Biography
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.
Directed 27
1920s
- 1927
The Wrong Mr. Wright
Director
- 1926
The Nervous Wreck
Director
- 1925
Madame Behave
Director
Stop Flirting
Director
Charley's Aunt
Director
The Million Dollar Handicap
Director
- 1924
Hold Your Breath
Director
Getting Gertie's Goat
Director
Stay Single
Director
- 1923
- 1921
No Parking
Director
The Adventures of Tarzan
Director
Saving Sister Susie
Director
Let Me Explain
Director
- 1920
Mr. Fatima
Director
813
Director
1910s
- 1918
Somebody's Widow
Director
- 1917
A Two Cylinder Courtship
Director
- 1916
The Road to Love
Director
The Green Swamp
Director
- 1915
Matrimony
Director
The Toast of Death
Director
A Case of Poison
Director
College Days
Director
- 1914
The Gangsters and the Girl
Director
Other crew 1
1920s
- 1928
Cocktails
Script
Wrote 1
1920s
- 1929
Alf's Carpet
Writer