Sydney Tafler

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Sydney Tafler
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Born (1916-07-31)31 July 1916
Hackney, London, England[1]
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Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England[2]
Education Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation Actor
Years active 1936–1980
Spouse(s) Joy Shelton (1944–1979)

Sydney Tafler (31 July 1916 – 8 November 1979) was an English actor who after having started his career on stage, was best remembered for numerous appearances in films and television from the 1940s to the 1970s.[3]

Personal life

Tafler was born into a Jewish family, the son of Eva (née Kosky) and Mark Tafler, an antique dealer.[4][5] His sister, Hylda, married the film director Lewis Gilbert. Another sister, Sheila, was also an actress.[6]

He was married to the actress Joy Shelton from 1941 until his death[7] from cancer; they had three children – two sons, Jeremy and Jonathan, and a daughter, Jennifer, who became a child actress.

Career

After two years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Tafler first appeared on stage in London's West End in 1936, with Sir Seymour Hicks in The Man in Dress Clothes. From 1943 to 1946 he played many Shakespearian roles with the Old Vic company at the New Theatre.[8] His other stage roles included the menacing character of Nat Goldberg in a production of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party, directed by the playwright;[9] a role he reprised in William Friedkin's 1968 film version, alongside Robert Shaw and Patrick Magee. His last acting role was with his wife Joy in a 1979 tour of Barefoot in the Park.[8]

On British television, he appeared alongside Sid James in Citizen James. His other television work included Angel Pavement, The Gentle Killers, The Infernal Machine, Focus, Dixon of Dock Green, Wodehouse Playhouse, and Hadleigh. He appeared in many films from 1947 to 1977, including The Lavender Hill Mob, The Sea Shall Not Have Them, and Alfie, frequently being directed by his brother-in-law Lewis Gilbert.

Tafler starred in several crime films for Anglo-Amalgamated such as Assassin for Hire.[10]

He most commonly played spiv characters. One notable exception being the film Reach for the Sky (1956), in which he played the sympathetic prosthetics expert to Douglas Bader.[11] There again, he appeared briefly in a dryly comic role as a uniformed policeman in the film The Cockleshell Heroes (also 1956). His film career ended with a featured role as the captain of the supertanker Liparus in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

Selected filmography

Film

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References

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