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 Loving as Sidney Bliss
- Carry On Up the Jungle as Mr. Bill Boosey
- 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
- Three Hats for Lisa as Sid Marks
- The Big Job as George Brain
- Tokoloshe as Harry Parsons
1964
- Carry On Cleo as Mark Antony
- The Beauty Jungle as 'Butlins' Judge
1963
- We Joined the Navy as Dance Instructor
- Taxi! as Sid Stone
- Carry On Cabby as Charlie Hawkins
1962
- Carry On Cruising as Captain Wellington Crowther
- Look at Life: Getting a Move On as Self - Commentator
1961
- What a Carve Up! as Sid Butler
- A Weekend with Lulu as Café Patron
- Carry On Regardless as Mr. Bert Handy
- What a Whopper as Harry Sutton
- Raising the Wind as Sid
- Double Bunk as Sid Randall
- The Green Helmet as Richie Launder
- Look at Life: Up To Scratch
1960
- Citizen James as Sidney 'Sid' Balmoral James
- The Pure Hell of St Trinian's as Alphonse O'Reilly
- Carry On Constable as Sergeant Frank Wilkins
- And the Same to You as Sammy Gatt
- Watch Your Stern as Chief Petty Officer Mundy
1959
- Look at Life as Narrator
- The 39 Steps as Perce Baker
- Make Mine a Million as Sid Gibson
- Too Many Crooks as Sid
- Upstairs and Downstairs as P.C. Edwards
- Idol on Parade as Herbie
- Desert Mice as Bert Bennett
- Tommy the Toreador as Cadena
- Look at Life: Dustmen's Day as Self - Commentator
- Look at Life: Market Place as Self - Commentator
1958
- The Adventures of William Tell as Schaffner
- Another Time, Another Place as Jake Klein
- I Was Monty's Double as Porter YMCA
- The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw as The Drunk
- Next to No Time as Albert, Cabin Steward
- The Silent Enemy as Chief Petty Officer Thorpe
- The Man Inside as Franklin
1957
- A King in New York as Johnson - TV Advertiser
- Quatermass 2 as Jimmy Hall
- Hell Drivers as Dusty, Truck Driver
- Interpol as Joe - First Bartender
- The Smallest Show on Earth as Mr. Hogg
- Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 as Sidney Balmoral James
- The Story of Esther Costello as Joe Ryan
- Campbell's Kingdom as Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger
- The Shiralee as Luke
1956
- The Buccaneers as Chantey Jack
- Hancock's Half Hour
- Armchair Theatre as Basher Bates
- The Iron Petticoat as Paul
- Trapeze as Snake Charmer
- Wicked as They Come as Frank Allenborg
- Dry Rot as Flash Harry
- The Extra Day as Barney West
- Ramsbottom Rides Again as Black Jake
1955
- A Kid for Two Farthings as Ice Berg
- A Yank in Ermine as Nightclub manager
- The Deep Blue Sea as Man outside bar
- Out of the Clouds as Henry, the Gambler
- John and Julie as Mr. Pritchett
- It's a Great Day as Harry Mason
- The Glass Cage as Tony Lewis
- Joe Macbeth as Banky
1954
- The Belles of St Trinian's as Benny
- For Better, for Worse as Foreman
- The House Across the Lake as Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James)
- The Weak and the Wicked as Syd Baden
- Aunt Clara as Honest Sid
- The Crowded Day as Joe, the Night Watchman
- Father Brown as Bert Parkinson
- The Rainbow Jacket as Harry
- Orders Are Orders as Ed Waggermeyer
- Seagulls Over Sorrento as Charlie Badger
1953
- The Titfield Thunderbolt as Harry Hawkins
- The Square Ring as Adams
- The Wedding of Lilli Marlene as Fennimore Hunt
- Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? as Hank Hanlon
- Cosh Boy as Desk Sergeant
- The Yellow Balloon as Charlie
- Park Plaza 605 as Supt. Williams (as Sidney James)
- Escape by Night as Gino Rossini
- The Flanagan Boy as Sharkey (as Sidney James)
- Will Any Gentleman...? as Mr. Hobson
- Box for One
1952
- Venetian Bird as Bernardo
- I Believe in You as Sergeant Body
- Gift Horse as Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull
- Father's Doing Fine as Taxi Driver
- The Magic Box as Army Sergeant
- Emergency Call as Danny Marks
- Miss Robin Hood as Sidney (as Sidney James)
- Tall Headlines as Mr. Spencer, neighbor
- Time, Gentlemen, Please! as Eric Hace
1951
- The Lavender Hill Mob as Lackery Wood
- Lady Godiva Rides Again as Lew Beeson
- Talk of a Million as John C. Moody
- The Galloping Major as Bookmaker
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
- Paper Orchid as Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)
- Once a Jolly Swagman as Rowton
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- No Orchids for Miss Blandish as uncredited
- It's Hard to be Good as Platform guard (uncredited)
- The Front Page as Hildy Johnson
1947
- Nightbeat as Nixon (as Sidney James)
- Black Memory as Eddie Clinton