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."
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- Born:
- May 8, 1913 In Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 150
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Black Memory 1947-07-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Sid James: Comedy Icon 2022-09-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Sid James: Comedy Icon | Self (Archive Footage) | 2022-09-03 |
| Series | Carry On Forever | Unknown | 2015-03-04 |
| Movie | On Location: The Carry Ons | Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | The Unforgettable Sid James | Self | 2000-12-05 |
| Movie | What's a Carry On? | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1998-12-29 |
| Movie | Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams | (Archive footage) | 1996-04-13 |
| Movie | Seriously Seeking Sid | Self (archive footage) | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | ITV Christmas Comedy | Unknown | 1983-04-23 |
| Movie | To See Such Fun | Unknown | 1977-11-01 |
| Movie | That's Carry On! | Various Characters (archive footage) | 1977-11-10 |
| Movie | The World of Budgerigars | Self | 1976-01-01 |
| Series | Carry On Laughing | Sir Francis Drake | 1975-01-04 |
| Movie | Carry On Dick | Big Dick Turpin | 1974-02-01 |
| Movie | What a Carry On! | Unknown | 1973-10-04 |
| Movie | Carry on Christmas | Mr. Belcher / Seed Pod / Sir Henry / Sergeant Will Ball / Robin Hood | 1973-12-24 |
| Movie | Carry On Girls | Councillor Sid Fiddler | 1973-11-09 |
| Movie | Carry On Matron | Sid Carter | 1972-05-05 |
| Movie | Bless This House | Sid Abbot | 1972-09-08 |
| Movie | Carry On Abroad | Vic Flange | 1972-12-01 |
| Movie | Carry On Henry | King Henry VIII | 1971-06-03 |
| Series | Bless This House | Sid Abbott | 1971-02-02 |
| Movie | Carry On at Your Convenience | Sid Plummer | 1971-12-10 |
| Movie | All This, and Christmas Too! | Sid Jones | 1971-12-24 |
| Movie | Carry On Up the Jungle | Mr. Bill Boosey | 1970-03-20 |
| Movie | Carry On Loving | Sidney Bliss | 1970-09-20 |
| Movie | Carry On Again Christmas | Long John Silver | 1970-12-24 |
| Series | Two in Clover | Sid Turner | 1969-02-18 |
| Movie | Carry On Camping | Sid Boggle | 1969-05-29 |
| Movie | Carry On Christmas | Ebenezer Scrooge | 1969-12-24 |
| Series | Carry On Christmas Specials | Unknown | 1969-12-24 |
| Movie | Carry On Again Doctor | Gladstone Screwer | 1969-12-05 |
| Movie | Carry On Up the Khyber | Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond | 1968-02-12 |
| Movie | Vive Torbay | Self | 1968-08-22 |
| Movie | Don't Lose Your Head | Sir Rodney Ffing, the Black Fingernail | 1967-03-02 |
| Movie | Carry On Doctor | Mr. Charlie Roper | 1967-12-02 |
| Movie | Where the Bullets Fly | Mortuary Attendant | 1966-09-06 |
| Movie | Don't Utter a Note | Basher Bates | 1966-04-09 |
| Series | George And The Dragon | Unknown | 1966-11-19 |
| Movie | The Big Job | George Brain | 1965-01-01 |
| Movie | Three Hats for Lisa | Sid Marks | 1965-01-01 |
| Movie | Tokoloshe | Harry Parsons | 1965-05-12 |
| Movie | Carry On Cowboy | Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid | 1965-11-26 |
| Movie | The Beauty Jungle | 'Butlins' Judge | 1964-08-25 |
| Movie | Carry On Cleo | Mark Antony | 1964-11-08 |
