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

1.1

movie

Known For

Quatermass 2

1957

as Jimmy Hall

A King in New York

1957

as Johnson - TV Advertiser

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

as Lackery Wood

Trapeze

1956

as Snake Charmer

Carry On Cleo

1964

as Mark Antony

Carry On Camping

1969

as Sid Boggle

I Was Monty's Double

1958 • as Porter YMCA

★ 6.9

Paper Orchid

1949 • as Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)

★ 5.0

Venetian Bird

1952 • as Bernardo

★ 6.2

Aunt Clara

1954 • as Honest Sid

★ 5.0

Carry On Girls

1973 • as Councillor Sid Fiddler

★ 5.7

Quatermass 2

1957 • as Jimmy Hall

★ 6.4

A King in New York

1957 • as Johnson - TV Advertiser

★ 6.7

Carry On Dick

1974 • as Big Dick Turpin

★ 5.8

Escape by Night

1953 • as Gino Rossini

★ 6.7

The Glass Cage

1955 • as Tony Lewis

★ 5.6

The Small Back Room

1949 • as 'Knucksie' Moran

★ 6.8

Hell Drivers

1957 • as Dusty, Truck Driver

★ 6.7

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951 • as Lackery Wood

★ 7.2

Trapeze

1956 • as Snake Charmer

★ 6.3

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Vive Torbay

1968 • as Self

We Joined the Navy

1963 • as Dance Instructor

★ 6.0

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968 • as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond

★ 6.4

Out of the Clouds

1955 • as Henry, the Gambler

★ 6.1

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

1958 • as The Drunk

★ 6.6

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954 • as Benny

★ 6.4

Carry On Cleo

1964 • as Mark Antony

★ 6.7

Carry On Doctor

1967 • as Mr. Charlie Roper

★ 6.5

Tokoloshe

1965 • as Harry Parsons

★ 7.0

Carry On Loving

1970 • as Sidney Bliss

★ 5.7

Carry On Camping

1969 • as Sid Boggle

★ 6.6

That's Carry On!

1977 • as Various Characters (archive footage)

★ 5.8

Don't Lose Your Head

1967 • as Sir Rodney Ffing, the Black Fingernail

★ 6.7

Another Time, Another Place

1958 • as Jake Klein

★ 5.8

The Deep Blue Sea

1955 • as Man outside bar

★ 4.9

Last Holiday

1950 • as Joe Clarence

★ 7.1

Carry On at Your Convenience

1971 • as Sid Plummer

★ 6.2

Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951 • as Lew Beeson

★ 5.9

The Iron Petticoat

1956 • as Paul

★ 5.7

Carry On Cowboy

1965 • as Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid

★ 6.3

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960 • as Alphonse O'Reilly

★ 6.5

What's a Carry On?

1998 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.7

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953 • as Harry Hawkins

★ 7.0

Where the Bullets Fly

1966 • as Mortuary Attendant

★ 5.7

Carry On Again Doctor

1969 • as Gladstone Screwer

★ 6.1

Nightbeat

1947 • as Nixon (as Sidney James)

★ 5.7

Carry On Abroad

1972 • as Vic Flange

★ 6.3

A Kid for Two Farthings

1955 • as Ice Berg

★ 6.6

Carry On Regardless

1961 • as Mr. Bert Handy

★ 6.2

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

1948 • as uncredited

★ 6.1

Gift Horse

1952 • as Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull

★ 6.6

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

1957 • as Sidney Balmoral James

Carry On Matron

1972 • as Sid Carter

★ 6.1

The Magic Box

1952 • as Army Sergeant

★ 6.5

Carry On Constable

1960 • as Sergeant Frank Wilkins

★ 6.3

All This, and Christmas Too!

1971 • as Sid Jones

★ 8.0

Carry On Up the Jungle

1970 • as Mr. Bill Boosey

★ 5.9

The Weak and the Wicked

1954 • as Syd Baden

★ 6.5

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

1953 • as Hank Hanlon

★ 5.6

Watch Your Stern

1960 • as Chief Petty Officer Mundy

★ 5.9

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959 • as P.C. Edwards

★ 5.8

Campbell's Kingdom

1957 • as Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger

★ 6.0

The Rainbow Jacket

1954 • as Harry

★ 7.0

A Weekend with Lulu

1961 • as Café Patron

★ 5.5

The World of Budgerigars

1976 • as Self

★ 8.5

The Big Job

1965 • as George Brain

★ 6.7

Idol on Parade

1959 • as Herbie

★ 7.0

Park Plaza 605

1953 • as Supt. Williams (as Sidney James)

★ 4.7

Once a Jolly Swagman

1949 • as Rowton

★ 5.8

Talk of a Million

1951 • as John C. Moody

★ 9.0

Give Us This Day

1949 • as Murdin

★ 5.7

The Man in Black

1950 • as Henry Clavering / Hodson

★ 6.0

The House Across the Lake

1954 • as Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James)

