Syd Saylor: movies and TV shows
Syd Saylor has 205 credits in the archive: 186 films and 19 TV series, from 1926 to 1963. Highest rated: Perry Mason (7.7/10).
Career timeline
1926 – 1963 · busiest year: 1937 (16 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | The Crawling Hand | Soda Shop Owner | Film | 3.2 | 68 |
| 1962 | Period of Adjustment | Bald Man (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Soapy Waters | TV | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1959 | Escort West | Elwood Fenniman | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Charlie, Watchman | TV | 7.7 | 62 |
| 1957 | Maverick | TV | 6.9 | 62 | |
| 1957 | Maverick | Depot Master | TV | 6.9 | 62 |
| 1957 | Maverick | 1st Townsman | TV | 6.9 | 62 |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | The Handyman (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Johnson | TV | 5.2 | 62 |
| 1957 | Official Detective | TV | 7.5 | 62 | |
| 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis | Photographer (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1957 | Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend | Dutchy (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1957 | Gun Duel in Durango | Man Killed by Dunsten (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1956 | Great Day in the Morning | Stagecoach Driver (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | TV | 6.8 | 60 | |
| 1955 | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | TV | 6.8 | 60 | |
| 1955 | Buffalo Bill Jr. | TV | 6.0 | 60 | |
| 1954 | Lassie | TV | 6.3 | 59 | |
| 1954 | Jesse James vs. the Daltons | Film | 5.9 | 59 | |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Waiter | TV | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1953 | The Tall Texan | Carney | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1953 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Man at Fountain (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | TV | 6.7 | 57 | |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Sneezing Man | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Second Panhandler | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Chuck | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Circus Barker (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1952 | The Las Vegas Story | Matty (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1952 | Belles on Their Toes | Cab Driver (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1951 | Dragnet | TV | 6.5 | 56 | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | TV | 5.3 | 56 | |
| 1951 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Waiter (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1951 | The Raging Tide | Proprietor (uncredited) | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1950 | Woman on the Run | Sullivan | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1950 | The Fuller Brush Girl | Wardrobe Man (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger | Poker Player (uncredited) | Film | 5.1 | 55 |
| 1950 | Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill | Sheriff Luke Arundle | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1950 | Mule Train | Deputy Skeeter | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1949 | Big Jack | Pokey | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1949 | The Crooked Way | Film | 6.2 | 54 | |
| 1949 | Dancing in the Dark | Mac | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1949 | Miss Mink of 1949 | Louie | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 1948 | Sleep, My Love | Milkman | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1948 | The Miracle of the Bells | Freddy Evans, the Pianist | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1948 | Sitting Pretty | Cab Driver (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1947 | Fun on a Weekend | Mr. Prigee (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1947 | Backlash | Joe, Railroad Worker | Film | 4.8 | 52 |
| 1946 | The Virginian | Film | 6.2 | 51 | |
| 1946 | Thunder Town | Utah McGirk | Film | 4.3 | 51 |
| 1946 | House of Horrors | Jerry, morgue attendant | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1946 | Six Gun Man | Rawhide McTavish | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1946 | Susie Steps Out | Biegelman | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1946 | Avalanche | Bartender | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1946 | Ambush Trail | Sam Hawkins | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | Tom Crocker, Evening Globe (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 50 |
| 1945 | Murder, He Says | Townsman (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1945 | Hitchhike to Happiness | Man on Street (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1945 | Navajo Kid | Happy | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1945 | On Stage Everybody | Clem - Horseshoe Player (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1945 | Bedside Manner | Elmer Jones (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1945 | Eve Knew Her Apples | Second Motorcycle Officer (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 50 |
