Syd Chaplin
Acting • Born 1885-03-14 – Died 1965-04-16
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.
Filmography
39 credits
A Dog's Life
Movie • 1918
Lunchwagon Owner (uncredited)
The Pilgrim
Movie • 1923
Eloper / Train Conductor / Little Boy's Father
The Bond
Movie • 1918
The Kaiser
Shoulder Arms
Movie • 1918
Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
Pay Day
Movie • 1922
Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner
The Missing Link
Movie • 1927
Arthur Wells
Charley's Aunt
Movie • 1925
Sir Fancourt Babberley (Babbs)
Gussle, the Golfer
Movie • 1914
Reggie Gussle
Gussle Tied to Trouble
Movie • 1915
Gussle
Gussle's Backward Way
Movie • 1915
Gussle
Gussle's Wayward Path
Movie • 1915
Gussle
The Better 'Ole
Movie • 1926
Private William 'Old Bill' Busby
A Lover's Lost Control
Movie • 1915
Gussle
Gussle's Day of Rest
Movie • 1915
Mr. Gussle
A Submarine Pirate
Movie • 1915
Ambitious waiter
Chaplin's Goliath
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Caught in a Park
Movie • 1915
The Husband
Oh! What a Nurse!
Movie • 1926
Jerry Clark 'Dolly Whimple'
The Fortune Hunter
Movie • 1927
Nat Duncan
That Springtime Feeling
Movie • 1915
Gussle - The Flirt
The Man on the Box
Movie • 1925
Bob Warburton
Gussle Rivals Jonah
Movie • 1915
Gussle
The Perfect Flapper
Movie • 1924
Dick Trayle
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
Fatty's Wine Party
Movie • 1914
The Waiter
Hello, 'Frisco
Movie • 1924
Syd Chaplin
The Chaplin Revue
Movie • 1959
Various (archive footage)
The Tramp and the Dictator
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Little Bit of Fluff
Movie • 1928
Birth of the Tramp
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Sydney, the Other Chaplin
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
The Rendezvous
Movie • 1923
Winkie
The Galloping Fish
Movie • 1924
Freddy Wetherill
Giddy, gay and ticklish
Movie • 1915
Her Temporary Husband
Movie • 1923
Judd
The Parrott Chase
Movie • 2009
Himself - archival footage
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Unknown Chaplin
TV • 1983
Self