🎭 Actor
Sidney James
🎂 Born 8 May 1913 (age 62)✝ 26 April 1976📍 Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa
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Popularity Score
130
Acting Credits
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."
Known For
Full Filmography(130 films)
YearTitleRating
1951The Lavender Hill Mob★ 7.21965Carry On Cowboy★ 6.31957Hell Drivers★ 6.71952The Magic Box★ 6.51964Carry On Cleo★ 6.71969Carry On Camping★ 6.61952Gift Horse★ 6.61956Trapeze★ 6.21957A King in New York★ 6.71972Carry On Abroad★ 6.31973Carry On Girls★ 5.71957Quatermass 2★ 6.41974Carry On Dick★ 5.81949The Small Back Room★ 6.81972Carry On Matron★ 6.11959The 39 Steps★ 6.31962Carry On Cruising★ 6.11956The Iron Petticoat★ 5.81970Carry On Loving★ 5.71952Venetian Bird★ 6.21958I Was Monty's Double★ 6.91958The Man Inside★ 6.11967Carry On Doctor★ 6.51963Carry On Cabby★ 6.51960Carry On Constable★ 6.31957Interpol★ 6.41953The Titfield Thunderbolt★ 7.01998What's a Carry On?★ 7.71972Bless This House★ 6.41958Another Time, Another Place★ 5.81971Carry On Henry★ 6.11950Last Holiday★ 7.21955A Yank in Ermine★ 6.01955Out of the Clouds★ 6.11968Carry On Up the Khyber★ 6.51977That's Carry On!★ 5.81967Don't Lose Your Head★ 6.71965The Big Job★ 6.71958The Silent Enemy★ 5.91969Carry On Again Doctor★ 6.11954The House Across the Lake★ 5.51958The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw★ 6.51971Carry On at Your Convenience★ 6.21961Double Bunk★ 6.11953Cosh Boy★ 5.51961Carry On Regardless★ 6.31951Lady Godiva Rides Again★ 5.91953Park Plaza 605★ 4.71957Campbell's Kingdom★ 6.01954Father Brown★ 6.51954The Belles of St Trinian's★ 6.41954Aunt Clara★ 5.01957The Shiralee★ 5.11955Joe Macbeth★ 7.61948No Orchids for Miss Blandish★ 6.01964The Beauty Jungle★ 5.31955The Deep Blue Sea★ 4.91961What a Whopper★ 6.21961What a Carve Up!★ 7.01952Time, Gentlemen, Please!★ 8.01960The Pure Hell of St Trinian's★ 6.51957The Story of Esther Costello★ 7.01961A Weekend with Lulu★ 5.51953Will Any Gentleman...?★ 6.31954The Rainbow Jacket★ 7.01947Nightbeat★ 5.71955John and Julie★ 4.91970Carry On Up the Jungle★ 5.91954Orders Are Orders★ 6.61955A Kid for Two Farthings★ 6.71965Tokoloshe★ 7.01950The Man in Black★ 6.01955The Glass Cage★ 5.61953The Flanagan Boy★ 6.01952Emergency Call★ 6.71952Father's Doing Fine★ 7.31954For Better, for Worse★ 5.81954The Weak and the Wicked★ 6.51951The Galloping Major★ 6.11963We Joined the Navy★ 6.01960And the Same to You★ 5.91952Miss Robin Hood★ 8.11958Next to No Time★ 7.71959Upstairs and Downstairs★ 5.81949Once a Jolly Swagman★ 5.81957The Smallest Show on Earth★ 6.71953The Square Ring★ 7.11949Give Us This Day★ 5.71954The Crowded Day★ 5.81970Carry On Again Christmas★ 7.61949Paper Orchid★ 5.01960Watch Your Stern★ 5.91965Three Hats for Lisa★ 6.01951Talk of a Million★ 9.01959Desert Mice★ 6.21956The Extra Day★ 7.11952Tall Headlines★ 6.81961Raising the Wind★ 6.31954Seagulls Over Sorrento★ 6.01959Make Mine a Million★ 7.71956Wicked as They Come★ 5.02001On Location: The Carry Ons—1966Where the Bullets Fly★ 5.71952I Believe in You★ 6.81953The Yellow Balloon★ 6.01977To See Such Fun★ 10.01961The Green Helmet★ 9.01950The Lady Craved Excitement★ 5.81956Dry Rot★ 7.71948The Front Page—1959Tommy the Toreador★ 5.31959Idol on Parade★ 7.01953Escape by Night★ 6.71957Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1—1973What a Carry On!★ 8.01971All This, and Christmas Too!★ 8.01959Too Many Crooks★ 7.41969Carry On Christmas★ 6.31953The Wedding of Lilli Marlene★ 7.01955It's a Great Day★ 6.41996Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams—1953Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?★ 5.61993Seriously Seeking Sid—1956Ramsbottom Rides Again★ 9.01973Carry on Christmas★ 6.42022Sid James: Comedy Icon★ 7.01947Black Memory★ 5.32000The Unforgettable Sid James—1976The World of Budgerigars★ 8.51959Look at Life: Market Place—