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	\| death_place = [[w:London Borough of Richmond upon Thames\|Richmond upon Thames]], [[w:Surrey\|Surrey]], [[w:England\|England]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=sydney&lastname=tafler\|title=England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 \|website=Findmypast.co.uk \|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref>		\| death_place = [[w:London Borough of Richmond upon Thames\|Richmond upon Thames]], [[w:Surrey\|Surrey]], [[w:England\|England]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=sydney&lastname=tafler\|title=England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 \|website=Findmypast.co.uk \|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref>
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	\| education = [[w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]		\| education = [[w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| yearsactive = 1936-1980		\| yearsactive = 1936-1980
	\| spouse = {{Marriage\|[[Joy Shelton]]\|1941\|1979)		\| spouse = {{Marriage\|[[Joy Shelton]]\|1941\|1979}}
	~~\| domesticpartner =~~
	~~\| website =~~
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	~~{{More citations needed\|date=May 2009}}~~
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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Sydney Tafler		\| name = Sydney Tafler
	\| image = File:Sydney Tafler.jpg		\| image = File:Sydney Tafler.jpg
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	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| birth_name =		\| birth_name =
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date~~\|df=yes~~\|1916\|7\|31}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1916\|07\|31\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[Hackney, London]], [[England]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=sydney+&lastname=tafler \|title=England & Wales Births 1837-2006 \|website=Findmypast.co.uk \|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref>		\| birth_place = [[w:Hackney, London\|Hackney]], [[w:England\|England]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=sydney+&lastname=tafler \|title=England & Wales Births 1837-2006 \|website=Findmypast.co.uk \|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref>
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age~~\|df=yes~~\|1979\|11\|8\|1916\|7\|31}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1979\|11\|08\|1916\|07\|31\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames\|Richmond upon Thames]], [[Surrey]], [[England]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=sydney&lastname=tafler\|title=England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 \|website=Findmypast.co.uk \|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref>		\| death_place = [[w:London Borough of Richmond upon Thames\|Richmond upon Thames]], [[w:Surrey\|Surrey]], [[w:England\|England]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=sydney&lastname=tafler\|title=England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 \|website=Findmypast.co.uk \|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref>
	\| othername =		\| othername =
	\| education =[[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]		\| education = [[w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| yearsactive = 1936-1980		\| yearsactive = 1936-1980
	\| spouse = [[Joy Shelton]] ~~(1941–1979~~)		\| spouse = {{Marriage\|[[Joy Shelton]]\|1941\|1979)
	\| domesticpartner =		\| domesticpartner =
	\| website =		\| website =
	}}		}}

	'''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.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f1d2ab0 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713205443/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f1d2ab0 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=13 July 2012 \|title=Sydney Tafler \|website=[[British Film Institute]] \|quote=Born: 31 July 1916, London. Died: 7 November 1979, London. \|access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref>		'''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.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f1d2ab0 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713205443/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f1d2ab0 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=13 July 2012 \|title=Sydney Tafler \|website=[[w:British Film Institute\|British Film Institute]] \|quote=Born: 31 July 1916, London. Died: 7 November 1979, London. \|access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Tafler was born into a [[Jewish]] family, the son of Eva (née Kosky) and Mark Tafler, an antique dealer.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-marriages-1837-2005?lastname=tafler&eventyear=1915&eventyear_offset=2 \|title=England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 \|website=Findmypast.co.uk \|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-marriages-1837-2005?eventyear=1915&eventyear_offset=2&spouse1surname=tafler \|title=England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 \|website=Findmypast.co.uk\|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref> His sister, Hylda, married the film director [[Lewis Gilbert]]. Another sister, Sheila, was also an actress.<ref>{{cite book\|author=Howard Maxford\|title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA780\|date=2 November 2018\|publisher=McFarland\|isbn=978-1-4766-2914-8\|pages=780}}</ref>		Tafler was born into a [[w:Jewish\|Jewish]] family, the son of Eva (née Kosky) and Mark Tafler, an antique dealer.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-marriages-1837-2005?lastname=tafler&eventyear=1915&eventyear_offset=2 \|title=England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 \|website=Findmypast.co.uk \|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-marriages-1837-2005?eventyear=1915&eventyear_offset=2&spouse1surname=tafler \|title=England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 \|website=Findmypast.co.uk\|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref> His sister, Hylda, married the film director [[Lewis Gilbert]]. Another sister, Sheila, was also an actress.<ref>{{cite book\|author=Howard Maxford\|title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA780\|date=2 November 2018\|publisher=McFarland\|isbn=978-1-4766-2914-8\|pages=780}}</ref>

