Sidney James

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."

Born

May 08, 1913

Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa

Died

Apr 26, 1976

Known For

Acting

Movies

137 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.5

movie

Known For

Trapeze

1956

as Snake Charmer

A King in New York

1957

as Johnson - TV Advertiser

Carry On Cleo

1964

as Mark Antony

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

as Lackery Wood

Quatermass 2

1957

as Jimmy Hall

Carry On Camping

1969

as Sid Boggle

Carry On Doctor

1967 • as Mr. Charlie Roper

★ 6.5

Trapeze

1956 • as Snake Charmer

★ 6.3

A King in New York

1957 • as Johnson - TV Advertiser

★ 6.7

Carry On Cleo

1964 • as Mark Antony

★ 6.7

Carry On Cowboy

1965 • as Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid

★ 6.3

Nightbeat

1947 • as Nixon (as Sidney James)

★ 5.7

Interpol

1957 • as Joe - First Bartender

★ 6.4

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951 • as Lackery Wood

★ 7.2

Hell Drivers

1957 • as Dusty, Truck Driver

★ 6.7

Carry On at Your Convenience

1971 • as Sid Plummer

★ 6.2

Carry On Henry

1971 • as King Henry VIII

★ 6.1

Quatermass 2

1957 • as Jimmy Hall

★ 6.4

Carry On Camping

1969 • as Sid Boggle

★ 6.6

Carry On Regardless

1961 • as Mr. Bert Handy

★ 6.2

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

1958 • as The Drunk

★ 6.5

Venetian Bird

1952 • as Bernardo

★ 6.2

Carry On Dick

1974 • as Big Dick Turpin

★ 5.8

The Flanagan Boy

1953 • as Sharkey (as Sidney James)

★ 6.1

Carry On Matron

1972 • as Sid Carter

★ 6.1

Carry On Loving

1970 • as Sidney Bliss

★ 5.7

The 39 Steps

1959 • as Perce Baker

★ 6.3

The Small Back Room

1949 • as 'Knucksie' Moran

★ 6.7

We Joined the Navy

1963 • as Dance Instructor

★ 6.0

That's Carry On!

1977 • as Various Characters (archive footage)

★ 5.8

Carry On Again Doctor

1969 • as Gladstone Screwer

★ 6.1

Carry On Constable

1960 • as Sergeant Frank Wilkins

★ 6.3

Escape by Night

1953 • as Gino Rossini

★ 6.7

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968 • as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond

★ 6.5

Last Holiday

1950 • as Joe Clarence

★ 7.1

Carry On Girls

1973 • as Councillor Sid Fiddler

★ 5.7

Carry On Abroad

1972 • as Vic Flange

★ 6.3

The Iron Petticoat

1956 • as Paul

★ 5.8

The Big Job

1965 • as George Brain

★ 6.7

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953 • as Harry Hawkins

★ 7.0

Carry On Up the Jungle

1970 • as Mr. Bill Boosey

★ 5.9

Aunt Clara

1954 • as Honest Sid

★ 5.0

The Shiralee

1957 • as Luke

★ 5.1

I Was Monty's Double

1958 • as Porter YMCA

★ 6.9

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Vive Torbay

1968 • as Self

Paper Orchid

1949 • as Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)

★ 5.0

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960 • as Alphonse O'Reilly

★ 6.5

The Silent Enemy

1958 • as Chief Petty Officer Thorpe

★ 5.9

A Kid for Two Farthings

1955 • as Ice Berg

★ 6.7

Campbell's Kingdom

1957 • as Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger

★ 6.0

Don't Lose Your Head

1967 • as Sir Rodney Ffing, the Black Fingernail

★ 6.7

Dry Rot

1956 • as Flash Harry

★ 7.7

Tokoloshe

1965 • as Harry Parsons

★ 7.0

Desert Mice

1959 • as Bert Bennett

★ 6.2

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959 • as P.C. Edwards

★ 5.8

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954 • as Benny

★ 6.4

Carry On Cruising

1962 • as Captain Wellington Crowther

★ 6.1

Gift Horse

1952 • as Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull

★ 6.6

Carry On Cabby

1963 • as Charlie Hawkins

★ 6.4

The Magic Box

1952 • as Army Sergeant

★ 6.5

Carry On Christmas

1969 • as Ebenezer Scrooge

★ 6.3

Miss Robin Hood

1952 • as Sidney (as Sidney James)

★ 8.1

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

1952 • as Eric Hace

★ 8.0

Another Time, Another Place

1958 • as Jake Klein

★ 5.8

Cosh Boy

1953 • as Desk Sergeant

★ 5.5

Father Brown

1954 • as Bert Parkinson

★ 6.5

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957 • as Mr. Hogg

★ 6.7

The Man Inside

1958 • as Franklin

★ 6.1

Seriously Seeking Sid

1993 • as Self (archive footage)

On Location: The Carry Ons

2001 • as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Weekend with Lulu

1961 • as Café Patron

★ 5.5

The Extra Day

1956 • as Barney West

★ 7.1

The Crowded Day

1954 • as Joe, the Night Watchman

★ 5.8

The Deep Blue Sea

1955 • as Man outside bar

★ 4.9

Orders Are Orders

1954 • as Ed Waggermeyer

★ 6.6

What a Carve Up!

