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Syd Saylor

Actor

Syd Saylor

Born March 24, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois, USADied December 21, 1962187 films

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Scarlet Street posterFirst watchScarlet Street19457.6as Tom Crocker, Evening Globe (uncredited)Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit…View film

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Ranked by acclaim and reach
Gaslight poster7.5Gaslight1944Horse Feathers poster6.9Horse Feathers1932The Greatest Show on Earth poster6.3The Greatest Show on Earth1952The Spirit of St. Louis poster6.7The Spirit of St. Louis1957Topper poster6.7Topper1937Woman on the Run poster6.8Woman on the Run1950Gentleman Jim poster7.2Gentleman Jim1942Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man poster6.3Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man1951

Filmography

187 films as actor
  1. 1963The Crawling HandSoda Shop Owner
  2. 1962Period of AdjustmentBald Man (uncredited)
  3. 1959Escort WestElwood Fenniman
  4. 1957Shoot-Out at Medicine BendDutchy (uncredited)
  5. 1957Gun Duel in DurangoMan Killed by Dunsten (uncredited)
  6. 1957The Spirit of St. LouisPhotographer (uncredited)
  7. 1956Great Day in the MorningStagecoach Driver (uncredited)
  8. 1954Jesse James vs. the Daltons
  9. 1953Abbott and Costello Go to MarsMan at Fountain (uncredited)
  10. 1953The Tall TexanCarney
  11. 1952Belles on Their ToesCab Driver (uncredited)
  12. 1952The Greatest Show on EarthCircus Barker (uncredited)
  13. 1952The Las Vegas StoryMatty (uncredited)
  14. 1951The Raging TideProprietor (uncredited)
  15. 1951Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible ManWaiter (uncredited)
  16. 1950Hurricane at Pilgrim HillSheriff Luke Arundle
  17. 1950Woman on the RunSullivan
  18. 1950Walk Softly, StrangerPoker Player (uncredited)
  19. 1950The Fuller Brush GirlWardrobe Man (uncredited)
  20. 1950Mule TrainDeputy Skeeter
  21. 1949Dancing in the DarkMac
  22. 1949The Crooked Way
  23. 1949Big JackPokey
  24. 1949Miss Mink of 1949Louie
  25. 1948Racing LuckPete
  26. 1948The Miracle of the BellsFreddy Evans, the Pianist
  27. 1948Sitting PrettyCab Driver (uncredited)
  28. 1948Sleep, My LoveMilkman
  29. 1947Fun on a WeekendMr. Prigee (uncredited)
  30. 1947BacklashJoe, Railroad Worker
  31. 1946Susie Steps OutBiegelman
  32. 1946AvalancheBartender
  33. 1946The Virginian
  34. 1946Thunder TownUtah McGirk
  35. 1946House of HorrorsJerry, morgue attendant
  36. 1946Ambush TrailSam Hawkins
  37. 1946Six Gun ManRawhide McTavish
  38. 1945Scarlet StreetTom Crocker, Evening Globe (uncredited)
  39. 1945Navajo KidHappy
  40. 1945Hitchhike to HappinessMan on Street (uncredited)
  41. 1945On Stage EverybodyClem - Horseshoe Player (uncredited)
  42. 1945Murder, He SaysTownsman (uncredited)
  43. 1945Bedside MannerElmer Jones (uncredited)
  44. 1945Eve Knew Her ApplesSecond Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
  45. 1944It's MurderMr Niblick
  46. 1944Three of a KindCustomer
  47. 1944GaslightBaggage Clerk (uncredited)
  48. 1944Hey, RookieCpl. Trupp
  49. 1943Harvest MelodySpot Potter