	He was married to the actress [[Joy Shelton]] from 1941 until his death<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/15/guardianobituaries2 \|title=Joy Shelton \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|first=David \|last=McGillivray \|date=15 May 2000 \|access-date=2 January 2011}}</ref> from cancer;<ref name=grave>{{cite web \|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6871921 \|title=Sydney Tafler \|website=[[Find a Grave]] \|access-date=6 November 2013}}</ref> they had three children – two sons, Jeremy and Jonathan, and a daughter, Jennifer, who became a child actress.		He was married to the actress [[Joy Shelton]] from 1941 until his death<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/15/guardianobituaries2 \|title=Joy Shelton \|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] \|first=David \|last=McGillivray \|date=15 May 2000 \|access-date=2 January 2011}}</ref> from cancer;<ref name=grave>{{cite web \|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6871921 \|title=Sydney Tafler \|website=[[Find a Grave]] \|access-date=6 November 2013}}</ref> they had three children – two sons, Jeremy and Jonathan, and a daughter, Jennifer, who became a child actress.

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{{short description|British actor (1916-1979)}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2013}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2009}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sydney Tafler
| image = File:Sydney Tafler.jpg
| imagesize = 150px
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1916|7|31}}
| birth_place = [[Hackney, London]], [[England]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=sydney+&lastname=tafler |title=England & Wales Births 1837-2006 |website=Findmypast.co.uk |access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref>
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1979|11|8|1916|7|31}}
| death_place = [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Richmond upon Thames]], [[Surrey]], [[England]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=sydney&lastname=tafler|title=England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 |website=Findmypast.co.uk |access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref>
| othername =
| education =[[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1936-1980
| spouse = [[Joy Shelton]] (1941–1979)
| domesticpartner =
| website =
}}

'''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f1d2ab0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713205443/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f1d2ab0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 July 2012 |title=Sydney Tafler |website=[[British Film Institute]] |quote=Born: 31 July 1916, London. Died: 7 November 1979, London. |access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Tafler was born into a [[Jewish]] family, the son of Eva (née Kosky) and Mark Tafler, an antique dealer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-marriages-1837-2005?lastname=tafler&eventyear=1915&eventyear_offset=2 |title=England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 |website=Findmypast.co.uk |access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-marriages-1837-2005?eventyear=1915&eventyear_offset=2&spouse1surname=tafler |title=England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 |website=Findmypast.co.uk|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref> His sister, Hylda, married the film director [[Lewis Gilbert]]. Another sister, Sheila, was also an actress.<ref>{{cite book|author=Howard Maxford|title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA780|date=2 November 2018|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-2914-8|pages=780}}</ref>

He was married to the actress [[Joy Shelton]] from 1941 until his death<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/15/guardianobituaries2 |title=Joy Shelton |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |first=David |last=McGillivray |date=15 May 2000 |access-date=2 January 2011}}</ref> from cancer;<ref name=grave>{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6871921 |title=Sydney Tafler |website=[[Find a Grave]] |access-date=6 November 2013}}</ref> 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''. 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;<ref>{{cite book|title=Plays and Players|year = 1974|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhsvAQAAIAAJ|publisher=Hansom Books}}</ref> a role he reprised in [[William Friedkin]]'s 1968 film version, alongside [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]] and [[Patrick Magee (actor)|Patrick Magee]].

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 (TV series)|Hadleigh]]''. He appeared in many films from 1947 to 1977, including ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]], [[The Sea Shall Not Have Them]], and [[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]],'' frequently being directed by his brother-in-law [[Lewis Gilbert]].

He most commonly played [[spiv]] characters, one notable exception being the film ''[[Reach for the Sky]]'' (1956) in which he played the prosthetics expert to [[Douglas Bader]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1389560/index.html |title=Tafler, Sydney (1916-79) |website=[[Screenonline]] |access-date=6 November 2013}}</ref> There again, he appeared briefly in a drily 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 popular [[James Bond]] film ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (1977).

