Sydney Chaplin
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Born Sydney John Chaplin (born 16 March 1885 – 16 April 1965) was an English actor.
Chaplin, the elder half-brother of actor and director Charlie Chaplin, died in later life, and he served as his business manager. They were both half-brothers to the younger Wheeler Dryden, who grew up in England separately with his father.
He wasn't told about his brothers until 1915.
The Dryden immigrated to the United States and joined the Chaplins in Hollywood.
Sydney Chaplin was also a half-uncle of actor Sydney Chaplin (1926–2009), who was named after him.
Early life
Sydney John Hill was born in London to Hannah Hill, an unmarried 19-year-old girl who was a music hall entertainer. The boy's father was named Sydney Hawkes, according to her, but his father's identity was never revealed. Hannah was of Romanichal origins. Charles Chaplin Sr., his mother's first marriage, and the latter became his legal guardian a year later. The surname of Sydney was changed to Chaplin. Charlie was Hannah and Charles' son.
Syd and half-brother Charlie were in the Cuckoo Schools in Hanwell following their mother's mental breakdown, but Syd and half-brother Charlie were enrolled in the program that was designed to prepare young boys to be seamen. He was a member of the Exmouth training ship docked at Grays, Essex, and spent time on board the Exmouth training ship. He completed his apprenticeship with several years on ships, earning high marks from all of his employers, but he wanted to get into the entertainment industry like his parents and brother, and he left his final voyage with that in mind.
In 1905, Charlie and Sydney briefly met in Sherlock Holmes' first stage appearance. In that film, Syd was briefly played as a villain. In 1906, however, he secured a job with Fred Karno of Karno's London Comedians, and continued to recruit Charlie into the company two years later. Charlie never had the same fame Syd gained as a main comedian for the company as a principal comedian, but later in life, director, and producer, he surpassed him.
The brothers were contacted by their half-brother Wheeler Dryden, whose father had just told him of the connection after Charlie rose to international prominence in 1915. His father had taken Wheeler from his mother as an infant and brought him up separately. Wheeler, an actor, and the brothers reunited in Hollywood in 1918 after they all immigrated to the United States. They used to work at Charlie Chaplin's studio into the 1950s.
Personal life and death
Chaplin married twice and had no children. Minnie, his first wife, was married in England before 1914. Following breast cancer surgery, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and died in France in September 1936. Chaplin spent the bulk of his remaining years in Europe after World War II. He married again, this time to Henriette (called Gypsy).
He died on his half-brother Charlie's birthday in Nice, France, one month after a long illness. Gypsy survived him. Chaplin is buried in Clarens-Montreux Cemetery, near Vevey. She was buried beside Gypsy after he died in 1992.
Career
When Charlie was negotiating his Keystone deal in Hollywood, he suggested that Sydney be invited to join the company. In October 1914, Syd and his wife Minnie Chaplin arrived in California. Syd made a few comedies there, including the "Gussle" comedies and the 1915 comedy short A Subpoena. This was the most commercially profitable comedy Keystone ever produced, second to Tillie's Punctured Romance.
Following this success, Sydney decided to leave the screen to negotiate Charlie a better deal. He started him on his first million dollar ($1.25 million) with First National Pictures after being granted his $500,000 contract with Mutual on February 27, 1916. In addition to ongoing labour talks, Charlie's company affairs were handled by him within hours. Their sheet music business struggled, but they were successful with a merchandising one.
During the First National era, Sydney appeared in a few films, including Pay Day and The Pilgrim. In 1919, Sydney earned his first million-dollar contract from Famous Players-Lasky, but a string of challenges culminated in his losing only one, failed, film, King, Queen (1921). He appeared on screen once more.
Syd Chaplin's most notable contribution may have been in the field of aviation during this period. He and pilot Emory Rogers Jr. established and operated the first privately owned domestic American airline, headquartered in Santa Monica, California, in May 1919. Despite the fact that the company only existed for a year, during that time, it gained many "firsts." Syd and Partners were the first to open a Curtiss plane showroom. It operated observation flights to San Diego for $110 and round-trip flights.
The Syd Chaplin Aircraft Corporation began flights to Santa Catalina Island on July 4th, 1919.
Chaplin Aerodrome (Chaplin Airfield) was located south of Wilshire and west of Crescent (now bounded by Wilshire Boulevard, Fairfax Avenue, and San Vincente Boulevard).
Emery H. Rogers conducted the first roundtrip Los Angeles-to- San Francisco flight in a 24-hour time period. Charlie Chaplin flew his first plane flight in one of Syd's planes, as did many other famous figures of the time. After governments started to pass legislation restricting pilot registration and flight taxation, Syd Chaplin got out of the aviation market.
Amelia Earhart was scheduled for a passenger flight on December 29, 1920, at Emory Roger's Roger's Field, which now includes Chaplin Airfield and DeMille Field No. 1. 2. Frank Hawks' ten-minute flight (later gained renown as an air racer) gave her a ride that would forever change Earhart's life.
He returned to acting, and his later films include The Perfect Flapper (1924) with Colleen Moore, A Christie Comedian, and Charley's Aunt (1925). He made five films for Warner Bros. Pictures, including The Man on the Box (1925), Oh, What a Nurse! (1926), The Missing Link (1927), and The Fortune Hunter (1927).
The Better 'Ole (1926) by Warner Brothers is perhaps Syd's best-known film today, given the characterisation of Old Bill, which is based on a World War II plot based on a cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather's character. Also, this was the second Warner Bros. film to feature a Vitaphone soundtrack. Many believe this film to have the first spoken word of dialogue in film, "coffee," although some scholars disagree.
Syd Chaplin returned to England, where he made his first film for British International Pictures (BIP), A Little Bit of Fluff (1928). This was to be his last film. He was accused of sexual harassment by actress Molly Wright in 1929 as he began work on a second film for the studio, Mumming Birds. BIP pleaded guilty of lying to the truth of Wright's allegations. Following the scandal, Chaplin left England and migrated to Europe, leaving a string of unpaid tax demands. He had been declared bankrupt by 1930.