Sydney Howard
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Sydney Howard.
Born: August 7, 1884
Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
Shipyard Sally
A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been the murderer. There is his mistress Anya Roysen, a married woman, who was jealous of his flirtations with his old moll, night club singer Sally Marsh, who had agreed for one last night with Lother, to get her younger brother Ned out of the Lother's clutches because he has faked Lother's name on a check to pay his gambling debts. Then there is Sally's new flame Jimmy Brett, a con man and gentlemen thief, who has out-tricked Lother in a fixed poker game, and is, together with shorty, after the ladies jewels. Inspector McKinney suspects Joe Saunders, a recently released convict, who was arrested due to some tips by Lother, but Ned and Sally insist that they committed the crime alone.
Almost a Divorce
'Farcical comedy of matrimonial complications in which a bibulous man almost wrecks his friend's marriage.' (British Film Institute)
Splinters
Splinters tells of the origins of the 1915 musical comedy revue of the same name, founded by British soldiers fighting on the Western Front in France.
It's a King
An insurance agent poses as a king's double and saves him from anarchists.
French Leave
During World War I, Captain's wife Dorothy Glenister finds it hard being separated from her husband, so she travels to France to the village where he's stationed. Dorothy disguises herself as the daughter of a local, which leads to complications when she's suspected of being a German spy.
Splinters in the Navy
To celebrate their Admiral's impending marriage, his men stage a variety performance. Meanwhile Joe Crabbs attempts to win back his girlfriend from the Navy's boxing champion.
Up for the Cup
A Yorkshireman comes to London to watch the FA Cup final and loses his money and tickets, leading to a frantic search to recover them...
The Mayor's Nest
A trombonist becomes mayor of a small town, but he struggles to cope with municipal issues.
When We Are Married
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer.
Filmography
as Henry Ormonroyd
as Major Fitzgerald
as Dan Campbell, the Drunk
as Albert King / King Albert
as Joe Pilgrim
as Joe Crabbs
as John Willie Entwhistle
as Mackintosh
as Cpl. Sykes
as Doleful Soldier