Syd Chaplin
Actor
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
A Dog's Life
as Lunchwagon Owner (uncredited) 1918
Shoulder Arms
as Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser 1918
Pay Day
as Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner 1922
The Pilgrim
as Eloper / Train Conductor / Little Boy's Father 1923
The Bond
as The Kaiser 1918
The Chaplin Revue
as Various (archive footage) 1959
The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2002
Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage) 2013
Chaplin's Goliath
as Self (archive footage) 1996
The Better 'Ole
as Private William 'Old Bill' Busby 1926
A Submarine Pirate
as Ambitious waiter 1915
Gussle's Day of Rest
as Mr. Gussle 1915
A Lover's Lost Control
as Gussle 1915
Sydney, the Other Chaplin
as Self (archive footage) 2017
The Missing Link
as Arthur Wells 1927Gussle, the Golfer
as Reggie Gussle 1914
Gussle's Backward Way
as Gussle 1915