| Movie | We Joined the Navy | Dance Instructor | 1963-05-17 |
| Movie | Carry On Cabby | Charlie Hawkins | 1963-06-01 |
| Series | Taxi! | Sid Stone | 1963-07-10 |
| Series | Taxi! | Sid Stone | 1963-07-10 |
| Movie | Look at Life: Getting a Move On | Self - Commentator | 1962-01-01 |
| Movie | Carry On Cruising | Captain Wellington Crowther | 1962-03-12 |
| Movie | The Green Helmet | Richie Launder | 1961-04-20 |
| Movie | Double Bunk | Sid Randall | 1961-05-06 |
| Movie | Carry On Regardless | Mr. Bert Handy | 1961-04-04 |
| Movie | A Weekend with Lulu | Café Patron | 1961-04-10 |
| Movie | Raising the Wind | Sid | 1961-09-06 |
| Movie | What a Carve Up! | Sid Butler | 1961-09-15 |
| Movie | What a Whopper | Harry Sutton | 1961-10-17 |
| Movie | And the Same to You | Sammy Gatt | 1960-02-01 |
| Movie | Watch Your Stern | Chief Petty Officer Mundy | 1960-10-14 |
| Movie | Carry On Constable | Sergeant Frank Wilkins | 1960-02-22 |
| Movie | The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's | Alphonse O'Reilly | 1960-12-22 |
| Series | Citizen James | Unknown | 1960-11-24 |
| Movie | Look at Life: Market Place | Self - Commentator | 1959-01-01 |
| Movie | Make Mine a Million | Sid Gibson | 1959-01-01 |
| Movie | Look at Life: Dustmen's Day | Self - Commentator | 1959-01-01 |
| Series | Look at Life | Narrator | 1959-01-01 |
| Movie | Desert Mice | Bert Bennett | 1959-01-05 |
| Movie | Idol on Parade | Herbie | 1959-03-24 |
| Movie | Too Many Crooks | Sid | 1959-03-08 |
| Movie | Upstairs and Downstairs | P.C. Edwards | 1959-11-02 |
| Movie | Tommy the Toreador | Cadena | 1959-12-21 |
| Movie | The 39 Steps | Perce Baker | 1959-03-13 |
| Movie | Next to No Time | Albert, Cabin Steward | 1958-08-04 |
| Movie | The Silent Enemy | Chief Petty Officer Thorpe | 1958-03-04 |
| Movie | Another Time, Another Place | Jake Klein | 1958-05-02 |
| Series | The Adventures of William Tell | Schaffner | 1958-09-15 |
| Movie | The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw | The Drunk | 1958-10-28 |
| Movie | The Man Inside | Franklin | 1958-09-07 |
| Movie | I Was Monty's Double | Porter YMCA | 1958-10-21 |
| Movie | Quatermass 2 | Jimmy Hall | 1957-05-24 |
| Movie | The Smallest Show on Earth | Mr. Hogg | 1957-04-09 |
| Movie | Interpol | Joe - First Bartender | 1957-04-02 |
| Movie | The Shiralee | Luke | 1957-07-11 |
| Movie | Hell Drivers | Dusty, Truck Driver | 1957-07-23 |
| Movie | Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 | Sidney Balmoral James | 1957-12-16 |
| Movie | A King in New York | Johnson - TV Advertiser | 1957-09-12 |
| Movie | The Story of Esther Costello | Joe Ryan | 1957-11-06 |
| Movie | Campbell's Kingdom | Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger | 1957-09-03 |
| Movie | Wicked as They Come | Frank Allenborg | 1956-05-22 |
| Movie | Ramsbottom Rides Again | Black Jake | 1956-04-30 |
| Movie | The Extra Day | Barney West | 1956-01-01 |
| Movie | Trapeze | Snake Charmer | 1956-05-30 |
| Series | Hancock's Half Hour | Unknown | 1956-07-06 |
| Movie | Dry Rot | Flash Harry | 1956-10-31 |
| Series | The Buccaneers | Chantey Jack | 1956-09-19 |
| Movie | The Iron Petticoat | Paul | 1956-09-01 |
| Movie | A Yank in Ermine | Nightclub manager | 1955-01-01 |
| Movie | It's a Great Day | Harry Mason | 1955-01-01 |
