Syd Crossley
Date of birth: 1885-11-17
Place of birth: Islington, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
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Movie Credits
Pearls Bring Tears
1937-03-20
About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for th
The Golden Web
1926-09-01
After it has been sold to a new owner,a shyster and killer has stolen the property deed to a valuabl
Keep Smiling
1925-09-06
The Boy, involved in a maritime disaster as a child, suffers from hydrophobia. He invents a life pre
The Fatal Warning
1929-02-15
When a bank executive disappears, he is accused of stealing a fortune from the bank. But his daughte
The Cowboy Kid
1928-07-14
Our hero catches a gang of bank robbers while taking time out to romance the banker's pretty daughte
One Hour Married
1927-02-27
A newly-married woman disguises herself as a doughboy in order to stay close to her husband.
Loud Soup
1929-03-16
Loud Soup is a comedy short
Tonight's the Night - Pass It On
1931-12-26
Slapstick comedy in which luckless slate club treasurer Bill Smithers is sent to prison for three ye
We're Going to Be Rich
1938-07-03
A perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South Africa
The Man from Chicago
1930-10-22
'American motor bandit takes over London garage and club.' (British Film Catalogue)
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
1925-07-30
Stan Laurel before Laurel and Hardy, in this "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"-inspired story, which was relea
The Younger Generation
1929-03-04
Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his r
Perfect Understanding
1933-01-15
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement
Boys Will Be Girls
1938-01-24
Matronly great aunt Emily went off to Africa and left behind her wanna be snobbish family. Ten years
Save a Little Sunshine
1938-10-01
Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money fo
Over the Garden Wall
1934-06-20
An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an en
The Circus Kid
1928-10-07
In 'The Circus Kid', Buddy, an orphan who runs away from a a harsh orphanage, joins Cadwallader's Ci
Lucky Jade
1937-07-19
Betsy, a housemaid and aspiring actress, throws a party in her employer's house while he's away. Gue
Me and Marlborough
1935-07-22
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
Penny Paradise
1938-09-23
A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. Ho
Honeymoon for Three
1935-08-13
In this musical comedy, the trouble begins when a carefree playboy steals the virtue of a young Fren
For the Love of Mike
1932-12-01
A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by h
The Hate Ship
1929-12-01
A police captain poses as the valet of a friend who has been invited on a yacht cruise by a notoriou
The Squeaker
1937-11-11
London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief w
Come on George!
1939-12-01
George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious r
Feather Your Nest
1937-03-12
A worker at a gramphone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song.
Queen of Hearts
1936-10-04
A woman prevents a popular stage performer getting arrested for drunk driving, though has to pretend
The Middle Watch
1930-10-27
'Captain tries to hide accidental female passengers from admiral.' (British Film Catalogue)
Here's George
1932-09-20
'Man borrows service flat to impress girl's parents.' (British Film Catalogue)
The King's Cup
1933-02-02
'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British
Meet My Sister
1933-08-18
'Poor lord tells future father-in-law that his ex-fiancée is his sister.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Man Behind the Mask
1936-08-23
A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything
Cheer Up
1936-02-01
An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musica
Everything Is Rhythm
1936-06-11
Based on the spectacular rise of bandleader and vaudevillian Harry Roy, this is the comic tale of a
You Made Me Love You
1933-10-01
A rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter wil
Those Were the Days
1934-04-02
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern
Mama Behave
1926-02-27
A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to imper
The Bermondsey Kid
1933-11-01
A newsboy enters a boxing championship where he is matched with a sick friend.
Suspense
1930-07-04
During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the German
Sensation
1936-12-16
Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more taw
Victoria the Great
1937-09-01
The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her mar
That Certain Thing
1928-01-01
Gold-digger Molly marries the heir to a fortune, but things go badly when he is disinherited and sta
Sweet Devil
1938-01-12
Two business partners are having woman trouble. One wants to marry his secretary and the other is se
The Dark Stairway
1938-01-01
“Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospi
It's a Bet
1935-02-01
A young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In
His Lordship Goes to Press
1938-10-21
An American reporter takes over an assignment on English farm life. Owing to a mistake in identity t
Old Spanish Customers
1932-09-15
A henpecked husband is mistaken for a famous toreador while holidaying in Spain!
The Last Coupon
1932-07-21
A frugal coal miner turns into a spendthrift when he wins £20,000 on the football pools!
The Umbrella
1933-05-26
Two thieves are released from prison; one of them has an umbrella with jewels hidden in its handle.
Meet Maxwell Archer
1940-02-17
Maxwell Archer, a private detective, attempts to clear a young man wrongly accused of murder.
The Musical Beauty Shop
1930-03-01
A beauty salon owner puts on a cabaret.
Just for a Song
1930-03-11
A jealous agent uses a girl singer to break up a double act.
Letting in the Sunshine
1933-02-01
A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang o
The Flying Fool
1931-08-01
Vincent Floyd, a seeming lazy figure lounging around London Gentleman's Clubs is in fact a secret ag
Men Like These
1932-01-30
A British submarine on patrol is accidentally rammed by a merchant ship, that tears a big hole in in
High Society
1932-07-27
A British comedy film directed by John Rawlins
The Mayor's Nest
1932-06-27
A trombonist becomes mayor of a small town, but he struggles to cope with municipal issues.
Atlantic
1929-11-15
English-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and s
Lucky Ladies
1932-09-01
Some sisters inherit a large sum of money.
Old Mother Riley
1937-08-13
Old Mother Riley is a British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan, Kit
A Perfect Gentleman
1928-01-15
Monty Banks gets involved in tracking down a stolen fortune, his adventures culminating in a whirlwi
The Deputy Drummer
1935-09-26
Posing as an aristocrat to crash a party, a composer stumbles upon a gang of jewel thieves working u
Cotton Queen
1937-06-01
The niece of a mill-owner goes undercover in the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romanti
One Good Turn
1936-10-11
In this comedy a pair of aspiring music hall entertainers attempt to live their dream while saving t
The Gorilla
1927-11-13
An ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.
Perfect Understanding
1933-01-15
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement
The Man in the Mirror
1936-10-15
A mild-mannered, somewhat mousy man is astounded when his reflection in a mirror comes to life and b
Public Nuisance No. 1
1936-02-15
Irresponsible playboy Arthur Rawlings is sent by his uncle to work as a waiter at a hotel in the Sou
Dandy Dick
1935-03-01
The Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of repair, wi
The Blood Ship
1927-07-18
A disgraced sea captain signs on as a crewman on a cargo ship. He discovers that the vessel is capta
Old Mother Riley's Circus
1941-12-10
Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.
Give Her a Ring
1934-06-11
A telephonist falls for her employer.
Leave It to Me
1933-04-01
The owner of a professional help agency poses as a poet at a wealthy patron's ball and prevents a ne
Two's Company
1936-12-12
The son of a stodgy British earl falls in love with the daughter of an American millionaire business
Everything Happens to Me
1938-12-01
A cleaner salesman finds himself campaigning for both sides in an election.
The Return of Carol Deane
1938-08-16
Into No Man's Land
1928-06-15
A refined criminal keeps his life secret from his daughter. When he gets trouble from the police aft
Let the People Sing
1942-08-11
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a vill