Sidney James
Born: 1913-05-08 in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa
Died: 1976-04-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
Sidney James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; May 8, 1913 – April 26, 1976) was a South African-born English-based actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancock's co-star in Hancock's Half Hour and also starred in the popular Carry On films. He was known for his trademark "dirty laugh" and lascivious persona. Bruce Forsyth summed up his talent thus: "He was a natural at being natural."
Filmography
2022
- Sid James: Comedy Icon as Self (Archive Footage)
2015
2001
- On Location: The Carry Ons as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
- The Unforgettable Sid James as Self
1998
- What's a Carry On? as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1996
- Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams as (Archive footage)
1994
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1993
- Seriously Seeking Sid as Self (archive footage)
1983
1977
- That's Carry On! as Various Characters (archive footage)
- To See Such Fun
1976
- The World of Budgerigars as Self
1975
- Carry On Laughing as Prince Rupert / Arnold Basket
1974
- Carry On Dick as Big Dick Turpin
1973
- Carry On Girls as Councillor Sid Fiddler
- What a Carry On!
- Carry on Christmas as Mr. Belcher / Seed Pod / Sir Henry / Sergeant Will Ball / Robin Hood
1972
- Carry On Abroad as Vic Flange
- Carry On Matron as Sid Carter
- Bless This House as Sid Abbot
1971
- Bless This House as Sid Abbott
- Carry On at Your Convenience as Sid Plummer
- Carry On Henry as King Henry VIII
- All This, and Christmas Too! as Sid Jones
1970
- Carry On Up the Jungle as Mr. Bill Boosey
- Carry On Loving as Sidney Bliss
- Carry On Again Christmas as Long John Silver
1969
- Two in Clover as Sid Turner
- Carry On Camping as Sid Boggle
- Carry On Again Doctor as Gladstone Screwer
- Carry On Christmas Specials
- Carry On Christmas as Ebenezer Scrooge
1968
- Carry On Up the Khyber as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond
- Vive Torbay as Self
1967
- Don't Lose Your Head as Sir Rodney Ffing, the Black Fingernail
- Carry On Doctor as Mr. Charlie Roper
1966
- George and the Dragon
- Where the Bullets Fly as Mortuary Attendant
- Don't Utter a Note as Basher Bates
1965
- Carry On Cowboy as Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid
- The Big Job as George Brain
- Three Hats for Lisa as Sid Marks
- Tokoloshe as Harry Parsons
1964
- Carry On Cleo as Mark Antony
- The Beauty Jungle as 'Butlins' Judge
1963
- Carry On Cabby as Charlie Hawkins
- Taxi! as Sid Stone
- Taxi! as Sid Stone
- We Joined the Navy as Dance Instructor
1962
- Carry On Cruising as Captain Wellington Crowther
- Look at Life: Getting a Move On as Self - Commentator
1961
- Carry On Regardless as Mr. Bert Handy
- The Green Helmet as Richie Launder
- Raising the Wind as Sid
- What a Carve Up! as Sid Butler
- What a Whopper as Harry Sutton
- Double Bunk as Sid Randall
- A Weekend with Lulu as Café Patron
1960
- Citizen James as Sidney 'Sid' Balmoral James
- Carry On Constable as Sergeant Frank Wilkins
- The Pure Hell of St Trinian's as Alphonse O'Reilly
- Watch Your Stern as Chief Petty Officer Mundy
- And the Same to You as Sammy Gatt
1959
- Look at Life as Narrator
- The 39 Steps as Perce Baker
- Upstairs and Downstairs as P.C. Edwards
- Desert Mice as Bert Bennett
- Too Many Crooks as Sid
- Idol on Parade as Herbie
- Tommy the Toreador as Cadena
- Make Mine a Million as Sid Gibson
- Look at Life: Market Place as Self - Commentator
- Look at Life: Dustmen's Day as Self - Commentator
1958
- The Adventures of William Tell as Schaffner
- Another Time, Another Place as Jake Klein
- The Man Inside as Franklin
- I Was Monty's Double as Porter YMCA
- The Silent Enemy as Chief Petty Officer Thorpe
- The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw as The Drunk
- Next to No Time as Albert, Cabin Steward
1957
- A King in New York as Johnson - TV Advertiser
- Hell Drivers as Dusty, Truck Driver
- Quatermass 2 as Jimmy Hall
- Interpol as Joe - First Bartender
- Campbell's Kingdom as Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger
- The Smallest Show on Earth as Mr. Hogg
- The Shiralee as Luke
- The Story of Esther Costello as Joe Ryan
- Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 as Sidney Balmoral James
1956
- Hancock's Half Hour
- The Buccaneers as Chantey Jack
- Trapeze as Snake Charmer
- Armchair Theatre as Basher Bates
- The Iron Petticoat as Paul
- Wicked as They Come as Frank Allenborg
- The Extra Day as Barney West
- Dry Rot as Flash Harry
- Ramsbottom Rides Again as Black Jake
1955
- The Deep Blue Sea as Man outside bar
- John and Julie as Mr. Pritchett
- Joe Macbeth as Banky
- Out of the Clouds as Henry, the Gambler
- A Kid for Two Farthings as Ice Berg
- A Yank in Ermine as Nightclub manager
- The Glass Cage as Tony Lewis
- It's a Great Day as Harry Mason
1954
- Father Brown as Bert Parkinson
- The Belles of St Trinian's as Benny
- The House Across the Lake as Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James)
- For Better, for Worse as Foreman
- Seagulls Over Sorrento as Charlie Badger
- Orders Are Orders as Ed Waggermeyer
- The Crowded Day as Joe, the Night Watchman
- The Rainbow Jacket as Harry
- The Weak and the Wicked as Syd Baden
- Aunt Clara as Honest Sid
1953
- Park Plaza 605 as Supt. Williams (as Sidney James)
- The Titfield Thunderbolt as Harry Hawkins
- Cosh Boy as Desk Sergeant
- The Square Ring as Adams
- Escape by Night as Gino Rossini
- Box for One
- Will Any Gentleman...? as Mr. Hobson
- The Flanagan Boy as Sharkey (as Sidney James)
- The Wedding of Lilli Marlene as Fennimore Hunt
- The Yellow Balloon as Charlie
- Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? as Hank Hanlon
1952
- The Magic Box as Army Sergeant
- Gift Horse as Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull
- Time, Gentlemen, Please! as Eric Hace
- Miss Robin Hood as Sidney (as Sidney James)
- Emergency Call as Danny Marks
- I Believe in You as Sergeant Body
- Venetian Bird as Bernardo
- Father's Doing Fine as Taxi Driver
- Tall Headlines as Mr. Spencer, neighbor
1951
- The Lavender Hill Mob as Lackery
- Lady Godiva Rides Again as Lew Beeson
- The Galloping Major as Bookmaker
- Talk of a Million as John C. Moody
1950
- Last Holiday as Joe Clarence
- The Man in Black as Henry Clavering / Hodson
- The Lady Craved Excitement as Carlo
1949
- The Small Back Room as 'Knucksie' Moran
- Give Us This Day as Murdin
- Once a Jolly Swagman as Rowton
- Paper Orchid as Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- No Orchids for Miss Blandish as uncredited
- The Front Page as Hildy Johnson
1947
- Nightbeat as Nixon (as Sidney James)
- Black Memory as Eddie Clinton