| Movie | Out of the Clouds | Henry, the Gambler | 1955-02-15 |
| Movie | The Glass Cage | Tony Lewis | 1955-04-15 |
| Movie | The Deep Blue Sea | Man outside bar | 1955-11-01 |
| Movie | A Kid for Two Farthings | Ice Berg | 1955-08-15 |
| Movie | Joe Macbeth | Banky | 1955-10-18 |
| Movie | John and Julie | Mr. Pritchett | 1955-07-26 |
| Movie | Father Brown | Bert Parkinson | 1954-06-08 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Jacket | Harry | 1954-05-27 |
| Movie | For Better, for Worse | The Foreman (as Sidney James) | 1954-06-20 |
| Movie | The Weak and the Wicked | Syd Baden | 1954-02-02 |
| Movie | The House Across the Lake | Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James) | 1954-04-16 |
| Movie | Seagulls Over Sorrento | Charlie Badger | 1954-07-13 |
| Movie | Orders Are Orders | Ed Waggermeyer | 1954-10-01 |
| Movie | Aunt Clara | Honest Sid | 1954-11-22 |
| Movie | The Crowded Day | Joe, the Night Watchman | 1954-10-01 |
| Movie | The Belles of St. Trinian's | Benny | 1954-09-28 |
| Movie | The Yellow Balloon | Charlie | 1953-02-10 |
| Movie | The Titfield Thunderbolt | Harry Hawkins | 1953-03-04 |
| Movie | Cosh Boy | Desk Sergeant | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | The Flanagan Boy | Sharkey (as Sidney James) | 1953-04-10 |
| Movie | Box for One | Unknown | 1953-01-01 |
| Movie | Will Any Gentleman...? | Mr. Hobson | 1953-08-25 |
| Movie | The Square Ring | Adams | 1953-07-13 |
| Movie | The Wedding of Lilli Marlene | Fennimore Hunt | 1953-11-30 |
| Movie | Escape by Night | Gino Rossini | 1953-12-01 |
| Movie | Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? | Hank Hanlon | 1953-09-22 |
| Movie | Park Plaza 605 | Supt. Williams (as Sidney James) | 1953-09-11 |
| Movie | Emergency Call | Danny Marks | 1952-05-19 |
| Movie | Tall Headlines | Mr. Spencer, neighbor | 1952-04-15 |
| Movie | The Magic Box | Army Sergeant | 1952-01-01 |
| Movie | I Believe in You | Sergeant Body | 1952-03-05 |
| Movie | Gift Horse | Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull | 1952-06-01 |
| Movie | Time, Gentlemen, Please! | Eric Hace | 1952-07-01 |
| Movie | Miss Robin Hood | Sidney (as Sidney James) | 1952-11-12 |
| Movie | Venetian Bird | Bernardo | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Father's Doing Fine | Taxi Driver | 1952-08-15 |
| Movie | Talk of a Million | John C. Moody | 1951-03-12 |
| Movie | The Galloping Major | Bookmaker | 1951-05-07 |
| Movie | Lady Godiva Rides Again | Lew Beeson | 1951-10-25 |
| Movie | The Lavender Hill Mob | Lackery | 1951-06-28 |
| Movie | The Man in Black | Henry Clavering / Hodson | 1950-01-31 |
| Movie | Last Holiday | Joe Clarence | 1950-05-15 |
| Movie | The Lady Craved Excitement | Carlo | 1950-08-01 |
| Movie | The Small Back Room | 'Knucksie' Moran | 1949-02-21 |
| Movie | Once a Jolly Swagman | Rowton | 1949-02-02 |
| Movie | Paper Orchid | Freddy Evans (as Sidney James) | 1949-04-01 |
| Movie | Give Us This Day | Murdin | 1949-10-14 |
| Movie | No Orchids for Miss Blandish | uncredited | 1948-04-15 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | The Front Page | Hildy Johnson | 1948-10-13 |
| Movie | Black Memory | Eddie Clinton | 1947-07-01 |
| Movie | Nightbeat | Nixon (as Sidney James) | 1947-12-22 |