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Sidney Drew (28 de agosto de 1863 – 9 de abril de 1919), o Mr. Sidney Drew, como solía aparecer en los créditos, fue un actor teatral y cinematográfico estadounidense, que habitualmente actuaba en equipo con sus esposas formando el dúo Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew.

Biografía
Nacido en la ciudad de Nueva York, su nombre completo era Sidney White Drew, y era tío de los actores Lionel, Ethel y John Barrymore.

Se ha especulado mucho sobre sus orígenes. La madre de Drew Louisa Lane Drew decía que le había adoptado tras producirse la muerte de su marido, John Drew, en 1862. Los investigadores han especulado sobre la posibilidad de que Sidney fuera hijo biológico de Louisa Lane, y que el padre fuera su difunto marido o un amante. Se hizo notar que ella desapareció del país durante un tiempo, antes de reaparecer en Filadelfia con su hijo Sidney.

Sidney Drew interpretó, en compañía de su esposa Gladys Rankin (hacia 1874 – 9 de enero de 1914), la primera Mrs. Sidney Drew, primeros papeles masculinos, habitualmente personajes de buen corazón. El matrimonio entró en el cine como equipo formando parte de la Kalem Company en 1911, aunque consiguiendo sus mayores éxitos cuando pasaron a Vitagraph en 1913. Gladys Rankin Drew falleció al poco tiempo de entrar en Vitagraph, por causas no conocidas. Sidney Drew se emparejó durante un breve tiempo con Clara Kimball Young, con la cual Drew actuó en una sátira de los melodramas, Goodness Gracious; or, Movies as they Shouldn't Be (1914), dirigida por el marido de Clara, James Young.

Posteriormente Drew se casó con Lucile McVey (1890–1925),​ una guionista de Vitagraph que trabajó brevemente con el nombre de Jane Morrow. Sidney Drew trabajó con su nueva esposa en sus comedias, apareciendo McVey como guionista y codirectora. El equipo, conocido como Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew, perfeccionó el estilo de comedia de situación iniciado por John Bunny y Flora Finch. Se trataba usualmente de una sátira suave sobre la vida matrimonial, aunque también se refería al mundo del espectáculo. Sidney fue el único director de dos largometrajes, la innovadora comedia A Florida Enchantment (1914), en la cual Edith Storey interpretaba al principal personaje femenino, y el drama Playing Dead (1915), el único intento de los Drew en rodar un film "serio".

En 1916 el matrimonio fue convencido por Louis B. Mayer para trabajar para la recién fundada compañía Metro, en la cual siguieron dominando el campo de la comedia marital. Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, el hijo de Sidney Drew, el actor y director S. Rankin Drew, murió en combate. Drew nunca llegó a recuperarse de la pérdida. Tras ello dejó la Metro y firmó contrato con V.B.K. Sin embargo, Sidney Drew falleció de manera súbita en Nueva York, a causa de una insuficiencia renal aguda, el 9 de abril de 1919. Lucile McVey Drew murió en 1925, a causa de un cáncer, a los 35 años de edad.

Mr. y Mrs. Sidney Drew tienen una estrella en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood, en el 6901 de Hollywood Boulevard, por su actividad cinematográfica. wiki

