Cast & creator
Sydney Chaplin
Best known for A Dog's Life, Unknown Chaplin, Shoulder Arms
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.
Also known as: Sydney Chaplin, Sydney John Chaplin, Sydney John Hill
46
film credits
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television credits
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1914–2020 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (47)
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A Dog's Life
Lunchwagon Owner (uncredited)
1918
Unknown Chaplin
Self
1983
Shoulder Arms
Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
1918
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Chaplin Revue
Various (archive footage)
1959
The Bond
The Kaiser
1918
The Tramp and the Dictator
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Birth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage)
2013
The Pilgrim
Eloper / Train Conductor / Little Boy's Father
1923
Pay Day
Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner
1922
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Self (archive footage)
1998Hello, 'Frisco
Syd Chaplin
1924
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Self (archive footage)
2017
Chaplin's Goliath
Self (archive footage)
1996
The Man on the Box
Bob Warburton
1925Fatty's Wine Party
The Waiter
1914
Her Temporary Husband
Judd
1923
A Little Bit of Fluff
1928
Oh! What a Nurse!
Jerry Clark 'Dolly Whimple'
1926
Dough and Dynamite
Editor
1914The Parrott Chase
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
A Lover's Lost Control
Gussle
1915A Lover's Lost Control
Director
1915
King, Queen, Joker
Director
1921
Gussle's Day of Rest
Mr. Gussle
1915
Gussle's Wayward Path
Gussle
1915Gussle's Wayward Path
Director
1915Giddy, gay and ticklish
1915
Gussle's Backward Way
Gussle
1915Gussle's Backward Way
Director
1915
Sydney, the Other Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Perfect Flapper
Dick Trayle
1924
Charley's Aunt
Sir Fancourt Babberley (Babbs)
1925
The Better 'Ole
Private William 'Old Bill' Busby
1926Caught in a Park
The Husband
1915Gussle Tied to Trouble
Gussle
1915Gussle Tied to Trouble
Director
1915
The Missing Link
Arthur Wells
1927
A Submarine Pirate
Ambitious waiter
1915A Submarine Pirate
Director
1915Gussle, the Golfer
Reggie Gussle
1914
The Fortune Hunter
Nat Duncan
1927
The Galloping Fish
Freddy Wetherill
1924
The Rendezvous
Winkie
1923That Springtime Feeling
Gussle - The Flirt
1915Gussle Rivals Jonah
Gussle
1915Gussle Rivals Jonah
Director
1915