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Sydney Kirkpatrick, also spelled Sidney Kirkpatrick, (born Sydney Kirk, August 5, 1881 — died, October 16, 1930) was an African-American singer and actor. Born in Glasgow, Kentucky and raised both there and in Indianapolis, he began his career touring as a baritone in all-black cast minstrel shows from the early 1900s into the 1910s. In 1915 he transitioned into vaudeville as part of a double act with Tim Ousley. In 1916 he moved into work as an actor with Harlem's Lafayette Players (LP) with whom he performed on a periodic basis through 1929. He became a respected dramatic actor with this group; often performing in plays with his wife, the actress and musician Laura Bowman. He and Bowman also appeared in several Broadway productions together and performed with each other in nightclubs and in vaudeville. One of their last projects together was appearing in uncredited roles in the musical film Dixiana (1930). Kirkpatrick's only other screen credit was a role in the silent film The Scapegoat (1917) which was made by the Frederick Douglass Film Company.