| 1944 | Gaslight | Baggage Clerk (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1944 | It's Murder | Mr Niblick | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1944 | Three of a Kind | Customer | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1944 | Hey, Rookie | Cpl. Trupp | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic | Jim (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1943 | Harvest Melody | Spot Potter | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1943 | A Lady Takes a Chance | Poker Player | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1943 | Dangerous Blondes | Attendant (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1943 | Nobody's Darling | Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1943 | So's Your Uncle | Meek Character | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1943 | Swing Shift Maisie | Clerk (Uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1942 | Time to Kill | Mailman | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1942 | That Other Woman | Man Trying to Sleep in Park | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1942 | The Great Gildersleeve | Phil, the carpenter | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam | Drunk (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1942 | The Man in the Trunk | Joe -Clown with Yvonne | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1942 | A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen | Fingers Muldoon | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1942 | A Gentleman at Heart | Lighthouse | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1942 | Fall In | Cigar Store Owner | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1942 | Mug Town | Drunk | Film | 8.5 | 47 |
| 1941 | Design for Scandal | Second Cabbie (uncredited) | Film | 5.1 | 46 |
| 1941 | Life with Henry | Electrician (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1941 | Sleepers West | Magazine Vendor (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1941 | Nevada City | Railroad Spy Posing as a Drunk | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1941 | Miss Polly | Drug Store Owner | Film | 4.9 | 46 |
| 1941 | Borrowed Hero | Pedestrian with Sore Throat (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1941 | Wyoming Wildcat | Butch McCord | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1940 | Arizona | Timmins | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1940 | Young People | Vaudevillian (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 45 |
| 1940 | Irene | The Gardener (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | John Johnston | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1940 | I Take This Woman | First Taxi Driver (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1940 | Lucky Cisco Kid | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Hospital Elevator Operator | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1940 | Screw Drivers of 1940 | Mr. Screwjay | Film | — | 45 |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Barker (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1939 | Golden Boy | Ringsider Next to Pa Bonaparte | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1939 | Remember? | First Taxi Driver | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Gambling Stooge | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1939 | The Kid From Texas | Texas Cowhand | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1939 | Persons in Hiding | Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) | Film | 3.8 | 44 |
| 1939 | Geronimo | Sergeant | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | Wireless Operator Sending Coded Message (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1939 | Our Leading Citizen | Sam | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1939 | $1,000 a Touchdown | Bangs | Film | 3.7 | 44 |
| 1939 | Pirates of the Skies | Film | 9.0 | 44 | |
| 1939 | Chicken Wagon Family | Cab Driver | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1939 | Let Freedom Ring | Surveyor (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Cowboy at Ranch (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1938 | Little Miss Broadway | Band Member | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1938 | There Goes My Heart | Robinson (as Sid Saylor) | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford | Second Printer (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1938 | Down on the Farm | Painter | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1938 | Men with Wings | Jimmy | Film | 5.4 | 43 |
| 1938 | Safety in Numbers | Guard | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1938 | One Wild Night | Mug in Bank (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 43 |
| 1938 | The Black Doll | Deputy Red | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1938 | Crashing Through Danger | Tom | Film | 4.7 | 43 |
| 1937 | Hell Town | Dinkey Hooley | Film | — | 42 |
| 1937 | Topper | Car Salesman (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1937 | Born to the West | Dinkey Hooley | Film | 4.8 | 42 |
| 1937 | Wild and Woolly | Lutz | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1937 | Time Out for Romance | Truck Driver | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1937 | She Had to Eat | Shorty (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1937 | Guns in the Dark | Oscar | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1937 | The Wrong Road | Big Hobo | Film | 4.8 | 42 |
| 1937 | Exiled to Shanghai | Maloney | Film | 5.5 | 42 |
| 1937 | Wallaby Jim of the Islands | Jake, Kestrel Crew | Film | 5.3 | 42 |
| 1937 | Secret Valley | Paddy | Film | 5.3 | 42 |
| 1937 | The Lady Escapes | Carpenter (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1937 | Meet the Boy Friend | Buddy | Film | 5.5 | 42 |
| 1937 | Sea Racketeers | Henchman Weasel | Film | 4.7 | 42 |
| 1937 | Forlorn River | 'Weary' Pierce | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1937 | Arizona Days | Claude Grass Hopper | Film | 5.0 | 42 |
