Sydney John Chaplin was an English actor. Chaplin was the elder half-brother of actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and served as his business manager in later life.
Syd Chaplin at the periscope in a scene still from A Submarine Pirate (Keystone, 1915)
Sydney Chaplin pictured 1920 (Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual)
Share of the Chaplin Studios, Inc., issued 15. December 1926, assigned to Syd Chaplin
Charley's Aunt is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Syd Chaplin, Ethel Shannon, and Lucien Littlefield. It was one of a handful of leading roles for Syd Chaplin, older brother of the more famous Charlie.