1962
Search results
Basil Sydney (23 April 1894 – 10 January 1968) was an English stage and screen actor. Career. Basil Sydney and Doris Keane as Romeo and Juliet. Sydney made his name in 1915 in the London stage hit Romance by Edward Sheldon, with Broadway star Doris Keane, and he costarred with Keane in the 1920 silent film of the play.
Basil Sydney. Actor: Hamlet. The son of a stage manager, Basil Sydney entered the acting profession in 1909. His burgeoning career was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I, during which he saw action with the Norfolk Regiment in the British Army.
Basil Sydney. Actor: Hamlet. The son of a stage manager, Basil Sydney entered the acting profession in 1909. His burgeoning career was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I, during which he saw action with the Norfolk Regiment in the British Army.
Basil Sydney (23 April 1894 – 10 January 1968) was an English stage and screen actor. Sydney made his name in 1915 in the London stage hit Romance by Edward Sheldon, with Broadway star Doris Keane, and he costarred with Keane in the 1920 silent film of the play.
Basil Sydney is an actor most teachers of Shakespeare immediately recognize; he played Claudius in Laurence Olivier’s benchmark 1948 film of Hamlet. His first stage appearance was in 1911 and his first part in Shakespeare was as Claudius in 1914 at the Old Vic.
Dec 6, 2023 · Basil Sydney was an English actor who made over fifty screen appearances, most memorably as Claudius in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film of Hamlet. He also appeared in classic films like Treasure Island, Ivanhoe and Around the World in Eighty Days, but the focus of his career was the legitimate stage on both sides of the Atlantic.
Basil Sydney. Highest Rated: 100% Treasure Island (1950) Lowest Rated: 79% Ivanhoe (1952) Birthday: Apr 23, 1894. Birthplace: St. Osyth, Essex, England, UK.