★ 5.5

Father Brown

1954 • as Bert Parkinson

★ 6.5

Miss Robin Hood

1952 • as Sidney (as Sidney James)

★ 8.1

Carry On Henry

1971 • as King Henry VIII

★ 6.1

For Better, for Worse

1954 • as Foreman

★ 5.8

What a Whopper

1961 • as Harry Sutton

★ 6.2

The Silent Enemy

1958 • as Chief Petty Officer Thorpe

★ 5.9

Carry On Cruising

1962 • as Captain Wellington Crowther

★ 6.1

The 39 Steps

1959 • as Perce Baker

★ 6.3

The Extra Day

1956 • as Barney West

★ 7.1

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

1952 • as Eric Hace

★ 8.0

Interpol

1957 • as Joe - First Bartender

★ 6.4

The Shiralee

1957 • as Luke

★ 5.1

Next to No Time

1958 • as Albert, Cabin Steward

★ 7.7

The Story of Esther Costello

1957 • as Joe Ryan

★ 7.0

I Believe in You

1952 • as Sergeant Body

★ 6.8

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957 • as Mr. Hogg

★ 6.7

And the Same to You

1960 • as Sammy Gatt

★ 5.9

Desert Mice

1959 • as Bert Bennett

★ 6.2

Wicked as They Come

1956 • as Frank Allenborg

★ 5.0

The Square Ring

1953 • as Adams

★ 7.1

The Man Inside

1958 • as Franklin

★ 6.1

What a Carry On!

1973

★ 8.0

Carry On Cabby

1963 • as Charlie Hawkins

★ 6.4

A Yank in Ermine

1955 • as Nightclub manager

★ 6.0

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953 • as Mr. Hobson

★ 6.3

What a Carve Up!

1961 • as Sid Butler

★ 7.0

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

1953 • as Fennimore Hunt

★ 7.0

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

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

1996 • as (Archive footage)

Father's Doing Fine

1952 • as Taxi Driver

★ 7.2

The Flanagan Boy

1953 • as Sharkey (as Sidney James)

★ 6.0

It's Hard to be Good

1948 • as Platform guard (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Cosh Boy

1953 • as Desk Sergeant

★ 5.5

Seagulls Over Sorrento

1954 • as Charlie Badger

★ 6.0

Make Mine a Million

1959 • as Sid Gibson

★ 7.7

Dry Rot

1956 • as Flash Harry

★ 7.7

Raising the Wind

1961 • as Sid

★ 6.3

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Don't Utter a Note

1966 • as Basher Bates

Carry On Again Christmas

1970 • as Long John Silver

★ 7.6

Joe Macbeth

1955 • as Banky

★ 7.6

It's a Great Day

1955 • as Harry Mason

★ 6.4

Carry On Christmas

1969 • as Ebenezer Scrooge

★ 6.3

Emergency Call

1952 • as Danny Marks

★ 6.7

Three Hats for Lisa

1965 • as Sid Marks

★ 6.0

Tommy the Toreador

1959 • as Cadena

★ 5.3

The Crowded Day

1954 • as Joe, the Night Watchman

★ 5.8

To See Such Fun

1977

★ 10.0

The Lady Craved Excitement

1950 • as Carlo

★ 5.8

John and Julie

1955 • as Mr. Pritchett

★ 4.9

Sid James: Comedy Icon

2022 • as Self (Archive Footage)

★ 7.0

On Location: The Carry Ons

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

Black Memory

1947 • as Eddie Clinton

★ 5.3

The Yellow Balloon

1953 • as Charlie

★ 6.0

Bless This House

1972 • as Sid Abbot

★ 6.4

Too Many Crooks

1959 • as Sid

★ 7.4

Carry On Christmas

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

★ 6.4

Tall Headlines

1952 • as Mr. Spencer, neighbor

★ 6.8

Double Bunk

1961 • as Sid Randall

★ 6.1

The Front Page

1948 • as Hildy Johnson

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Box for One

1953

Orders Are Orders

1954 • as Ed Waggermeyer

★ 6.6

movie

Look at Life: Dustmen's Day

1959 • as Self - Commentator

The Beauty Jungle

1964 • as 'Butlins' Judge

★ 5.3

Ramsbottom Rides Again

1956 • as Black Jake

★ 9.0

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Look at Life: Getting a Move On

1962 • as Self - Commentator

Seriously Seeking Sid

1993 • as Self (archive footage)

The Green Helmet

1961 • as Richie Launder

★ 9.0

The Galloping Major

1951 • as Bookmaker

★ 6.1

Look at Life: Up To Scratch

1961

Look at Life: Market Place

1959 • as Self - Commentator

The Unforgettable Sid James

2000 • as Self