog & Co. (1929)

as Pedestrian

Any Old Count
Any Old Count (1928)

as House Detective

And George Did!
And George Did! (1926)

as George

The Runaway Express
The Runaway Express (1926)

as The Tramp

Red Hot Leather
Red Hot Leather (1926)

as 'Noisy' Bates (as Leo Sailor)