Syd Chaplin

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. A Dog's Life (1918) — Lunchwagon Owner (uncredited)
2. Shoulder Arms (1918) — Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
3. Pay Day (1922) — Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner
4. The Pilgrim (1923) — Eloper / Train Conductor / Little Boy's Father
5. The Bond (1918) — The Kaiser
6. The Chaplin Revue (1959) — Various (archive footage)
7. The Tramp and the Dictator (2002) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
8. Birth of the Tramp (2013) — Self (archive footage)
9. Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020) — Self (archive footage)
10. Unknown Chaplin (1983) — Self
11. Chaplin's Goliath (1996) — Self (archive footage)
12. The Better 'Ole (1926) — Private William 'Old Bill' Busby
13. Gussle's Day of Rest (1915) — Mr. Gussle
14. A Submarine Pirate (1915) — Ambitious waiter
15. A Lover's Lost Control (1915) — Gussle
16. The Missing Link (1927) — Arthur Wells
17. Gussle, the Golfer (1914) — Reggie Gussle
18. The Man on the Box (1925) — Bob Warburton
19. Hello, 'Frisco (1924) — Syd Chaplin
20. Sydney, the Other Chaplin (2017) — Self (archive footage)
21. Gussle's Backward Way (1915) — Gussle
22. Gussle's Wayward Path (1915) — Gussle
23. Caught in a Park (1915) — The Husband
24. Oh! What a Nurse! (1926) — Jerry Clark 'Dolly Whimple'
25. The Fortune Hunter (1927) — Nat Duncan
26. The Perfect Flapper (1924) — Dick Trayle
27. Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1998) — Self (archive footage)
28. A Little Bit of Fluff (1928)
29. The Rendezvous (1923) — Winkie
30. The Galloping Fish (1924) — Freddy Wetherill
31. Her Temporary Husband (1923) — Judd
32. Charley's Aunt (1925) — Sir Fancourt Babberley (Babbs)
33. Gussle Tied to Trouble (1915) — Gussle
34. That Springtime Feeling (1915) — Gussle - The Flirt
35. Gussle Rivals Jonah (1915) — Gussle
36. Fatty's Wine Party (1914) — The Waiter
37. Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay (2017) — Self (archive footage)
38. Giddy, gay and ticklish (1915)
39. The Parrott Chase (2009) — (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed

1. King, Queen, Joker (1921) — Director
2. A Submarine Pirate (1915) — Director
3. A Lover's Lost Control (1915) — Director
4. Gussle's Backward Way (1915) — Director
5. Gussle's Wayward Path (1915) — Director
6. Gussle Tied to Trouble (1915) — Director
7. Gussle Rivals Jonah (1915) — Director