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Sydney Howard(1885-1946)

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Sydney Howard
Born in the Yeadon district of Leeds the concert party comedian (Once descried as a 'slow witted droll) made the transition from the old wooden Peeps (the Peoples Hall on the football field at Yeadon to the world of sound film., With his fluttering fingers and catch phrase 'What's to do' and once described as ;a slow witted droll took the Football Field tradition into films being cast as the rattle waving supporter in 'Up For the Cup(1933). He was a big hit as the tipsy photographer in the film version of J B Priestley's When "We Are Married (21942)
BornAugust 7, 1885
DiedJune 12, 1946(60)
BornAugust 7, 1885
DiedJune 12, 1946(60)
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Known for

Tilly of Bloomsbury
  • Samuel Stillbottle
  • 1931
Tilly of Bloomsbury
  • Samuel Stillbottle
  • 1940
Gracie Fields and Sydney Howard in Shipyard Sally (1939)
Shipyard Sally
6.4
  • Major Fitzgerald
  • 1939
When We Are Married (1943)
When We Are Married
6.5
  • Henry Ormonroyd
  • 1943

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  • Flight from Folly (1945)
    Flight from Folly
    • Dr. Wylie
    • 1945
  • When We Are Married (1943)
    When We Are Married
    6.5
    • Henry Ormonroyd
    • 1943
  • Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941)
    Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light
    5.8
    Short
    • Mr. Proudfoot
    • 1941
  • Once a Crook
    5.8
    • Hallelujah Harry
    • 1941
  • Tilly of Bloomsbury
    • Samuel Stillbottle
    • 1940
  • Gracie Fields and Sydney Howard in Shipyard Sally (1939)
    Shipyard Sally
    6.4
    • Major Fitzgerald
    • 1939
  • What a Man!
    • Samuel Pennyfeather
    • 1939
  • Oh! Letty
    TV Movie
    • Mr. Simmons
    • 1938
  • Richard Hearne in Splinters in the Air (1937)
    Splinters in the Air
    • George Metcalfe
    • Sydney Metcalfe
    • 1937
  • Chick
    • Chick Beane
    • 1936
  • Fame
    5.5
    • Oswald Bertwhistle
    • 1936
  • The Hope of His Side
    • Alf Scodger
    • 1935
  • Jack Benny, Nancy Carroll, Frank Parker, and Sid Silvers in Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
    Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
    6.3
    • Dan Campbell
    • 1934
  • Girls Please!
    • Trampleasure
    • 1934
  • It's a Cop
    • PC Robert Spry
    • 1934

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  • Height
    • 1.78 m
  • Born
    • August 7, 1885
    • Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • June 12, 1946
    • London, England, UK(heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Dora Elizabeth Mills WhiteApril 17, 1911 - ?
  • Other works
    He acted in Wilson Collison and Avery Hopwood's play, "Night of the Garter," at the Strand Theatre in London, England with Angela Baddeley, Connie Ediss, Austin Melford, Jane Welsh, and Marjorie Brooks in the cast.
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  • Trivia
    Chubby, balding British comic actor, on stage from 1912 and in films from 1930. A major star of the West End stage in the 20's and 30's, hardly remembered now.
  • Trademark
      Catchphrase: "What's to do?"

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