Charlie Chaplin's son dies, aged 82

Tony Award-winning actor Sydney Chaplin, the oldest surviving son of film icon Charlie Chaplin, has died at the age of 82.

Chaplin starred with Barbara Streisand in Funny Girl on Broadway and won his Tony for the 1950s musical Bells Are Ringing.

He died due to complications from a stroke, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Chaplin served in WWII before co-founding the Circle Theatre in LA and entering the stage and screen industry.

He went on to appear in the last film his father directed, 1967's A Countess From Hong Kong.