Sydney Tafler
Biography
Sydney Tafler was an English actor whose career moved from the stage to British film and television between the 1940s and the 1970s. Born in London in 1916, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made his West End debut in 1936 in The Man in Dress Clothes. From 1943 to 1946 he performed Shakespeare with the Old Vic at the New Theatre. On screen he became known for playing spiv characters, though in Reach for the Sky (1956) he played a sympathetic prosthetics expert. His many films included The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Alfie (1966), and The Birthday Party (1968), a role he later repeated on stage in 1975. On television he appeared in Citizen James with Sid James and in Angel Pavement and Dixon of Dock Green. His last film appearance was as the captain of the Liparus supertanker in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
63years old at death
- Born London
- Died London
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 30 years1947 to 1977
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Early training
Tafler trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for two years before making his West End stage debut in 1936 opposite Sir Seymour Hicks in The Man in Dress Clothes.
Sydney Tafler movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Lewis Gilbert directed six of these films, Ralph Thomas two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Sidney James's page
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All films by Lewis Gilbert
Ralph ThomasDirector, 2 films, 1952 to 1961
All films by Ralph Thomas
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