==Selected filmography==
===Film===
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*''[[Cottage to Let]]'' (1941) as RAF Officer (uncredited)
*''[[The Little Ballerina]]'' (1947) as (uncredited)
*''[[It Always Rains on Sunday]]'' (1947) as Morry Hyams
*''[[Uneasy Terms]]'' (1948) as Maysin
*''[[London Belongs to Me]]'' (1948) as Nightclub Receptionist
*''[[No Room at the Inn]]'' (1948) as Stranger
*''[[The Monkey's Paw (1948 film)|The Monkey's Paw]]'' (1948) as The Dealer
*''[[Broken Journey]]'' (1948), uncredited, final scene.
*''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'' (1949) as Fred Cowan
*''[[Dance Hall (1950 film)|Dance Hall]]'' (1950) as Manager
*''[[Once a Sinner]]'' (1950) as Jimmy Smart
*''[[Assassin for Hire]]'' (1951) as Antonio Riccardi
*''[[Scarlet Thread]]'' (1951) as Marcon
*''[[The Galloping Major (film)|The Galloping Major]]'' (1951) as Mr. Leon
*''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951) as Clayton
*''[[Chelsea Story]]'' (1951) as Fletcher Gilchrist
*''[[Hotel Sahara]]'' (1951) as Corporal Pullar
*''[[Mystery Junction]]'' (1951) as Larry Gordon
*''[[Blind Man's Bluff (1952 film)|Blind Man's Bluff]]'' (1952) as Rick Martin
*''[[Secret People (film)|Secret People]]'' (1952) as Syd Burnett
*''[[Wide Boy (film)|Wide Boy]]'' (1952) as Benny
*''[[Emergency Call (1952 film)|Emergency Call]]'' (1952) as Brett
*''[[Time Gentlemen, Please!]]'' (1952) as Joseph Spink
*''[[Venetian Bird]]'' (1952) as Boldesca
*''[[The Floating Dutchman]]'' (1952) as Victor Skinner
*''[[There Was a Young Lady]]'' (1953) as Johnny
*''[[Johnny on the Run]]'' (1953) as Harry
*''[[The Square Ring]]'' (1953) as 1st Wiseacre
*''[[The Saint's Return]]'' (1953) as Max Lennar
*''[[Operation Diplomat (film)|Operation Diplomat]]'' (1953) as Wade
*''[[The Crowded Day]]'' (1954) as Alex
*''[[The Sea Shall Not Have Them]]'' (1954) as Cpl. Robb
*''[[The Glass Cage (1955 film)|The Glass Cage]]'' (1955) as Rorke
*''[[A Kid for Two Farthings (film)|A Kid for Two Farthings]]'' (1955) as Madam Rita
*''[[The Woman for Joe]]'' (1955) as Butch
*''[[The Cockleshell Heroes]]'' (1955) as Policeman
*''[[Dial 999 (1955 film)|Dial 999]]'' (1955) as Alf Cressett
*''[[The Long Arm (film)|The Long Arm]]'' (1956) as Stone
*''[[Fire Maidens from Outer Space]]'' (1956) as Dr. Higgins
*''[[Reach for the Sky]]'' (1956) as Robert Desoutter
*''[[The Counterfeit Plan]]'' (1957) as Harry Flint
*''[[Interpol (film)|Interpol]]'' (1957) as Curtis
*''[[The Surgeon's Knife]]'' (1957) as Dr. Hearne
*''[[Carve Her Name with Pride]]'' (1958) as Potter
*''[[The Bank Raiders]]'' (1958) as Bernie Shelton
*''[[Too Many Crooks]]'' (1959) as Solicitor
*''[[The Crowning Touch]]'' (1959) as Joe
*''[[Follow a Star]]'' (1959) as Pendlebury
*''[[Tommy the Toreador]]'' (1959) as Ramon (uncredited)
*''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'' (1960) as First Workman
*''[[Bottoms Up (1960 film)|Bottoms Up]]'' (1960) as Sid Biggs
*''[[Let's Get Married (1960 film)|Let's Get Married]]'' (1960) as Pendle
*''[[Light Up the Sky! (film)|Light Up the Sky!]]'' (1960) as Ted Green
*''[[Make Mine Mink]]'' (1960) as Lionel Spanager
*''[[The Bulldog Breed]]'' (1960) as Speedboat Owner
*''[[Five Golden Hours]]'' (1961) as Alfredo
*''[[No Kidding (film)|No Kidding]]'' (1961) as Mr. Rockbottom
*''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961) as Strip Club Manager
*''[[A Weekend with Lulu]]'' (1961) as Stationmaster
*''[[The 7th Dawn]]'' (1964) as Tom. Chief Petty Officer
*''[[Promise Her Anything]]'' (1965) as Panel Participant
*''[[Runaway Railway]]'' (1965) as Mr. Jones
*''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'' (1966) as Frank
