Syd Crossley
Popularity:0.088
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1885-11-17
Place of Birth:Islington, London, England, UK
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Pearls Bring Tears (1937)
About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.

The Golden Web (1926)
After it has been sold to a new owner,a shyster and killer has stolen the property deed to a valuable mine and is using it for blackmail purposes....

Keep Smiling (1925)
The Boy, involved in a maritime disaster as a child, suffers from hydrophobia. He invents a life preserver that automatically inflates when it hits...

The Fatal Warning (1929)
When a bank executive disappears, he is accused of stealing a fortune from the bank. But his daughter and her criminologist friend set out to find...

The Cowboy Kid (1928)
Our hero catches a gang of bank robbers while taking time out to romance the banker's pretty daughter.

One Hour Married (1927)
A newly-married woman disguises herself as a doughboy in order to stay close to her husband.

Tonight's the Night - Pass It On (1931)
Slapstick comedy in which luckless slate club treasurer Bill Smithers is sent to prison for three years after being mistakenly accused of stealing...

We're Going to Be Rich (1938)
A perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South Africa, where he hopes to discover gold and finally...

The Man from Chicago (1930)
'American motor bandit takes over London garage and club.' (British Film Catalogue)

Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride (1925)
Stan Laurel before Laurel and Hardy, in this "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"-inspired story, which was released 30 July 1925.

The Younger Generation (1929)
Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows...

Perfect Understanding (1933)
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds...

Boys Will Be Girls (1938)
Matronly great aunt Emily went off to Africa and left behind her wanna be snobbish family. Ten years later, upon her death, the greedy family members...

Save a Little Sunshine (1938)
Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging-...

Over the Garden Wall (1934)
An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair – with comic...

The Circus Kid (1928)
In 'The Circus Kid', Buddy, an orphan who runs away from a a harsh orphanage, joins Cadwallader's Circus.

Lucky Jade (1937)
Betsy, a housemaid and aspiring actress, throws a party in her employer's house while he's away. Guests include agents and producers; but her...

Me and Marlborough (1935)
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.

Penny Paradise (1938)
A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a...

Honeymoon for Three (1935)
In this musical comedy, the trouble begins when a carefree playboy steals the virtue of a young French maiden and is forced to marry her when her...

For the Love of Mike (1932)
A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.

The Hate Ship (1929)
A police captain poses as the valet of a friend who has been invited on a yacht cruise by a notorious schemer, whom the friend is afraid wants to...

The Squeaker (1937)
London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires...

Come on George! (1939)
George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse...

Feather Your Nest (1937)
A worker at a gramphone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song.

Queen of Hearts (1936)
A woman prevents a popular stage performer getting arrested for drunk driving, though has to pretend to be a rich benefactor when she next meets him.

The Middle Watch (1930)
'Captain tries to hide accidental female passengers from admiral.' (British Film Catalogue)

Here's George (1932)
'Man borrows service flat to impress girl's parents.' (British Film Catalogue)

The King's Cup (1933)
'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British Film Institute)

Meet My Sister (1933)
'Poor lord tells future father-in-law that his ex-fiancée is his sister.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and...

Cheer Up (1936)
An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress...

Everything Is Rhythm (1936)
Based on the spectacular rise of bandleader and vaudevillian Harry Roy, this is the comic tale of a Ruritanian princess who elopes with a dance-band...

You Made Me Love You (1933)
A rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer.

Those Were the Days (1934)
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall...

Mama Behave (1926)
A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to impersonate his twin in an attempt to determine his...

The Bermondsey Kid (1933)
A newsboy enters a boxing championship where he is matched with a sick friend.

Suspense (1930)
During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the Germans are laying a mine underneath it.

Sensation (1936)
Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him...

Victoria the Great (1937)
The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule...

That Certain Thing (1928)
Gold-digger Molly marries the heir to a fortune, but things go badly when he is disinherited and starts working as a ditch digger.

Sweet Devil (1938)
Two business partners are having woman trouble. One wants to marry his secretary and the other is set to marry a wealthy aristocrat. When the partner...

The Dark Stairway (1938)
“Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospital.” - BFI.

It's a Bet (1935)
A young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the...

His Lordship Goes to Press (1939)
An American reporter takes over an assignment on English farm life. Owing to a mistake in identity things turn out rough but Valerie's charm and...

Old Spanish Customers (1932)
A henpecked husband is mistaken for a famous toreador while holidaying in Spain!

The Last Coupon (1932)
A frugal coal miner turns into a spendthrift when he wins £20,000 on the football pools!

The Umbrella (1933)
Two thieves are released from prison; one of them has an umbrella with jewels hidden in its handle.

Meet Maxwell Archer (1940)
Maxwell Archer, a private detective, attempts to clear a young man wrongly accused of murder.

The Musical Beauty Shop (1930)
A beauty salon owner puts on a cabaret.

Just for a Song (1930)
A jealous agent uses a girl singer to break up a double act.

Letting in the Sunshine (1933)
A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars.

The Flying Fool (1931)
Vincent Floyd, a seeming lazy figure lounging around London Gentleman's Clubs is in fact a secret agent hot on the trail of Michael Marlowe whom he...

Men Like These (1932)
A British submarine on patrol is accidentally rammed by a merchant ship, that tears a big hole in in sub which sinks trapping the crew.

High Society (1932)
A British comedy film directed by John Rawlins

The Mayor's Nest (1932)
A trombonist becomes mayor of a small town, but he struggles to cope with municipal issues.

Atlantic (1929)
English-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the...

Lucky Ladies (1932)
Some sisters inherit a large sum of money.

Old Mother Riley (1937)
Old Mother Riley is a British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Barbara Everest, Patrick Ludlow and...

A Perfect Gentleman (1928)
Monty Banks gets involved in tracking down a stolen fortune, his adventures culminating in a whirlwind, gag-filled climax at sea.

The Deputy Drummer (1935)
Posing as an aristocrat to crash a party, a composer stumbles upon a gang of jewel thieves working unnoticed upstairs.

Cotton Queen (1937)
The daughter of a mill-owner is sent undercover to the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romantic antics.

One Good Turn (1936)
In this comedy a pair of aspiring music hall entertainers attempt to live their dream while saving their landlady's daughter from ruin.

The Gorilla (1927)
An ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.

Perfect Understanding (1933)
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds...

The Man in the Mirror (1936)
A mild-mannered, somewhat mousy man is astounded when his reflection in a mirror comes to life and begins to do all the wild and crazy things that he...

Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936)
Irresponsible playboy Arthur Rawlings is sent by his uncle to work as a waiter at a hotel in the South of France. Arthur arranges for shop assistant...

Dandy Dick (1935)
The Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of repair, will cost nearly £1,000 to fix. When various...

The Blood Ship (1927)
A disgraced sea captain signs on as a crewman on a cargo ship. He discovers that the vessel is captained by the very man who stole his ship, a...

Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.

Give Her a Ring (1934)
A telephonist falls for her employer.

Leave It to Me (1933)
The owner of a professional help agency poses as a poet at a wealthy patron's ball and prevents a necklace from being stolen by thieves.

Two's Company (1936)
The son of a stodgy British earl falls in love with the daughter of an American millionaire businessman. The fathers oppose the relationship.

Into No Man's Land (1928)
A refined criminal keeps his life secret from his daughter. When he gets trouble from the police after shooting one of his underworld associates, he...