Sydney Bromley

Sydney Bromley

Born: July 24, 1909
Died: August 14, 1987
in London, England, UK
Sydney Bromley (24 July 1909 – 14 August 1987) was an English actor. He appeared in more than sixty films and television programmes. On stage, he appeared in the 1924 premiere of Saint Joan, by George Bernard Shaw, as well as the 1957 film of the same name. He appeared in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night during the summer of 1935 at the Open Air Theatre in London.

Movies for Sydney Bromley...

Crystalstone
Title: Crystalstone
Character: Old Man
Released: April 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister Maria refuse to be separated from each other by their caretaker aunt. With a cross as their guide, they embark on a perilous, but ultimately rewarding adventure in search of a mystical gem that holds the key to happiness. They escape the fearsome metal hook of a pirate and are helped by a delightfully drunken Captain in their quest for the magic stone.
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Title: Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
Character: Herbert
Released: December 7, 1986
Type: TV
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna is a 1986 TV movie, starring Amy Irving, Rex Harrison, Olivia de Havilland, Omar Sharif, and Jan Niklas. The film was loosely based on the story of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia and the book The Riddle of Anna Anderson by Peter Kurth. It was Christian Bale's first film and Rex Harrison's last film. It was originally broadcast in two parts.
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The NeverEnding Story
Title: The NeverEnding Story
Character: Engywook
Released: April 6, 1984
Type: Movie
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.
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An American Werewolf in London
Title: An American Werewolf in London
Character: Alf
Released: August 21, 1981
Type: Movie
American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body.
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Dragonslayer
Title: Dragonslayer
Character: Hodge
Released: June 26, 1981
Type: Movie
The sorcerer and his apprentice Galen are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom.
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Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Title: Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Character: Harkness
Released: January 4, 1981
Type: Movie
When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case.
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Candleshoe
Title: Candleshoe
Character: Mr. Thresher
Released: December 16, 1977
Type: Movie
When ex-con artist Harry claims that a secret treasure is hidden inside Candleshoe, an English estate, he creates an elaborate plan to find and steal the prize. By convincing a girl named Casey to impersonate the estate owner's long-lost granddaughter, Harry hopes to uncover the treasure's location. But when Casey has a change of heart, she must follow the clues and find the treasure, in order to save Candleshoe and stop Harry before it is too late.
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The Prince and the Pauper
Title: The Prince and the Pauper
Character: Peasant
Released: June 3, 1977
Type: Movie
Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other's clothes, but the plan goes awry when they are separated and each must live the other's life.
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Title: The New Avengers
Character: Hara
Released: October 22, 1976
Type: TV
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A joint United Kingdom-France-Canada production, the show picks up the adventures of John Steed and his team of Avengers fighting evil plots and world domination. Whereas in the original series Steed had almost always been partnered with a woman, in the new series he had two partners: Mike Gambit, a top agent, crack marksman and trained martial artist, and Purdey, a former trainee with The Royal Ballet who was an amalgam of many of the best talents from Steed's previous female partners.
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Robin Hood Junior
Title: Robin Hood Junior
Character: Alfric
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Robin Hood Junior helps Maid Marion to escape from her wicked uncle.
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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Title: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Character: Muller
Released: April 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.
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Follow That Skate
Title: Follow That Skate
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an antidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks
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Magic Powder
Title: Magic Powder
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an a ntidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks
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Into the Unknown
Title: Into the Unknown
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an antidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks
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Descent to Danger
Title: Descent to Danger
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an antidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks
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Monster
Title: Monster
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an antidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks
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Pursued
Title: Pursued
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an antidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks
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No Sex Please: We're British
Title: No Sex Please: We're British
Character: Rag & Bone Man
Released: July 25, 1973
Type: Movie
A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, David (the bank's assistant manager) and his new wife are shocked when photos, then films and finally two girls are sent to them in their bank-supplied flat. They and the banks' head cashier then hatch a plan to get rid of the porn—without letting their boss, the local police and David's mother in on what is happening.
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A Place to Die
Title: A Place to Die
Character: Seth
Released: May 26, 1973
Type: Movie
Doctor Bruce Nelson takes over the medical practice of a village general-practitioner. Upon arriving in their new home, the doctor and his wife, Tessa, receive a very warm welcome from all the villagers. Tessa is at first flattered by the villagers' constant fawning and gifts, but soon becomes wary of their strange ways, and begins to suspect there is something evil in the village.
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Title: Thriller
Character: Seth
Released: April 14, 1973
Type: TV
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
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Macbeth
Title: Macbeth
Character: Porter
Released: December 20, 1971
Type: Movie
Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.