*''[[The Sandwich Man (1966 film)|The Sandwich Man]]'' (1966) as First Fish Porter
*''[[Berserk!]]'' (1967) as Harrison Liston
*''[[The Birthday Party (1968 film)|The Birthday Party]]'' (1968) as Nat Goldberg
*''[[The Adventurers (1970 film)|The Adventurers]]'' (1970) as Col. Gutierrez
*''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (1977) as Liparus captain
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===Television===
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* ''[[BBC Sunday-Night Theatre]]'' (1950-1957, 8 episodes) as Harry Soames / George Ware / Professor Frey / Alexander Lopakhin / Chauvelin / Petronius Arbiter / Dorn / Chauvelin
* ''[[Back to Methuselah (TV series)|Back to Methuselah]]'' (1952, 2 episodes) as Ghost of Cain / Cain
* ''[[Your Favorite Story]]'' (1953, 1 episode)
* ''[[ITV Play of the Week]]'' (1955, 1 episode) as Nacky
* ''[[Theatre Royal (TV series)|Theatre Royal]]'' (1955, 1 episode)
* ''[[Angel Pavement (1957 TV series)|Angel Pavement]]'' (1957-1958, 4 episodes) as Mr. Golspie
* ''[[Educated Evans (TV series)|Educated Evans]]'' (1957, 1 episode) as Morry Green
* ''[[The Gentle Killers]]'' (1957, 6 episodes)
* ''[[ITV Television Playhouse]]'' (1957-1960, 3 episodes) as Gregor / Charlie / Landrieu
* ''[[East End, West End]]'' (1958, 1 episode)
* ''[[Dick and the Duchess]]'' (1958, 2 episodes) as Giuseppe
* ''[[Theatre Night]]'' (1958, 1 episode) as Pedro Juarez
* ''[[Dial 999 (TV series)|Dial 999]]'', ( including the 'Night Mail', and 'The Big Fish', episodes, plus one more)-(1958-1959, 3 episodes) as Pete / Smiler Harris / Mick Coletta
* ''[[Alfred Marks Time]]'' (1959, 1 episode)
* ''[[Playhouse 90]]'' (1959, 1 episode) as Club Manager
* ''[[The Third Man (TV series)|The Third Man]]'' (1959-1962, 2 episodes) as George Freeman / Colonel Abu Said
* ''[[Whack-O!]]'' (1959, 1 episode) as Harrison Jessel
* ''[[Glencannon (TV series)|Glencannon]]'' (1959, 1 episode) as Mr. Daninds
* ''[[Citizen James]]'' (1960-1962, 31 episodes) as Charlie Davenport
* ''[[Boyd Q.C.]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as De Viani
* ''[[The Larkins (1958 TV series)|The Larkins]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Sidney Foskett
* ''[[Knight Errant Limited]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Angelo Broza
* ''[[Danger Man]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Mikhail Radek
* ''[[A Christmas Night with the Stars]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Charlie Davenport - with Sid James
* ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' (1961-1965, 3 episodes) as Marty Cook / Charlie Monkton / Lew Hemming
* ''[[The Arthur Askey Show]]'' (1961, 2 episodes) as Oscar Lamouche
* ''[[Three Live Wires]]'' (1961, 1 episode)
* ''[[Hamlet (TV series)|Hamlet]]'' (1961, 5 episodes) as Claudius
* ''[[Here's Harry]]'' (1961, 1 episode)
* ''[[Deadline Midnight (TV series)|Deadline Midnight]]'' (1961, 1 episode) as Bluey Roxon
* ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' (1962, 1 episode) as Lionel
* ''[[Z Cars]]'' (1963-1974, 5 episodes) as Ray Dawson / Willy Tyndale / Wasilewski / Ray Dawson / Oliver Snow
* ''[[A World of His Own (TV series)|A World of His Own]]'' (1964, 1 episode)
* ''[[Gideon's Way]]'' (1964, 1 episode) as Gabriel Lyon
* ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (1964-1969, 3 episodes) as Mr. Green / Peter Cassidy / Ralph Edwards
* ''[[Front Page Story (TV series)|Front Page Story]]'' (1965, 1 episode) as Waterman
* ''[[A Slight Case of...]]'' (1965, 1 episode)
* ''[[Theatre 625]]'' (1966, 2 episodes) as Shamrayef / Finkelstein
* ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' (1966-1970, 2 episodes) as Blaustein / Arthur Bradshaw
* ''[[Sam and Janet]]'' (1967, 1 episode) as Mr. Spalding
* ''[[The World of Wooster]]'' (1967, 1 episode) as Jas. Waterbury
* ''[[Man in a Suitcase]]'' (1968, 1 episode) as Reynolds
* ''[[The Ugliest Girl in Town]]'' (1968, 1 episode) as Bert Pooley
* ''[[Me Mammy]]'' (1969, 1 episode) as Sir Gerald Bronstein
* ''[[Hadleigh (TV series)|Hadleigh]]'' (1969, 1 episode) as Zinneman
* ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (1969, 2 episodes) as Mr. Maddox-Smith
* ''[[W. Somerset Maugham (TV series)|W. Somerset Maugham]]'' (1970, 1 episode) as Sir Adolphus Bland
* ''[[Misleading Cases (TV series)|Misleading Cases]]'' (1971, 1 episode) as Mr. Benkle
* ''[[Alexander the Greatest]]'' (1971-1972, 13 episodes) as Joe Green
* ''[[The Adventurer (TV series)|The Adventurer]]'' (1973, 1 episode) as Wyvern
* ''[[Love Story (British TV series)|Love Story]]'' (1973, 1 episode) as Mr. Miller
* ''[[Van der Valk]]'' (1973, 3 episodes) as Halsbeek
* ''[[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]]'' (1973, 1 episode) as Lockwood
* ''[[Play for Today]]'' (1973-1977, 2 episodes) as Harry Perlman / Mr. Crowley
* ''[[Vienna 1900]]'' (1974, 1 episode) as Herr Klingemann
* ''[[Marked Personal]]'' (1974, 1 episode) as Cartwright
* ''[[Village Hall (TV series)|Village Hall]]'' (1974, 1 episode) as Arthur Bolton
* ''[[Churchill's People]]'' (1975, 1 episode) as Haskelot
* ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'' (1975, 1 episode) as Harry Simons
* ''[[The Sweeney]]'' (1975, 1 episode) as Manny Bellow
* ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'' (1975-1976, 2 episodes) as Isadore Q. Fishbein
* ''[[Yes, Honestly]]'' (1976, 1 episode) as Harry Burton
* ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' (1976, 2 episodes) as Manny
* ''[[Victorian Scandals]]'' (1976, 1 episode) as Achille Fould
* ''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]'' (1976, 1 episode) as Sam Meadows
* ''[[Do You Remember? (TV series)|Do You Remember?]]'' (1978, 1 episode) as Ambrose Solto
* ''[[Devenish (TV series)|Devenish]]'' (1978, 1 episode) as Sidney Bloom
* ''[[Potter (TV series)|Potter]]'' (1979, 1 episode) as Harry Tooms
* ''[[The Cannon and Ball Show|Cannon and Ball]]'' (1979, 1 episode) as The Agent
* ''[[BBC2 Playhouse]]'' (1980, 1 episode) as Kugelmann
* ''[[The Enigma Files]]'' (1980, 1 episode) as Solly King (final appearance)
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0846407|Sydney Tafler}}
* [http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays?forename=Sydney&surname=TAFLER&job=Actor&pid=6865&image_view=Yes&x=19&y=17 Performances listed in Theatre Archive University of Bristol]
*{{Find a Grave|6871921}}

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[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:Jewish English male actors]]
[[Category:English male film actors]]
[[Category:English male television actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from London]]
[[Category:English Jews]]
[[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
[[Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]

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	\| education = [[w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]		\| education = [[w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| yearsactive = 1936-1980		\| yearsactive = 1936-1980
	\| spouse = {{Marriage\|[[Joy Shelton]]\|1941\|1979)		\| spouse = {{Marriage\|[[Joy Shelton]]\|1941\|1979}}
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