Sydney ChaplinFilmography

Born:: March 31, 1926 in Los Angeles, CA
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Sydney Chaplin's acting career is perhaps more comparable to that of his namesake uncle than to his internationally loved father Sir Charles Chaplin. The second son from his father's ill-fated marriage to young actress Lita Grey, Sydney and his elder brother Charles Jr. were raised by Grey...Read More

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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Actors: Sydney Pollack, Charles Chaplin, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey, Jr., Woody Allen, Milos Forman, Marcel Marceau

Synopsis: American film historian and author Richard Schickel directs the documentary Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin. Schickel offers an exploration into Chaplin's life, from his childhood in London until his death in 1977. The film also contains insight on his multifaceted film career and Read More

2003
The Tramp and the Dictator

Actors: Walter Bernstein, Ray Bradbury, Sydney Chaplin, Al Hirschfeld, Stanley Kauffmann

Synopsis: One of the most compelling strokes of fate in the past millenium is the fact that the 20th century's most hated dictator and most beloved film comedian were born within four days of each other in 1889. Although Adolf Hitler probably never gave Charlie Chaplin a second thought during his rise to Read More

2002
Satan's Cheerleaders

Synopsis: The cheerleaders of Benedict High are a rowdy, randy bunch with little regard for rules, decorum, or anything that gets in the way of a good time with the stud football players they date. The big game against Baker High is coming up, and the intense rivalry between the schools leads to spirited Read More

1977
Medical Story

Synopsis: In this pilot film for the NBC TV series Medical Story, idealistic young intern Dr. Steve Drucker (Beau Bridges) clashes with three of his superiors over whether a prominent actress should have a hysterectomy. The woman in question is played by Harriet Karr, who had undergone a similar experience Read More

1975
The Contract

1973
The Woman Hunter

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV film, the rich Dina Hunter (Barbara Eden) believes that someone is out to kill her in order to steal her jewels. However, as she attempts to get help, Dina's fears are laughed off as being paranoid and unfounded. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1972
Sibling

Synopsis: The only noteworthy element of this otherwise undistinguished low-budget suspense flick is the presence of director Reginald LeBorg, who helmed numerous Joe Palooka comedies and several horror projects (including the excellent Vincent Price thriller Diary of a Madman) before taking a career dive Read More

1972
La Saignée

Synopsis: In this French crime/action thriller, set in New York City, the young French waiter who stumbles on a killing at his restaurant could not be considered lucky, by any means. He decides to leave New York and return to France to avoid pursuit by the mobster who committed the murder. Unfortunately, he Read More

11/10/71
Le Grande Maffia

Actors: Francis Blanche

Synopsis: This French film goes for extremely broad humor, as it tells the story of the various transformations undergone by a man who receives heart transplants from wildly different people. At first, he is a lustful and cowardly clerk (Francis Blanche). On receiving the heart of an important gangster, he Read More

9/17/71
Das Lied der Balalaik

Synopsis: The most outstanding feature of this mystery/drama is the attractive and remarkable voice of Ivan Rebroff, a bass whose performing range spans four octaves. Though many can produce squeaks, squeals and grunts spanning four octaves, untrained singers are lucky to be able to perform using two Read More

1971
Papa, les petits bateaux...

Actors: Sheila White

Synopsis: In this whimsical French comedy, Cookie (Sheila White) is a tough, sweet little rich girl, and is rather smart, too. She's smart enough and charming enough to outwit her kidnappers by setting one against the other until they have all killed each other or died trying to prove their worth to her. Read More

1971
Le Clan des Siciliens

Actors: Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura, Danielle Volle, Irina Demick, Amedeo Nazzari

Synopsis: Roger Santet (Alain Delon) is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese (Jean Gabin). They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibit in Rome. As they are preparing for the heist, the mobster's American friend Tony Nicosia Read More

1969
The Adding Machine

Actors: Phyllis Diller, Milo O'Shea, Billie Whitelaw, Sydney Chaplin, Julian Glover

Synopsis: This satirical fantasy is based upon an Elmer Rice play from 1923. A hard-working office employee is rewarded for his years of slavish devotion to the company by getting fired just prior to retirement and being replaced with an adding machine. Now, with only his nagging wife waiting at home to add Read More

1969
A Doppia Faccia

Actors: Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee, Christiane Kruger, Günther Stoll, Sydney Chaplin

Synopsis: This psychological drama finds Helen (Margaret Lee) wanting a divorce from her adoring husband John (Klaus Kinski). She leaves him and is killed in an auto wreck. John finds himself the target of a police investigation to determine if the death was an accident, murder or suicide. His wife had Read More

1969
Ho!

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Joanna Shimkus, Sydney Chaplin, Alain Mottet, Paul Crauchet

