Sydney Valentine

[5] The following September he starred as Richard Sterling in the United Kingdom premiere of Clyde Fitch's The Climbers at the Comedy Theatre.

[8] In 1910 he was one of the stars of John Galsworthy's play Justice at the Duke of York's Theatre,[9] and in September 1911 opened in Henry Arthur Jones's The Ogre.

[12] In 1924 the Labour Magazine applauded this legacy: "But have any of these pillars of the stage left anything half as valuable or as stimulating as has done that far less honoured actor, Sydney Valentine, who literally laid down his life in his struggle to frame a contract between managers and artists which shall not only enable the latter to maintain their self-respect and decent living, but which was also an exceedingly fair agreement from the point of view of employers?

[16] Smythe was the manager of the Parr's Bank branch in Camden Town and like Valentine was a member of the Green Room Club.

[21] He used the name of Nossiter for some purposes (including his marriage to Olive Ledward in 1914),[22] but by then was serving in the London Regiment under the name of Guy Valentine.

[3] Valentine died at home on 23 December 1919, having never fully recovered from a seizure at a meeting of the Actors' Association on 30 November.

At the time of his death, he lived at Pear Tree Cottage, Sarratt, Hertfordshire,[3] and in Clarence Gate Gardens, Regent's Park, and his estate was valued at £2,948.