Sydney Mason

Birth : 1905-01-27, Milton, Ulster County, New York, USA

Death : 1976-04-11

History

Motion picture and television actor of the 1950s and 60s. Appeared in the 1950's sci-fi film classics "The War of the Worlds", "The Creature From the Black Lagoon", "Revenge of the Creature" and "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers".

Movies

Wild Ones on Wheels
Duke Walker
Greedy young thugs kidnap a dead man's wife in hopes that she can lead them to the location of a hidden fortune.
Secret File: Hollywood
Charles 'Hap' Grogan (as Syd Mason)
A private eye (Robert Clarke) takes pictures for the publishers (Francine York, Syd Mason) of a scandal magazine.
Frontier Gun
Doc Studdeford
Small-town sheriff discovers that gun-fighting is the only way to clean up the town.
Tales of Frankenstein
Police Chief
In this pilot for a series that was never picked up, Dr. Frankenstein has just finished rebuilding his creation, but the monster is unresponsive. He needs to try something different to make it work, perhaps some new parts. Enter a terminally ill sculptor and his assertive wife…
Guns Don't Argue
Lieutenant Bill Baxter
The actions of various criminals such as Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde and Baby Face Nelson are reenacted in this film.
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Frank the garage man
Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a direct attempt by alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic civilization to invade Earth from impervious flying saucers, using ray-weapons of mass destruction.
A Day of Fury
Beemans
Town marshal Alan Burnett life is saved by a stranger he meets on the trail. His rescuer turns out to be Jagade, a gunslinger just returned after years away, who finds when he gets into town that he can't abide the peace that has been settled between "his" people (i.e. the saloon-keepers, gamblers, etc.) and the righteous, "respectable" folk.
Revenge of the Creature
Police Radio Operator
In a tributary of the Amazon, a monster – half-man, half-fish – is captured and placed in a reservoir in a Florida national park to be observed by scientists.
Dial Red O
Waiter (uncredited)
The first of the five films where Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant in the L.A Sheriff's department, Dial Red "O" (the correct title with the number 0 (zero), as on a telephone dial, shown in ") opens with war-torn veteran Ralph Wyatt getting word that his wife is divorcing him, and he flees the psychiatric ward of the veteran's hospital, wanting to talk to her. His escape touches off an all-out manhunt, led by Lieutenant Andy Flynn of the sheriff's department.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Dr. Matos (uncredited)
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.
The War of the Worlds
Fire Chief, Crew #3 (uncredited)
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
The Golden Blade
Harum is a fearless man of the people who comes to Bagdad to avenge the murder of his father and meets Krairuzan, a princess disguised as a commoner, working against a plot by a band of evil schemers trying to do away with her father, the Caliph. She gives Harum a golden sword which, in his hands, makes him invincible. Harum uses the sword in the name of justice and is doing quite well until a duplicate sword is placed in his scabbard during one of his off-guard moments, and he winds up in chains.
Trouble Along the Way
Priest
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.
Apache Country
Walter Rayburn
A criminal gang provokes the local Apaches in order to divert the authorities' attention from their own activities.
Tall, Dark and Dead
Inspector Burke
A 1952 crime film edited from tv series Craig Kennedy, Criminologist. A well-known stage star is shot at when he approaches the front door of Craig Kennedy's laboratory. Later, the actor is murdered in his backstage dressing room, and Kennedy, aided by Police Inspector J. J. Burke and Evening Star reporter Walt James, is drawn into one of his most bizarre adventures. Blamour, sex and publicity motivate the mystery, played before an intriguing background of Oriental stage-settings and theatrical backdrops. Passions, bot homicidal and amorous, almost lead to Kennedy's death at the hands of the killer.
I'll See You in My Dreams
Doctor (uncredited)
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
Bright Victory
Rev. Dr. Bannerman (uncredited)
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.
The Killer That Stalked New York
Sober Man (uncredited)
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.