Synopsis: Ho (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a racecar driver who is sponsored by a colorful gangster. When his friend is involved in an accident that leads to his death, Ho leaves the world of auto racing behind. He joins the mob and becomes a getaway driver for thugs who pull off bank robberies. When the mob boss Read More

10/16/68
Se Incontri Sartana Prega Per la Tua Morte

Actors: John Garko, William Berger, Sydney Chaplin, Klaus Kinski

Synopsis: In this western, an engimatic stranger stops a stage from being robbed. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

8/14/68
One by One

1968
A Countess from Hong Kong

Actors: Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Patrick Cargill

Synopsis: Charles Chaplin wrote, directed, and scored this old-fashioned romantic comedy, which proved to be his last film. Wealthy American diplomat Ogden Mears (Marlon Brando) is sailing from Hong Kong to Hawaii, where he hopes to meet and reconcile with his estranged wife Martha (Tippi Hedren). However Read More

1967
Sept Hommes Et Une Garce

Actors: Jean Marais, Sydney Chaplin, Marilù Tolo, Guy Bedos

Synopsis: A French Army Captain (Jean Marais) and his adjunct (Sydney Chaplin) are separated from their unit during the Napoleonic Wars in this comedy adventure. Both men are caught behind enemy lines and have amorous romps with the comely Carlotta (Marilu Tolo), who charms them in various stages of Read More

1967
30 Years of Fun

Synopsis: The fourth of Oscar-winning short-subject director Youngson's comedy compilations (the earlier ones were Golden Age of Comedy, When Comedy was King, and Days of Thrills and Laughter) is, amazingly, almost as full and fresh as those earlier efforts, containing highlights from such silent comedy Read More

1963
Follow That Man

Synopsis: Crook Chaplin hides from the police while pretending to be a Swedish widow's long-lost son. Unfortunately, the widow wants more than a son! ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1961
Quantez

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone, James Barton, Sydney Chaplin, John Gavin

Synopsis: Fred MacMurray plays the head of an outlaw band trying to escape across the Mexican border. The gang is able to elude the law and to navigate the rough terrain, but the flight comes to a halt in an all-but-deserted desert town. Here MacMurray and company are forced to stave off an Indian attack Read More

1957
The Deadliest Sin

Actors: Sydney Chaplin, Audrey Dalton, John Bentley, Peter Hammond

Synopsis: Sydney Chaplin (son of Charlie) heads the cast of the British meller The Deadliest Sin. Chaplin plays a slimy holdup man named Mike, who has recently double-crossed his partner in crime. When the partner shows up to claim his due, the man is killed by Alan (Peter Hammond), the boy-friend of Mike's Read More

1956
Abdulla the Great

Actors: Gregory Ratoff, Kay Kendall, Sydney Chaplin, Alex D'Arcy, Marina Berti

Synopsis: A beautiful English model encounters the romantic advances of an Egyptian ruler. She's more interested in a soldier she's met. Meanwhile "His Majesty" is oblivious to the fact that there are more important things going on in his world than the affections of a lovely girl--his subjects are plotting Read More

1956
Pillars of the Sky

Actors: Jeff Chandler, Dorothy Malone, Ward Bond, Keith Andes, Lee Marvin, Michael Ansara

Synopsis: Pillars of the Sky is the lyrical title bestowed upon this cinemadaptation of Will Henry's novel Frontier Fury. Jeff Chandler stars as Sgt. Emmett Bell, whose job it is to put down an Indian uprising. Since converting to Christanity, the local tribe has done its best to keep the peace. But Chief Read More

1956
Four Girls in Town

Actors: George Nader, Julie Adams, Sydney Chaplin, Marianne Cook, Elsa Martinelli, Gia Scala, Helene Stanton

Synopsis: Four Girls in Town is essentially an excuse by Universal-International to test out several of their newer contractees. The plot is motivated by a worldwide movie talent hunt, which naturally arouses the attentions of a bevy of pretty young aspiring actresses. The four girls of the title are Kathy Read More

1956
Land of the Pharaohs

Actors: Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin, Alexis Minotis, James Robertson Justice

Synopsis: "Nobody knew how a Pharaoh talked!" That's how producer/director Howard Hawks explained some of the sillier dialogue exchanges in the William Faulkner-Harry Kurnitz-Harold Jack Bloom script for Hawks' Land of the Pharaohs. Extravagantly produced with a cast of seeming millions (actually there were Read More

1955
Limelight

Actors: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Sydney Chaplin, Andre Eglevsky, Melissa Hayden, Buster Keaton

Synopsis: London, 1914. Calvero (Charles Chaplin), a once-great music hall comedian, weaves drunkenly home to his shabby flat. As he arrives home, he is suddenly sobered by a bad smell. It isn't his shoes, as he originally assumes, but the smell of gas, emanating from behind a locked door. Calvero smashes Read More

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