ACTOR

Sydney Chaplin

1885 - 1965

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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 in later life, served as his business manager. 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 immigrated to the United States, joining the Chaplins in Hollywood. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sydney Chaplin is the 1,324th most popular actor (down from 1,022nd in 2019), the 1,536th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,114th in 2019) and the 192nd most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sydney Chaplin ranks 1,324 out of 13,578Before him are Nick Frost, Bata Živojinović, Lena Headey, Aaron Eckhart, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, and Mizzi Kaspar. After him are Bob Fosse, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Jeter, William Dieterle, Pietro Germi, and Idris Elba.

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Among people born in 1885, Sydney Chaplin ranks 71Before him are Per Albin Hansson, Jules Romains, Władysław Raczkiewicz, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, and Sophie, Princess of Albania. After him are Camille Chautemps, Jacques Feyder, Egon Kisch, Lilly Reich, Soemu Toyoda, and Khải Định. Among people deceased in 1965, Sydney Chaplin ranks 56Before him are Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, Hayato Ikeda, Jesse Douglas, Joseph Erlanger, Georges Gurvitch, and Angelica Balabanoff. After him are Otozō Yamada, Taimur bin Feisal, José Mendes Cabeçadas, Humberto Delgado, Corrado Gini, and Porfirio Rubirosa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sydney Chaplin ranks 1,536 out of 8,785Before him are Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867), George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), Jeremy Clarkson (1960), Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), R. G. Collingwood (1889), and Robert Harris (1957). After him are Edith Cavell (1865), Sid Watkins (1928), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Albert Hammond (1944), Constantine II of Scotland (801), and Tom Pryce (1949).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Sydney Chaplin ranks 192Before him are Claire Forlani (1971), Edward Fox (1937), Patrick Macnee (1922), William Russell (1924), Helen McCrory (1968), and Nick Frost (1972). After him are Idris Elba (1972), Guy Pearce (1967), Emily Watson (1967), Alun Armstrong (1946), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1990), and Martin Shaw (1945).