| 1936 | The Sky Parade | Flash Lewis | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Detective (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead | Film | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1936 | The Three Mesquiteers | Lullaby Joslin | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1936 | Rhythm on the Range | Gus | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1936 | The House of Secrets | Ed | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1936 | Prison Shadows | Dave Moran | Film | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1936 | Kelly the Second | Dan | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1936 | Headin' for the Rio Grande | Chili (Tex's sidekick) | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1936 | Kelly of the Secret Service | Red | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1936 | Hitch Hike To Heaven | Spud | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1935 | Wilderness Mail | Mora | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | Murder in the Fleet | Chief Petty Officer (Uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1935 | Men of Action | Speedy | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | Ladies Crave Excitement | Flynn | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1935 | Here Comes Cookie | Allen’s Cab Driver (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1935 | Streamline Express | Smith - Steward | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | The Headline Woman | Murphy | Film | 4.6 | 40 |
| 1935 | Nevada | Cash Burridge | Film | 4.8 | 40 |
| 1935 | Branded a Coward | Oscar | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1935 | Code of the Mounted | RCMP Rogers | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1935 | Two Hearts in Wax Time | Mannequin Dresser (uncredited) | Film | 5.1 | 40 |
| 1934 | Love on a Ladder | Pool Hall Patron | Film | 3.7 | 39 |
| 1934 | Many Happy Returns | Construction Worker (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 39 |
| 1934 | The Lost Jungle | Larry Henderson | Film | 4.3 | 39 |
| 1934 | The Dude Ranger | 'Nebraska' Kemp (as Sid Saylor) | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | The Lost Jungle | Larry Henderson | Film | 3.5 | 39 |
| 1934 | Mystery Mountain | Breezy Baker | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1934 | When a Man Sees Red | Ben | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1934 | Contented Calves | No Run Hosiery Representative | Film | — | 39 |
| 1933 | Murders in the Zoo | Brad (Uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1933 | Gambling Ship | Sailor (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1933 | Justice Takes a Holiday | Scoop Jones | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1933 | The Sin of Nora Moran | Miller - Jake's Friend - 2nd Drunk | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1933 | Curtain at Eight | Mac MacIntosh, the prop man | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1933 | The Nuisance | Fred | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1933 | A Man of Sentiment | Swede - Orderly | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1933 | The Chief | Scared Man Against Lamppost | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1933 | Silent Men | Coyote Carter | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Driver (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1932 | Horse Feathers | Speakeasy Patron at Slot Machine (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1932 | Million Dollar Legs | Olympics Weight Lifting Offical (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1932 | Tangled Destinies | Buchanan, the Prizefighter | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1932 | The Crusader | Harry Smaltz | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1932 | Rule 'Em and Weep | Second duelling officer | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1931 | Sidewalks of New York | Mulvaney | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1931 | Finn and Hattie | J. Russell Abercrombie, The Brakeman | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1931 | The Lawyer's Secret | Red | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1931 | Scandal Sheet | Nichols, Photographer | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1931 | I Take This Woman | Shorty | Film | 5.1 | 36 |
| 1931 | Law of the Sea | Sailor | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1931 | The Vice Squad | Masher's Freind (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1931 | Unfaithful | Buck | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1931 | Caught | Sgt. Weems | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1930 | Show Girl in Hollywood | Tour Guide | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1930 | The Border Legion | Shrimp | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1930 | Sid's Long Count | 1st Weight Reducing Machine Salesman | Film | — | 35 |
| 1930 | Men Without Law | Hank | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1930 | Chiselers of Hollywood | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1929 | Just Off Broadway | Bennie Barnett | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1929 | Shanghai Rose | Xavier Doolittle | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1929 | Cat, Dog & Co. | Pedestrian | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1928 | The Mystery Rider | Film | 9.0 | 33 | |
| 1928 | Any Old Count | House Detective | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1926 | And George Did! | George | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1926 | The Runaway Express | The Tramp | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1926 | The Riding Rascal | Film | 8.0 | 31 | |
| 1926 | Red Hot Leather | 'Noisy' Bates (as Leo Sailor) | Film | 9.0 | 31 |