Sydney Chaplin

Acting

Sydney Chaplin

Born March 14, 1885 · London, England

Died April 16, 1965 · aged 80

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.…

Known For

A Dog's LifeA Dog's Life · 1918
A Dog's Life
7.31918
MovieComedy
The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
Pay DayPay Day · 1922
Pay Day
7.01922
MovieComedy
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
The PilgrimThe Pilgrim · 1923
The Pilgrim
6.91923
MovieComedyWestern
The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
King, Queen, JokerKing, Queen, Joker · 1921
King, Queen, Joker
6.51921
Movie
King, Queen, Joker is a 1921 silent feature farce written and directed by Sydney Chaplin, Charlie's older brother. The picture was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film was shot in England, France and the United States. Less than a reel of this film, the barbershop sequence, survives at the British Film Institute. It was included in the 2011 Criterion DVD special two disc edition release of The Great Dictator.
Shoulder ArmsShoulder Arms · 1918
Shoulder Arms
6.81918
MovieComedyWar
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
The BondThe Bond · 1918
The Bond
5.11918
MovieComedy
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 story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating various bonds like the bond of friendship and of marriage and, most important, the Liberty Bond, to K.O. the Kaiser which Charlie does literally.
Her Temporary HusbandHer Temporary Husband · 1923
Her Temporary Husband
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MovieComedy
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 home who is not expected to live much longer.
The Chaplin RevueThe Chaplin Revue · 1959
The Chaplin Revue
7.41959
MovieComedy
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".

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The Galloping FishThe Galloping Fish · 1924
The Galloping Fish
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MovieComedy
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 troubles, Freddy enters a vaudeville theater where Undine, "the diving Venus," and her trained seal, Bubbles, are performing. Outside the theater, Freddy meets Undine's fiancé, George Fitzgerald, and becomes involved in George's effort to hide Undine's seal from a bill collector armed with an order of attachment because of an unpaid hotel bill. Complications arise when Freddy Wetherill's dying rich uncle, Cato Dodd, notifies him that he wants Hyla to nurse him. To insure he stays in his uncle's will, Freddy substitutes Undine for Hyla and takes George along to act as his "valet." Naturally, Bubbles comes along, too. This movie is presumed to be lost.

Freddy Wetherill