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name: "Sydney Bromley"
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born: "24 July 1909"
died: "14 August 1987"
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# Sydney Bromley

Actor. Born 24 July 1909 in London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [now UK]. Died 14 August 1987.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 July 1909, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [now UK]
- **Died:** 14 August 1987
- **Active:** 1945–1981
- **Also known as:** Sidney Bromley, Sidney Charles Bromley

## Biography

Sydney Bromley (also credited as Sidney Bromley or Sidney Charles Bromley) was an English character actor. He appeared in more than sixty films and television programmes from the mid-1940s onwards.

Born Sidney Charles Bromley on 24 July 1909 in London, he began his career on stage. He appeared in the 1924 premiere of George Bernard Shaw's *Saint Joan* and in productions of *A Midsummer Night's Dream* and *Twelfth Night* at the Open Air Theatre in London in 1935. He later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company.

His film roles include the uncredited part of Johnnie, the Second Soldier in *Brief Encounter* (1945), the Sleigh Driver in *The Fearless Vampire Killers* (1967), Alf in *An American Werewolf in London* (1981), Engywook in *The NeverEnding Story* (1984), and Hodge in *Dragonslayer* (1981). He died on 14 August 1987 in Worthing, Sussex.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *An American Werewolf in London* (1981), Fi1m 80, as Alf — [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-werewolf-in-london.md)
- *Brief Encounter* (1945), Fi1m 90, as Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/brief-encounter.md)

## Also known for

- *The NeverEnding Story* (1984), Engywook
- *The Fearless Vampire Killers* (1967), Sleigh Driver
- *Dragonslayer* (1981), Hodge
- *Macbeth* (1971), Porter
- *Candleshoe* (1977), Mr. Thresher
- *Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell* (1974), Muller
- *Carry On Cowboy* (1965), Colonel Sam Houston
- *Paranoiac* (1963), Tramp (uncredited)

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