Full Name Leo Sailor Role Actor Occupation Actor Spouse Marie Valent | Years active 1926 - 1962 Parents George Sailor Name Syd Saylor Children Jeanne Sailor | |
Born 24 March 1895 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Died December 21, 1962, Hollywood, California, United States Movies and TV shows Brenda Starr - Reporter, Born to the West, The Adventures of Rin Tin, Arizona Days, Mystery Mountain Similar People Sam Newfield, Clyde Beatty, Charles Barton, Otto Brower, Herbert L Strock | ||
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Syd Saylor (born Leo Sailor; March 24, 1895 – December 21, 1962) was an American comedic actor and movie cowboy sidekick who appeared in 395 films and TV series between 1926 and 1962. His father, George Sailor, was in San Francisco when the big 1906 San Francisco earthquake hit the area. He was never seen again. Syd was a member of several local actors groups and discovered he had a knack for making people laugh. An uncle was a captain in the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department—and a former member of Mack Sennett's comedy troupe, The Keystone Kops. Syd's uncle used his connections in the Hollywood film industry to get Syd's foot in the door to films. In the silent film days of the 1920s, he had his own series of two-reel shorts.
He went on to have a prolific career as a character actor, set apart from other character actors by his bulging eyes, stuttering speech, and a protruding Adam's apple. He appeared in everything from comedies to westerns, usually as the hero's comical sidekick.
Saylor was also the second television "Bozo the Clown" on KTTV Ch. 11 in Hollywood, California during the early 1950s. He died in Hollywood in 1962, aged 67.
