19 Facts About Sydney Chaplin

Sydney Chaplin was a half-uncle of actor Sydney Chaplin, who was named after him.

Sydney Chaplin John Hill was born in London to the unmarried 19-year-old Hannah Hill, who was a music hall entertainer.

Sydney Chaplin claimed the boy's father was Sydney Hawkes, but his father's identity was never verified.

Sydney Chaplin served on the HMS Exmouth training ship docked at Grays, Essex.

Sydney Chaplin followed this training period with several years working on ships, receiving high marks from all of his employers but his ambition was to get into the entertainment business like his parents and brother, and he left his final voyage with that in mind.

In 1905 Charlie and Sydney Chaplin worked briefly together in one of their first stage appearances, Sherlock Holmes.

Sydney Chaplin's father had removed Wheeler from their mother as an infant and brought him up separately.

Syd and his wife Minnie Sydney Chaplin arrived in California in October 1914.

Syd Sydney Chaplin was less frantic than the other Keystone comedians, who usually ran around the scene with exaggerated gestures.

Syd Sydney Chaplin made 12 Gussle subjects, and then starred in an extended-length featurette, A Submarine Pirate in 1915.

Sydney Chaplin appeared in a few of Charlie's films during the First National era, such as Pay Day and The Pilgrim.

Sydney Chaplin Aerodrome was south of Wilshire and west of Crescent.

Charlie Sydney Chaplin took his first airplane flight in one of Syd's planes, as did many other notable figures of the period.

Syd Sydney Chaplin got out of the aviation business after governments began to pass legislation regulating pilot licensing and the taxation of planes and flights.

Sydney Chaplin returned to acting, and later films include The Perfect Flapper with Colleen Moore, and Charley's Aunt.

Syd Sydney Chaplin returned to England, where he made his first film for British International Pictures, A Little Bit of Fluff.

Sydney Chaplin married his first wife, Minnie, in England in 1908.

Sydney Chaplin was diagnosed with breast cancer and died in France in September 1936 following surgery for the illness.

Sydney Chaplin was portrayed as a teenager by actor Nicholas Gatt and as an adult by actor Paul Rhys in Richard Attenborough's Chaplin.