Skip to main content
▶ WHOPLAYSNOW
Syd Chaplin

Syd Chaplin

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.

Known for

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020 • Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
2017 • Self (archive footage)
Sydney, the Other Chaplin
Sydney, the Other Chaplin
2017 • Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
Birth of the Tramp
2013 • Self (archive footage)
The Parrott Chase
2009 • Himself - archival footage
The Tramp and the Dictator
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998 • Self (archive footage)
Chaplin's Goliath
Chaplin's Goliath
1996 • Self (archive footage)

Full filmography

Sydney, the Other Chaplin
Sydney, the Other Chaplin
2017 • Self (archive footage)
View movie
Birth of the Tramp
Birth of the Tramp
2013 • Self (archive footage)
View movie
The Parrott Chase
2009 • Himself - archival footage
View movie
The Tramp and the Dictator
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
View movie
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998 • Self (archive footage)
View movie
Chaplin's Goliath
Chaplin's Goliath
1996 • Self (archive footage)
View movie
The Chaplin Revue
The Chaplin Revue
1959 • Various (archive footage)
View movie
The Missing Link
The Missing Link
1927 • Arthur Wells
View movie
The Fortune Hunter
The Fortune Hunter
1927 • Nat Duncan
View movie
The Better 'Ole
The Better 'Ole
1926 • Private William 'Old Bill' Busby
View movie
Oh! What a Nurse!
Oh! What a Nurse!
1926 • Jerry Clark 'Dolly Whimple'
View movie
The Man on the Box
The Man on the Box
1925 • Bob Warburton
View movie
Charley's Aunt
Charley's Aunt
1925 • Sir Fancourt Babberley (Babbs)
View movie
Hello, 'Frisco
1924 • Syd Chaplin
View movie
The Perfect Flapper
The Perfect Flapper
1924 • Dick Trayle
View movie
The Galloping Fish
The Galloping Fish
1924 • Freddy Wetherill
View movie
The Pilgrim
The Pilgrim
1923 • Eloper / Train Conductor / Little Boy's Father
View movie
Pay Day
Pay Day
1922 • Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner
View movie
Shoulder Arms
Shoulder Arms
1918 • Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
View movie
The Bond
The Bond
1918 • The Kaiser
View movie
A Dog's Life
A Dog's Life
1918 • Lunchwagon Owner (uncredited)
View movie
A Submarine Pirate
A Submarine Pirate
1915 • Ambitious waiter
View movie
Caught in a Park
1915 • The Husband
View movie
That Springtime Feeling
1915 • Gussle - The Flirt
View movie
Gussle, the Golfer
1914 • Reggie Gussle
View movie
Fatty's Wine Party
1914 • The Waiter
View movie
Syd Chaplin – Biography, Known For & Filmography