  50. 1943Swing Shift MaisieClerk (Uncredited)
  51. 1943Dangerous BlondesAttendant (uncredited)
  52. 1943So's Your UncleMeek Character
  53. 1943Nobody's DarlingNewspaper Reporter (uncredited)
  54. 1943A Lady Takes a ChancePoker Player
  55. 1943Action in the North AtlanticJim (uncredited)
  56. 1942Time to KillMailman
  57. 1942Mug TownDrunk
  58. 1942The Great GildersleevePhil, the carpenter
  59. 1942Fall InCigar Store Owner
  60. 1942Gentleman JimHansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
  61. 1942That Other WomanMan Trying to Sleep in Park
  62. 1942The Man in the TrunkJoe -Clown with Yvonne
  63. 1942Lady in a JamDrunk (uncredited)
  64. 1942A Desperate Chance for Ellery QueenFingers Muldoon
  65. 1942A Gentleman at HeartLighthouse
  66. 1941Borrowed HeroPedestrian with Sore Throat (uncredited)
  67. 1941Design for ScandalSecond Cabbie (uncredited)
  68. 1941Miss PollyDrug Store Owner
  69. 1941Nevada CityRailroad Spy Posing as a Drunk
  70. 1941Sleepers WestMagazine Vendor (uncredited)
  71. 1941Life with HenryElectrician (uncredited)
  72. 1941Wyoming WildcatButch McCord
  73. 1940ArizonaTimmins
  74. 1940Dr. Kildare's CrisisHospital Elevator Operator
  75. 1940Young PeopleVaudevillian (uncredited)
  76. 1940Screw Drivers of 1940Mr. Screwjay
  77. 1940Lucky Cisco KidHotel Clerk (uncredited)
  78. 1940IreneThe Gardener (uncredited)
  79. 1940Abe Lincoln in IllinoisJohn Johnston
  80. 1940I Take This WomanFirst Taxi Driver (uncredited)
  81. 1939Remember?First Taxi Driver
  82. 1939GeronimoSergeant
  83. 1939$1,000 a TouchdownBangs
  84. 1939Thunder AfloatWireless Operator Sending Coded Message (uncredited)
  85. 1939Golden BoyRingsider Next to Pa Bonaparte
  86. 1939Our Leading CitizenSam
  87. 1939Chicken Wagon FamilyCab Driver
  88. 1939Union PacificBarker (uncredited)
  89. 1939The Kid From TexasTexas Cowhand
  90. 1939Let Freedom RingSurveyor (uncredited)
  91. 1939Persons in HidingGas Station Attendant (uncredited)
  92. 1939Stand Up and FightGambling Stooge
  93. 1939Pirates of the Skies
  94. 1938The Cowboy and the LadyCowboy at Ranch (uncredited)
  95. 1938There Goes My HeartRobinson (as Sid Saylor)
  96. 1938Down on the FarmPainter
  97. 1938Crashing Through DangerTom
  98. 1938Little Miss BroadwayBand Member
  99. 1938Men with WingsJimmy
  100. 1938One Wild NightMug in Bank (uncredited)
  101. 1938Safety in NumbersGuard
  102. 1938A Yank at OxfordSecond Printer (uncredited)
  103. 1938The Black DollDeputy Red
  104. 1937Exiled to ShanghaiMaloney
  105. 1937Wallaby Jim of the IslandsJake, Kestrel Crew
  106. 1937Born to the WestDinkey Hooley
  107. 1937Hell TownDinkey Hooley
  108. 1937The Wrong RoadBig Hobo
  109. 1937Sea RacketeersHenchman Weasel
  110. 1937The Lady EscapesCarpenter (uncredited)
  111. 1937Wild and WoollyLutz
  112. 1937TopperCar Salesman (uncredited)
  113. 1937Meet the Boy FriendBuddy
  114. 1937Forlorn River'Weary' Pierce
  115. 1937She Had to EatShorty (uncredited)
  116. 1937Guns in the DarkOscar
  117. 1937Time Out for RomanceTruck Driver
  118. 1937Arizona DaysClaude Grass Hopper
  119. 1937Secret ValleyPaddy
  120. 1936Headin' for the Rio GrandeChili (Tex's sidekick)