Syd Courtenay was a South African-born British actor and screenwriter. He was a frequent collaborator with the comedian Leslie Fuller. Courtenay first met Fuller in 1919 in Margate and they soon struck up a partnership with routines featuring their comedic character Bill. With the arrival of sound films they were signed to British International Pictures and made their first film Not So Quiet on the Western Front in 1930. They made a large number of films during the 1930s, generally featuring the character of Bill, with Courtenay writing and acting in many of them.
Boys Will Be Girls, Cotton Queen, Darby and Joan, Sing as You Swing, Kiss Me Sergeant
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British comic actor in revue. Also writer of comedy sketches for Leslie Fuller from 1919. Appeared in several low-budget films with Fuller for British International Pictures (BIP) between 1930 and and 1938.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Reverse Be My Lot
1937
Sing as You Swing
1937
scenario
Cotton Queen
1937
story
Darby and Joan
1937
Boys Will Be Girls
1936
script - uncredited
The Man Behind the Mask
1936
Everything Is Rhythm
1936
One Good Turn
1936
Strictly Illegal
1935
adaptation and continuity
The Stoker
1935
Captain Bill
1935
The Doctor's Secret
1934
story
Lost in the Legion
1934
The Outcast
1934
story
A Political Party
1934
Hawley's of High Street
1933
writer
The Pride of the Force
1933
screenplay / story
Old Spanish Customers
1932
story and scenario
The Last Coupon
1932
What a Night!
1931
Tonight's the Night: Pass It On
1931
screenplay / story
Bill's Legacy
1931
Poor Old Bill
1931
story
Old Soldiers Never Die
1931
story
Why Sailors Leave Home
1930
story
Kiss Me Sergeant
1930
play "The Idol of Moolah"
Not So Quiet on the Western Front
1930
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cotton Queen
1937
Mayor
Boys Will Be Girls
1936
Bookum
Strictly Illegal
1935
uncredited
The Stoker
1935
uncredited
Lost in the Legion
1934
uncredited
Hawley's of High Street
1933
uncredited
The Pride of the Force
1933
uncredited
Old Spanish Customers
1932
What a Night!
1931
Mr. Merry
Bill's Legacy
1931
Count
Poor Old Bill
1931
Harry
Why Sailors Leave Home
1930
Sheik Sidi Ben
Kiss Me Sergeant
1930
Lieutenant
Not So Quiet on the Western Front
1930
Lieutenant
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Last Coupon
1932
writer: "Blue Sky" - uncredited
Tonight's the Night: Pass It On
1931
writer: "Don't Send My Boy to Prison" - uncredited
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