1961 • as Sid Butler

★ 7.0

What's a Carry On?

1998 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.7

Give Us This Day

1949 • as Murdin

★ 5.7

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

1948 • as uncredited

★ 6.1

All This, and Christmas Too!

1971 • as Sid Jones

★ 8.0

Father's Doing Fine

1952 • as Taxi Driver

★ 7.3

Watch Your Stern

1960 • as Chief Petty Officer Mundy

★ 5.9

The World of Budgerigars

1976 • as Self

★ 8.5

Raising the Wind

1961 • as Sid

★ 6.3

The Beauty Jungle

1964 • as 'Butlins' Judge

★ 5.4

Park Plaza 605

1953 • as Supt. Williams (as Sidney James)

★ 4.7

The Yellow Balloon

1953 • as Charlie

★ 6.0

Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951 • as Lew Beeson

★ 5.9

Tall Headlines

1952 • as Mr. Spencer, neighbor

★ 6.8

For Better, for Worse

1954 • as Foreman

★ 5.8

What a Whopper

1961 • as Harry Sutton

★ 6.2

John and Julie

1955 • as Mr. Pritchett

★ 4.9

Bless This House

1972 • as Sid Abbot

★ 6.4

Wicked as They Come

1956 • as Frank Allenborg

★ 5.0

The Lady Craved Excitement

1950 • as Carlo

★ 5.8

Out of the Clouds

1955 • as Henry, the Gambler

★ 6.1

The Green Helmet

1961 • as Richie Launder

★ 9.0

A Yank in Ermine

1955 • as Nightclub manager

★ 6.0

The Man in Black

1950 • as Henry Clavering / Hodson

★ 6.0

The Square Ring

1953 • as Adams

★ 7.1

Tommy the Toreador

1959 • as Cadena

★ 5.3

Carry On Again Christmas

1970 • as Long John Silver

★ 7.6

The Glass Cage

1955 • as Tony Lewis

★ 5.6

Next to No Time

1958 • as Albert, Cabin Steward

★ 7.7

It's Hard to be Good

1948 • as Platform guard (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Too Many Crooks

1959 • as Sid

★ 7.4

Once a Jolly Swagman

1949 • as Rowton

★ 5.8

Emergency Call

1952 • as Danny Marks

★ 6.7

The Galloping Major

1951 • as Bookmaker

★ 6.1

To See Such Fun

1977

★ 10.0

Look at Life: Market Place

1959 • as Self - Commentator

Idol on Parade

1959 • as Herbie

★ 7.0

Where the Bullets Fly

1966 • as Mortuary Attendant

★ 5.7

The Weak and the Wicked

1954 • as Syd Baden

★ 6.5

The Story of Esther Costello

1957 • as Joe Ryan

★ 7.0

The House Across the Lake

1954 • as Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James)

★ 5.5

Double Bunk

1961 • as Sid Randall

★ 6.1

I Believe in You

1952 • as Sergeant Body

★ 6.8

Joe Macbeth

1955 • as Banky

★ 7.6

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Box for One

1953

The Rainbow Jacket

1954 • as Harry

★ 7.0

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

1953 • as Hank Hanlon

★ 5.6

Make Mine a Million

1959 • as Sid Gibson

★ 7.7

The Front Page

1948 • as Hildy Johnson

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953 • as Mr. Hobson

★ 6.3

Ramsbottom Rides Again

1956 • as Black Jake

★ 9.0

Seagulls Over Sorrento

1954 • as Charlie Badger

★ 6.1

And the Same to You

1960 • as Sammy Gatt

★ 5.9

Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams

Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams

1996 • as (Archive footage)

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

1957 • as Sidney Balmoral James

What a Carry On!

1973

★ 8.0

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Don't Utter a Note

1966 • as Basher Bates

Black Memory

1947 • as Eddie Clinton

★ 5.3

It's a Great Day

1955 • as Harry Mason

★ 6.4

Three Hats for Lisa

1965 • as Sid Marks

★ 6.0

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

1953 • as Fennimore Hunt

★ 7.0

The Unforgettable Sid James

2000 • as Self

Carry on Christmas

1973 • as Mr. Belcher / Seed Pod / Sir Henry / Sergeant Will Ball / Robin Hood

★ 6.4

Sid James: Comedy Icon

2022 • as Self (Archive Footage)

★ 7.0

Talk of a Million

1951 • as John C. Moody

★ 9.0

Look at Life: Up To Scratch

1961

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Look at Life: Dustmen's Day

1959 • as Self - Commentator

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Look at Life: Getting a Move On

1962 • as Self - Commentator