ACTOR

Sydney Chaplin

1926 - 2009

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Sydney Earl Chaplin (March 30, 1926 – March 3, 2009) was an American actor. He was the second son of Charlie Chaplin and Lita Grey. One of his major roles was in his father's film Limelight (1952). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sydney Chaplin has received more than 752,373 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Sydney Chaplin is the 1,144th most popular actor (down from 1,068th in 2019), the 1,975th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,936th in 2019) and the 529th most popular American Actor.

Sydney Chaplin is most famous for being Charlie Chaplin's son.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sydney Chaplin ranks 1,144 out of 13,578. Before him are Ciarán Hinds, James Faulkner, Adel Emam, Silvia Pinal, Akiko Wakabayashi, and Gunnar Björnstrand. After him are Verónica Castro, Carl Reiner, Janet Gaynor, Judd Hirsch, Jean-Pierre Aumont, and Nino Manfredi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Sydney Chaplin ranks 116. Before him are Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Abdul Rahim Hatif, Robert Fogel, Irene Camber, Jimmy Savile, and Henry Molaison. After him are Galina Vishnevskaya, Hans Werner Henze, Yevgeny Leonov, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Kim Jong-pil, and Cloris Leachman. Among people deceased in 2009, Sydney Chaplin ranks 70. Before him are Alicia de Larrocha, Shih Kien, Edward T. Hall, Gaafar Nimeiry, Ricardo Montalbán, and Arne Næss. After him are Philip José Farmer, Oleg Yankovsky, Kim Peek, Brittany Murphy, Luís Cabral, and Meir Amit.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sydney Chaplin ranks 1,975 out of 20,380. Before him are Lillian Asplund (1906), Lucille Ball (1911), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), David Crosby (1941), Michael Phelps (1985), and Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915). After him are Christina Aguilera (1980), Carl Reiner (1922), Elias Howe (1819), Janet Gaynor (1906), Judd Hirsch (1935), and Henry Calvin (1918).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sydney Chaplin ranks 529. Before him are Jean Arthur (1900), Frances Conroy (1953), Armand Assante (1949), Lee Majors (1939), Billy Dee Williams (1937), and Dana Elcar (1927). After him are Carl Reiner (1922), Janet Gaynor (1906), Judd Hirsch (1935), Henry Calvin (1918), John Carradine (1906), and Bill Paxton (1955).

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Television and Movie Roles

Limelight
Neville
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Oct 23rd 19527.9 / 10
A Countess from Hong Kong
Harvey Crothers
A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.
Jan 5th 19676.1 / 10
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death
Jeff Stewal
After a stagecoach is robbed and the passengers murdered, a long and tangled series of surprise attacks and murderous double-crosses, leaves the coach's strongbox in the hands of the killer Lasky. It is up to the legendary hero Sartana to track down the missing money and determine just who is ultimately behind the grisly robberies and killings.
Aug 14th 19685.9 / 10