Syd Courtenay(1888-1937)

Writer
Actor
Director

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Syd Courtenay was born in 1888 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Sing as You Swing (1937), Tonight's the Night: Pass It On (1931) and The Pride of the Force (1933). He was married to Lola Harvey. He died on 13 June 1937 in Tolworth, Surrey, England, UK.

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Known for

Sing as You Swing (1937)

Sing as You Swing

5.1

Writer

1937

Tonight's the Night: Pass It On

Writer

1931

The Pride of the Force (1933)

The Pride of the Force

5.7

Writer

1933

Everything Is Rhythm (1936)

Everything Is Rhythm

6.6

Writer

1936

Credits

Writer

Boys Will Be Girls
5.0
- script (uncredited)
- 1938
The Reverse Be My Lot
- Writer
- 1937
Sing as You Swing
5.1
- scenario
- 1937
Cotton Queen
5.7
- adaptation
- story
- 1937
The Stoker
- Writer
- 1937
The Man Behind the Mask
5.7
- screen adaptation
- 1936
Everything Is Rhythm
6.6
- Writer
- 1936
Plus on est de fous
5.3
- adaptation
- story
- 1936
Captain Bill
4.7
- adaptation
- story
- 1935
Doctor's Orders
5.4
- dialogue
- scenario
- story
- 1934
Lost in the Legion
6.2
- scenario
- 1934
The Outcast
5.5
- story
- 1934
A Political Party
6.0
- scenario
- 1934
The Pride of the Force
5.7
- screenplay
- story
- 1933
Hawley's of High Street
- writer
- 1933

Actor

Boys Will Be Girls
5.0
- Rookum
- 1938
Cotton Queen
5.7
- The Mayor
- 1937
The Stoker
- (uncredited)
- 1937
Strictly Illegal
- (uncredited)
- 1935
Lost in the Legion
6.2
- (uncredited)
- 1934
The Pride of the Force
5.7
- (uncredited)
- 1933
Hawley's of High Street
- (uncredited)
- 1933
Old Spanish Customers
5.5
- 1932
What a Night!
- Mr. Merry
- 1931
Bill's Legacy
- Count
- 1931
Poor Old Bill
- Harry
- 1931
Why Sailors Leave Home
6.3
- Sheik Sidi Ben
- 1930
Kiss Me Sergeant
- Lieutenant
- 1930
Not So Quiet on the Western Front
- Lieutenant
- 1930

Director

Personal details

Alternative name
- Sidney Courtenay
Born
- 1888
- Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, UK
Died
- June 13, 1937
- Tolworth, Surrey, England, UK
Spouse
- Lola Harvey1914 - 1937 (his death)
Other works
Playwright: "The Idol of Moolah" (filmed as Kiss Me Sergeant (1930))

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Trivia
British comic actor in revue. Also writer of comedy sketches for Leslie Fuller from 1919. Appeared in several low-budget films with Fuller for British International Pictures (BIP) between 1930 and and 1938.

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