Sydney Chaplin
Sydney John Chaplin (né Hill; 16 March 1885 – 16 April 1965) was an English actor. Chaplin was the elder half-brother of actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and served as his business manager in later life.
Through their mother Hannah, they were older half-brothers to the younger Wheeler Dryden, who grew up separately with his father in England and was not told about his half-brothers until 1915. Dryden later emigrated to the United States, joining the Chaplins in Hollywood. Sydney Chaplin was also a half-uncle of actor Sydney Chaplin (1926–2009), who was named after him.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8898 |
| Birthday | 1885-03-14 |
| Place of Birth | London, England |
| Also Known As | Sydney Chaplin, Sydney John Chaplin, Sydney John Hill, |
1918
A Dog's Life
7.312/373
The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
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A Dog's Life
1923
The Pilgrim
6.9/161
The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
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The Pilgrim
1918
Shoulder Arms
6.842/206
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
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Shoulder Arms
1918
The Bond
5.1/52
A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The...
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The Bond
1922
Pay Day
7.018/167
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
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Pay Day
1927
The Missing Link
4.5/2
Arthur Wells, an impoverished poet, impersonates a big-game hunter in an attempt to locate the missing link. However, the poet has an aversion to anim...
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The Missing Link
1925
Charley's Aunt
0/0
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a...
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Charley's Aunt
1914
Gussle, the Golfer
7.5/2
The ever-disreputable Reggie Gussle, mistreating his caddy and generally making an ass of himself on the golf course, receives a well-deserved golf ba...
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Gussle, the Golfer
1915
Gussle Tied to Trouble
0/0
Another of the fast and furious slapstick comedies produced for Keystone that is long on speed and mugging and short on jokes. Gussle and his wife dec...
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Gussle Tied to Trouble
1915
Gussle's Backward Way
5/1
This film concerns the adventures of Gussle, played by Sydney Chaplin, in Big Bear Lake area of California. The picture opens with our hero riding a m...
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Gussle's Backward Way
1915
Gussle's Wayward Path
5/1
Gussle (Syd Chaplin) comes home with a cute little dog but doesn't want the wife to see it--leading up to a rather funny bit you'll have to see for yo...
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Gussle's Wayward Path
1926
The Better 'Ole
5.714/7
The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.
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The Better 'Ole
1915
Gussle's Day of Rest
5.5/5
The disgraceful Reggie Gussle spends a day at the park with his hated wife while trying to steal a lovely girl from her boyfriend.
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Gussle's Day of Rest
1915
A Lover's Lost Control
5.667/3
Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy.
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A Lover's Lost Control
1915
A Submarine Pirate
4.9/5
A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.
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A Submarine Pirate
1996
Chaplin's Goliath
6.556/9
A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character.
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Chaplin's Goliath
1915
Caught in a Park
5/1
Featuring Charlie Chaplin's half-brother as The Husband, Phyllis Allen as The Wife, Slim Summerville as The Boy Friend, Cecile Arnold as The Girl Frie...
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Caught in a Park
1926
Oh! What a Nurse!
9/1
Oh! What a Nurse! is a 1926 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Darryl F. Zanuck. The film stars Sydney Chaplin, Patsy Rut...
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Oh! What a Nurse!
1927
The Fortune Hunter
8/1
The Fortune Hunter is a lost 1927 silent film comedy directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin. It is based on the 1909 Broadway play The F...
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The Fortune Hunter
1915
That Springtime Feeling
0/0
The old saying goes that "In the spring a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love", but when one young man tries to turn his "fancy" in a local pa...
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That Springtime Feeling
1925
The Man on the Box
6.25/2
A wealthy young man disguises himself as a gardener to be near the woman he secretly loves. He discovers that the butler is an enemy spy who plans to...
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The Man on the Box
1915
Gussle Rivals Jonah
0/0
Gussle Rivals Jonah is a silent comedy
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Gussle Rivals Jonah
1924
The Perfect Flapper
7/1
A 1924 film directed by John Francis Dillon.
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The Perfect Flapper
1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
8/1
A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to gl...
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Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1914
Fatty's Wine Party
0/0
Fatty's Wine Party is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
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Fatty's Wine Party
1924
Hello, 'Frisco
7.5/2
A comedy short directed by character Slim Summerville.
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Hello, 'Frisco
1959
The Chaplin Revue
7.4/40
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin pro...
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The Chaplin Revue
2002
The Tramp and the Dictator
7.038/26
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in...
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The Tramp and the Dictator
1928
A Little Bit of Fluff
9/1
Syd Chaplin And Betty Balfour star in this British International Picture.
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A Little Bit of Fluff
2013
Birth of the Tramp
7.1/17
A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the...
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Birth of the Tramp
2017
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
0/0
Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essanay films.
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Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
2017
Sydney, the Other Chaplin
7/2
Since his debut in 1914, Charles Chaplin has never ceased to amaze. But surely, Charles would have never reached such heights if it weren't for his bi...
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Sydney, the Other Chaplin
1923
The Rendezvous
8/1
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The Rendezvous
1924
The Galloping Fish
7/1
Freddy Wetherill and his bride, Hyla, quarrel at her mother's beach cottage, and Hyla sends her new husband home alone. Seeking distraction from his t...
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The Galloping Fish
1915
Giddy, gay and ticklish
0/0
Short with Sydney Chaplin. The comical character has lots of adventures such as falling, being beaten up or trying to push his wife in a manhole.
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Giddy, gay and ticklish
1923
Her Temporary Husband
8/1
Blanche will inherit her aunt's large estate, providing that she gets married within 24 hours. She chooses to wed John, an old man living at a rest ho...
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Her Temporary Husband
2009
The Parrott Chase
0/0
Slapstick experts host this look at the life and films of Charley Chase with rare film clips and photos.
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The Parrott Chase
2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
8/12
The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) us...
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