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 served as his business manager in later life. 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 emigrated to the United States, joining the Chaplins in Hollywood. Sydney Chaplin was also a half-uncle of actor Sydney Chaplin (1926–2009), who was named after him.

Filmography

• 2009The Parrott Chase — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1959The Chaplin Revue — Various (archive footage)
• 1928A Little Bit of Fluff
• 1927The Fortune Hunter — Nat Duncan
• 1927The Missing Link — Arthur Wells
• 1926Oh! What a Nurse! — Jerry Clark 'Dolly Whimple'
• 1926The Better 'Ole — Private William 'Old Bill' Busby
• 1925Charley's Aunt — Sir Fancourt Babberley (Babbs)
• 1925The Man on the Box — Bob Warburton
• 1924Hello, 'Frisco — Syd Chaplin
• 1924The Galloping Fish — Freddy Wetherill
• 1924The Perfect Flapper — Dick Trayle
• 1923Her Temporary Husband — Judd
• 1923The Pilgrim — Eloper / Train Conductor / Little Boy's Father
• 1923The Rendezvous — Winkie
• 1922Pay Day — Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner
• 1921King, Queen, Joker — Director
• 1918A Dog's Life — Lunchwagon Owner (uncredited)
• 1918Shoulder Arms — Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
• 1918The Bond — The Kaiser
• 1915A Lover's Lost Control — Gussle, Director
• 1915A Submarine Pirate — Ambitious waiter, Director
• 1915Caught in a Park — The Husband
• 1915Giddy, gay and ticklish
• 1915Gussle Rivals Jonah — Gussle, Director
• 1915Gussle Tied to Trouble — Gussle, Director
• 1915Gussle's Backward Way — Gussle, Director
• 1915Gussle's Day of Rest — Mr. Gussle
• 1915Gussle's Wayward Path — Gussle, Director
• 1915That Springtime Feeling — Gussle - The Flirt
• 1914Dough and Dynamite — Editor
• 1914Fatty's Wine Party — The Waiter
• 1914Gussle, the Golfer — Reggie Gussle

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2020Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Sydney, the Other Chaplin — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Birth of the Tramp — Self (archive footage)
• 2002The Tramp and the Dictator — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1998Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life — Self (archive footage)
• 1996Chaplin's Goliath — Self (archive footage)
• Unknown Chaplin — Self