Syd Chaplin
Birthday
1885/03/14
Day of death
1965/04/16 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
London, England
Also know as
Sydney Chaplin, Сідні Чаплін, Сід Чаплін, Сид Чаплин, Sydney John Chaplin, Sydney John Hill
Biography
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.
Acting
(1918) A Dog's Life
as Lunchwagon Owner (uncredited)
(1923) The Pilgrim
as Eloper / Train Conductor / Little Boy's Father
(1918) The Bond
as The Kaiser
(1918) Shoulder Arms
as Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
(1922) Pay Day
as Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner
(1927) The Missing Link
as Arthur Wells
(1925) Charley's Aunt
as Sir Fancourt Babberley (Babbs)
(1914) Gussle, the Golfer
as Reggie Gussle
(1915) Gussle Tied to Trouble
as Gussle
(1915) Gussle's Backward Way
as Gussle
(1915) Gussle's Wayward Path
as Gussle
(1926) The Better 'Ole
as Private William 'Old Bill' Busby
(1915) A Lover's Lost Control
as Gussle
(1915) Gussle's Day of Rest
as Mr. Gussle
(1915) A Submarine Pirate
as Ambitious waiter
(1996) Chaplin's Goliath
as Self (archive footage)
(1915) Caught in a Park
as The Husband
(1926) Oh! What a Nurse!
as Jerry Clark 'Dolly Whimple'
(1927) The Fortune Hunter
as Nat Duncan
(1915) That Springtime Feeling
as Gussle - The Flirt
(1925) The Man on the Box
as Bob Warburton
(1915) Gussle Rivals Jonah
as Gussle
(1924) The Perfect Flapper
as Dick Trayle
(1998) Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1914) Fatty's Wine Party
as The Waiter
(1924) Hello, 'Frisco
as Syd Chaplin
(1959) The Chaplin Revue
as Various (archive footage)
(2002) The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1928) A Little Bit of Fluff
as ---
(2013) Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
(2017) Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
as Self (archive footage)
(2017) Sydney, the Other Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
(1923) The Rendezvous
as Winkie
(1924) The Galloping Fish
as Freddy Wetherill
(1983) Unknown Chaplin
as Self