Sydney Earl Chaplin (March 31, 1926 – March
3, 2009) was an award winning
film and
theatre actor. The third son of
Sir Charles Chaplin and the second
by his second wife, actress
Lita Grey,
Sydney Chaplin was named after his uncle
Sydney Chaplin (1885–1965).
Lita Grey was 16 when she married the
35-year-old Charles Chaplin in 1924. Sydney was born two years
later in Beverly Hills. His parents divorced a year later. Their
elder son, Charles Chaplin Jr, died in 1968.
After serving in
World War II,
including a stint in Europe, Sydney turned to acting.Sydney was a
founding member of the Circle Players at The Circle Theatre, now
know as
El Centro Theatre
He won the
1957 Tony Award for
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for
Bells Are
Ringing, opposite Judy
Holliday, and received a Tony nomination for his performance as
Nicky Arnstein, the gambling first
husband of Fanny Brice, opposite
Barbra Streisand, in the Broadway
musical
Funny Girl in
1964.
Sydney appeared in two of his father's films,
Limelight (1952) and
A Countess from Hong Kong
(1967).
Chaplin's
He was the
longtime owner and manager of Chaplin's, a popular restaurant in
Palm Springs,
California
.
Death
Sydney Earl Chaplin died of stroke on March 3, 2009 at age of 82.
He was survived by his wife, Margaret Beebe Chaplin, a son Stephan
(by his first marriage) and a granddaughter Tamara.
Selected filmography
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