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Basil Sydney

Basil Sydney

English actor
April 23, 1894 (January 10, 1968)
G.-B. 1960. Biblical drama by Bob McNaught with Jeff Chandler, Basil Sydney, David Knight. King Saul, fearing to be replaced by David, makes David an outlaw.
Runtime: 104 min.

The Hands of Orlac

V.O.: Les Mains d'Orlac
Fr. 1960. Horror by Edmond T. Gréville with Mel Ferrer, Lucile Saint-Simon, Christopher Lee. Following an accident, a pianist imagines that he has been grafted with the hands of a killer.
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 1959. Dramatic comedy by Guy Hamilton with Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Laurence Olivier. In 1777, an American pastor is led to take up arms following an act of injustice by a British general.
Runtime: 82 min.
G.-B. 1955. Adventures drama by Arthur Lubin with Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Herbert Lom.
Runtime: 86 min.
U.S. 1950. Adventures by Byron Haskin with Robert Newton, Bobby Driscoll, Basil Sydney. A young boy and a pirate leader are part of a treasure hunting expedition.
Runtime: 95 min.
G.-B. 1948. Drama by Anthony Bushell with Eileen Herlie, Oskar Werner, Basil Sydney. A young Jewish Viennese woman becomes the wife of a rich piano merchant.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1948. Drama by Laurence Olivier with Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Basil Sydney. Convinced that he must kill his uncle to avenge his father, Hamlet cannot bring himself to complete the fatal act.
Runtime: 153 min.
G.-B. 1942. War drama by Alberto Cavalcanti with Leslie Banks, Basil Sydney, Elizabeth Allan. Disguised as British soldiers, Germans occupy an English village.
Runtime: 95 min.

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