Director (150 credits)
1919 Squared (Short)
1919 Harold, the Last of the Saxons (Short)
1919 The Amateur Liar (Short)
1919 Once a Mason (Short)
1919 Romance and Rings (Short)
1918 His First Love (Short)
1918 Pay Day
1918 A Youthful Affair (Short)
1918 Gas Logic (Short)
1918 When a Man's Married (Short)
1918 Special Today (Short)
1918 His Strength of Mind (Short)
1918 Before and After Taking (Short)
1918 His Generosity (Short)
1918 After Henry (Short)
1918 The Bright Lights Dimmed (Short)
1918 Help Wanted (Short)
1918 Under the Influence (Short)
1918 Their First Love (Short)
1918 Why They Left Home (Short)
1918 Their Mutual Motor (Short)
1917 Shadowing Henry (Short)
1917 The Unmarried Look (Short)
1917 The Spirit of Merry Christmas (Short)
1917 Wages No Object (Short)
1917 Too Much Henry (Short)
1917 As Others See Us (Short)
1917 A Close Resemblance (Short)
1917 The Rebellion of Mr. Minor (Short)
1917 His Deadly Calm (Short)
1917 Twelve Good Hens and True (Short)
1917 Hist! Spies (Short)
1917 Rubbing It In (Short)
1917 The Dentist (Short)
1917 His Double Life (Short)
1917 The Joy of Freedom (Short)
1917 His Curiosity (Short)
1917/II Music Hath Charms (Short)
1917 The Patriot (Short)
1917 Henry's Ancestors (Short)
1917 Her First Game (Short)
1917 Her Economic Independence (Short)
1917 His Ear for Music (Short)
1917 Their Burglar (Short)
1917 Mr. Parker -- Hero (Short)
1917 Lest We Forget (Short)
1917 The Match Makers (Short)
1917 The Hypochondriacs (Short)
1917 Tootsie (Short)
1917 Her Anniversaries (Short)
1917 Nothing to Wear (Short)
1917 Her Lesson (Short)
1917 Safety First (Short)
1917 One of the Finest (Short)
1917 Putting It Over on Henry (Short)
1917 The Awakening of Helene Minor (Short)
1917 The High Cost of Living (Short)
1917 Handy Henry (Short)
1917 Locked Out (Short)
1917 Reliable Henry (Short)
1917 Her Obsession (Short)
1917 Blackmail (Short)
1917/I The Pest (Short)
1917 His Little Spirit Girl (Short)
1917 The Professional Patient (Short)
1917/I His Perfect Day (Short)
1917 Caveman's Buff (Short)
1916 Between One and Two (Short)
1916 Their Divorce (Short)
1916 Their First (Short)
1916 Her Perfect Husband (Short)
1916 Duplicity (Short)
1916 Crosby's Rest Cure (Short)
1916 Free Speech (Short)
1916 Henry's Thanksgiving (Short)
1916 At a Premium (Short)
1916 Gravy (Short)
1916 His Rival (Short)
1916/I Preparedness (Short)
1916 Nobody Home (Short)
1916 A Lady in the Library (Short)
1916 His First Tooth (Short)
1916 Taking a Rest (Short)
1916 The Jones' Auto (Short)
1916 Borrowing Trouble (Short)
1916 Help! (Short) (uncredited)
1916 It Never Got by (Short)
1916 One on Henry (Short)
1916 Sweet Charity (Short)
1916 A Symphony in Coal (Short)
1916 The Model Cook (Short)
1916 System Is Everything (Short)
1916 Number One (Short)
1916 The Swooners (Short)
1916 His Wife's Mother (Short)
1916 Childhood's Happy Days (Short)
1916 Peace at Any Price (Short)
1916 A Telegraphic Tangle (Short)
1916 When Two Play a Game (Short)
1916 His Wife Knew About It (Short)
1915 By Might of His Right (Short)
1915 Is Christmas a Bore? (Short)
1915/II The Deceivers (Short)
1915 Rooney's Sad Case (Short)
1915 The Home Cure (Short)
1915 All for the Love of a Girl (Short)
1915 Diplomatic Henry (Short)
1915 Romantic Reggie (Short)
1915 Beautiful Thoughts (Short)
1915 A Case of Eugenics (Short)
1915/I A Safe Investment (Short)
1915 How John Came Home (Short)
1915 Miss Sticky-Moufie-Kiss (Short)
1915 Fox Trot Finesse (Short) (uncredited)
1915 Back to the Primitive (Short)
1915 Playing Dead
1915 The Professional Diner (Short)
1915 Unlucky Louey (Short)
1915 Their Agreement (Short)
1915 The Cub and the Daisy Chain (Short)
1915 Following the Scent (Short)
1915 The Honeymoon Baby (Short)
1915 Their First Quarrel (Short)
1915 Mr. Blink of Bohemia (Short)
1915 The Story of a Glove (Short)
1915 The Professor's Painless Cure (Short)
1915 Boobley's Baby (Short)
1915 Between the Two of Them (Short)
1915 The Timid Mr. Tootles (Short)
1915 When Dumbleigh Saw the Joke (Short)
1915 Cupid's Column (Short)
1915 When Greek Meets Greek (Short)
1915 The Combination (Short)
1915 The Homecoming of Henry (Short)
1915 Wanted, a Nurse (Short)
1915 The Hair of Her Head (Short)
1914 The Professor's Romance (Short)
1914 The Mysterious Mr. Davey (Short)
1914 The Professional Scapegoat (Short)
1914 William Henry Jones' Courtship (Short)
1914 The Royal Wild West (Short)
1914 A Horseshoe -- for Luck (Short)
1914 Rainy, the Lion Killer (Short)
1914 A Florida Enchantment
1914 Too Many Husbands (Short)
1914 Innocent But Awkward (Short)
1914 Never Again (Short)
1914 Jerry's Uncle's Namesake (Short)
1913 Beauty Unadorned (Short)
1911 The Red Devils (Short)
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Enlaces completados:
OK A Florida Enchantment (Sidney Drew, 1914)