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Title: Nicholas Nickleby
Released: February 11, 1968
Type: TV
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Smashing Time
Title: Smashing Time
Character: Tramp
Released: December 20, 1967
Type: Movie
Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.
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The Fearless Vampire Killers
Title: The Fearless Vampire Killers
Character: Sleigh Driver
Released: November 13, 1967
Type: Movie
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
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Night of the Big Heat
Title: Night of the Big Heat
Character: Old Tramp
Released: May 1, 1967
Type: Movie
While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.
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Slave Girls
Title: Slave Girls
Character: Ullo
Released: February 25, 1967
Type: Movie
Leader of a tribe of amazon women, Queen Kari, has vanquished a rival tribe and rules them with savage ruthlessness and cruel arrogance. A hunter stumbles onto the enclave and falls for one of the slaves, so unleashing the anger and envy of the possessive, sadistic Queen.
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The Christmas Tree
Title: The Christmas Tree
Released: December 2, 1966
Type: Movie
The adventures encountered by Gary, his brother and sister, when they try to get a Christmas tree for a hospital Christmas Eve party.
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Title: The Three Musketeers
Released: November 13, 1966
Type: TV
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Operation Third Form
Title: Operation Third Form
Character: Paddy
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Operation Third Form, features a fresh-faced John Moulder-Brown (Deep End) in a sparkling performance as the schoolboy out to foil a pair of north London crooks, is a pacey boy's own adventure complete with a groovy 1960s soundtrack.
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Carry On Cowboy
Title: Carry On Cowboy
Character: Sam Houston
Released: November 26, 1965
Type: Movie
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal. Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids—revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.
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Die, Monster, Die!
Title: Die, Monster, Die!
Character: Pierce
Released: October 26, 1965
Type: Movie
A young man visits his fiancé's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in his greenhouse to giants. When his own wife falls victim to this mysterious power, the old man takes it upon himself to destroy the glowing object with disastrous results.
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Title: Fire Crackers
Released: August 29, 1964
Type: TV
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Paranoiac
Title: Paranoiac
Character: Tramp (uncredited)
Released: January 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A psychotic man schemes to drive his sister mad so that he can claim her inheritance, but a deadly game of cat-and-mouse begins when an imposter intervenes.
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Captain Clegg
Title: Captain Clegg
Character: Old Tom Ketch
Released: June 13, 1962
Type: Movie
A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging "Marsh Phantoms" terrorizing a coastal town, but their search is hindered by a local reverend and a horrifying curse.
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The Piper's Tune
Title: The Piper's Tune
Character: The Shepherd
Released: February 3, 1962
Type: Movie
A group of children fleeing Napoleon's armies attempt to protect a mountain escape route from being discovered by a pursuing French platoon.
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Title: Z-Cars
Released: January 2, 1962
Type: TV
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
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Stranger in the City
Title: Stranger in the City
Character: Tramp
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Aspects of a London day, including prostitutes on street corners, a striptease show and the 2i's Coffee Bar.
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Title: No Hiding Place
Released: September 16, 1959
Type: TV
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
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Horrors of the Black Museum
Title: Horrors of the Black Museum
Character: Neighbour
Released: April 29, 1959
Type: Movie
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
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Saint Joan
Title: Saint Joan
Character: Baudricourt's Steward
Released: May 8, 1957
Type: Movie
Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. After winning many battles she is not needed any longer and soon she is thought of as a witch.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Title: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Character: Waiter
Released: December 12, 1954
Type: Movie
A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a fellow member. Together they look to help bring down the party.
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Devil's Point
Title: Devil's Point
Character: Enson
Released: December 7, 1954
Type: Movie
A Thames River barge operator finds a mysterious package dropped by smugglers.
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Wuthering Heights
Title: Wuthering Heights
Character: Joseph
Released: December 6, 1953
Type: Movie
Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.
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Title: Sunday Night Theatre
Character: Waiter
Released: January 1, 1950
Type: TV
Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, partly because of technical limitations in this era, and the theatrical basis of early television drama. Some of the earliest collaborations between Rudolph Cartier and Nigel Neale were produced for this series, including Arrow to the Heart and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Sunday night drama slot was subsequently renamed The Sunday-Night Play which ran for four seasons between 1960 and 1963. ITV transmitted its own unrelated run of Sunday Night Theatre between 1971 and 1974.
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To the Public Danger
Title: To the Public Danger
Character: Bar patron
Released: September 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in a bout of thrill-seeking. When their spree gets out of hand, each person faces a moral choice with lasting consequences.
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Loyal Heart
Title: Loyal Heart
Character: Burton June
Released: February 17, 1947
Type: Movie
This heartwarming British drama is based on Beth the Sheepdog, a novel by Ernest Lewis. The story concerns the efforts of various interested human parties to enter Beth in the All-England Dog Championship. When a farmer is unsuccessful in his efforts to purchase Beth for his own, he spitefully accuses the dog’s owner of sheep stealing.
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Brief Encounter
Title: Brief Encounter
Character: Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)
Released: November 24, 1945
Type: Movie
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.