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
Cast Credits
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2017
Sydney, the Other Chaplin
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2017
Birth of the Tramp
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2013
The Tramp and the Dictator
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 2002
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1998
Chaplin's Goliath
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1996
Unknown Chaplin
Character: Self
TV • 1983
The Chaplin Revue
Character: Various (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1959
A Little Bit of Fluff
Character:
MOVIE • 1928
The Missing Link
Character: Arthur Wells
MOVIE • 1927
The Fortune Hunter
Character: Nat Duncan
MOVIE • 1927
The Better 'Ole
Character: Private William 'Old Bill' Busby
MOVIE • 1926
Oh! What a Nurse!
Character: Jerry Clark 'Dolly Whimple'
MOVIE • 1926
The Man on the Box
Character: Bob Warburton
MOVIE • 1925
Charley's Aunt
Character: Sir Fancourt Babberley (Babbs)
MOVIE • 1925
Hello, 'Frisco
Character: Syd Chaplin
MOVIE • 1924
The Perfect Flapper
Character: Dick Trayle
MOVIE • 1924
The Galloping Fish
Character: Freddy Wetherill
MOVIE • 1924
The Rendezvous
Character: Winkie
MOVIE • 1923
The Pilgrim
Character: Eloper / Train Conductor / Little Boy's Father
MOVIE • 1923
Crew
Crew Credits
King, Queen, Joker
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1921
A Submarine Pirate
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1915
A Lover's Lost Control
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1915
Gussle Tied to Trouble
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1915
Gussle's Backward Way
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1915
Gussle Rivals Jonah
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1915
Gussle's Wayward Path
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1915
Dough and Dynamite
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1914