
Directing
Born April 27, 1874 · London, England, UK
American director and erstwhile actor. Originally a performer on the stock and vaudeville circuits, especially the Mittenthal Bros. circuit, he appeared with his wife Josephine Foy in a vaudeville show entitled "The Inspector." Noticed in this show by producer Thomas H. Ince, Sidney entered films in approximately 1913 as a performer and quickly was promoted to directing pictures. He involved himself in production as a minority owner of the Christie Film Company. He attempted retirement, but was coaxed back into directing by Syd Chaplin, whom he directed in Charley's Aunt (1925). While visiting London in 1928, he died at 56 of a heart attack.

No Control
1927

The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927

The Nervous Wreck
1926

Madame Behave
1925
Seven Days
1925

Stop Flirting
1925

Charley's Aunt
1925

The Million Dollar Handicap
1925
Reckless Romance
1924

Hold Your Breath
1924

Getting Gertie's Goat
1924

Stay Single
1924
Call the Wagon
1923

Kidding Katie
1923
Done in Oil
1923

No Parking
1921

The Adventures of Tarzan
1921

Saving Sister Susie
1921

Let Me Explain
1921

Mr. Fatima
1920

813
1920
'Twas Henry's Fault
1919
Hard Luck
1919
Her Rustic Romeo
1918

Somebody's Widow
1918

Tarzan of the Apes
1918

A Two Cylinder Courtship
1917

The Road to Love
1916
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916

The Green Swamp
1916

Matrimony
1915
Never Again
1915

The Toast of Death
1915

A Case of Poison
1915

College Days
1915
A Lucky Blowout
1915
The Scrub
1915
A Flower in the Desert
1914
A Crook's Sweetheart
1914
The Spark Eternal
1914
Parson Larkin's Wife
1914

The Gangsters and the Girl
1914
From Out of the Dregs
1914
The Wharf Rats
1914
The Play's the Thing
1914