Vintage inscribed black fountain pen signature on a 4x6-inch off-white card, acquired in-person by inveterate autograph hound John Virzi in 1965 and decorated with a small magazine image. In good condition. Burly British character actor Basil Sydney excelled at playing shifty opportunists, public servants, domineering fathers, or military types, sometimes charming and dependable, and sometimes menacing or despicable-- but, whichever it was, he was always mesmerizing.

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