Syd Crossley
Acting
Biography
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Born: November 17, 1885
Place of Birth: Islington, London, England, UK
Known For
Those Were the Days
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.
Public Nuisance No. 1
Irresponsible playboy Arthur Rawlings is sent by his uncle to work as a waiter at a hotel in the South of France. Arthur arranges for shop assistant Frances Travers, with whom he has fallen in love, to win a fairground lottery and stay in the hotel as a prize. Complications arise!
A Perfect Gentleman
Monty Banks gets involved in tracking down a stolen fortune, his adventures culminating in a whirlwind, gag-filled climax at sea.
One Good Turn
In this comedy a pair of aspiring music hall entertainers attempt to live their dream while saving their landlady's daughter from ruin.
The Man in the Mirror
A mild-mannered, somewhat mousy man is astounded when his reflection in a mirror comes to life and begins to do all the wild and crazy things that he always wanted to but never could.
The Blood Ship
A disgraced sea captain signs on as a crewman on a cargo ship. He discovers that the vessel is captained by the very man who stole his ship, a sadistic brute who also took the former captain's wife and daughter. The ship's crew is composed mostly of sailors who were shanghai'ed aboard and are kept in line by the brutal captain and his even more fearsome first mate. The captain and one of his fellow crewmen--who has fallen in love with the man's daughter, who now belongs to the brutal captain--try to unite the crew to end the brutal reign of the captain and his henchman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2007.
You Made Me Love You
A rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer.
The Younger Generation
Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves the family to Park Avenue. They go, but were happier back on the East Side. Morris is ashamed of this parents and his humble origins, but learns in the end that there is more to life than money.
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
Stan Laurel before Laurel and Hardy, in this "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"-inspired story, which was released 30 July 1925.
Penny Paradise
A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.
Filmography
as Uncle Alfred
as Perkins
as Police Constable Cronley
as Assistant
as Uncle Lancelot
as Jake
as Nolan
as Police Constable
as Minor Role
as Briggs’ Butler
as Shearman
as Police Constable
as Ives
as Porter
as Constable
as Policeman
as Waiter
as Policeman
as Waiter
as PC Smithers
as Soldier
as Wilkins
as Undetermined Role
as Podds
as Wyke
as Bleak (uncredited)
as Butler
as Beach
as Crossley
as Jenkyns
as Butler
as Butler (Uncredited)
as Sullivan
as Milkman
as Warder Jackson
as Hicks
as Sentry
as Charles
as Cpl. Brown
as Telegraphist
as Snoops - the butler
as Goldfish's Butler
as Dawson
as Skelly's Runner
as Sheriff
as The Valet
as Valet
as Butler
as Cockney Bouncer
as Butler
as The Chase Butler
as Ryan's Butler
as Townsman