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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 8, 1913
Died
April 26, 1976
Place of Birth
Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa
Also Known As
- Сидни Джеймс
- Сид Джеймс
- Sid James
Sidney James
1.0 Popularity
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."
Known For
7.0
Self (Archive Footage)
Sid James: Comedy Icon
2022
0.0
Carry On Forever
2015
0.0
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
On Location: The Carry Ons
2001
0.0
Self
The Unforgettable Sid James
2000
7.8
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
What's a Carry On?
1998
0.0
(Archive footage)
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
1996
6.5
Self (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
1994
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Seriously Seeking Sid
1993
🎬
0.0
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
5.7
Various Characters (archive footage)
That's Carry On!
1977
Credits
Sid James: Comedy Icon
as Self (Archive Footage)
2022
7.0
Carry On Forever
2015
0.0
On Location: The Carry Ons
as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
0.0
The Unforgettable Sid James
as Self
2000
0.0
What's a Carry On?
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
7.8
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
as (Archive footage)
1996
0.0
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
6.5
Seriously Seeking Sid
as Self (archive footage)
1993
0.0
🎬
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
0.0
That's Carry On!
as Various Characters (archive footage)
1977
5.7
To See Such Fun
1977
0.0
The World of Budgerigars
as Self
1976
8.5
Carry On Laughing
as Prince Rupert / Arnold Basket
1975
5.2
Carry On Laughing
as Baron Hubert
1975
5.2
Carry On Laughing
as Lovelace
1975
5.2
Carry On Laughing
as Sir Francis Drake
1975
5.2
Carry On Dick
as Big Dick Turpin
1974
5.8
Carry on Christmas
as Mr. Belcher / Seed Pod / Sir Henry / Sergeant Will Ball / Robin Hood
1973
5.9
Carry On Girls
as Councillor Sid Fiddler
1973
5.6
What a Carry On!
1973
0.0
Carry On Abroad
as Vic Flange
1972
6.3
Bless This House
as Sid Abbot
1972
6.3
Carry On Matron
as Sid Carter
1972
6.1
All This, and Christmas Too!
as Sid Jones
1971
0.0
Carry On at Your Convenience
as Sid Plummer
1971
6.2
Carry On Henry
as King Henry VIII
1971
6.1
Bless This House
as Sid Abbott
1971
7.4
Carry On Again Christmas
as Long John Silver
1970
7.6
Carry On Loving
as Sidney Bliss
1970
5.7
Carry On Up the Jungle
as Mr. Bill Boosey
1970
5.8
Carry On Christmas Specials
1969
5.8
Carry On Christmas
as Ebenezer Scrooge
1969
6.2
Carry On Again Doctor
as Gladstone Screwer
1969
6.1
Carry On Camping
as Sid Boggle
1969
6.6
Two in Clover
as Sid Turner
1969
6.5
🎬
Vive Torbay
as Self
1968
0.0
Carry On Up the Khyber
as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond
1968
6.4
Carry On Doctor
as Mr. Charlie Roper
1967
6.5
Don't Lose Your Head
as Sir Rodney Ffing, the Black Fingernail
1967
6.6
George And The Dragon
1966
6.7
Where the Bullets Fly
as Mortuary Attendant
1966
4.5
🎬
Don't Utter a Note
as Basher Bates
1966
0.0
Carry On Cowboy
as Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid
1965
6.3
The Big Job
as George Brain
1965
6.7
Tokoloshe
as Harry Parsons
1965
0.0
Three Hats for Lisa
as Sid Marks
1965
5.0
Carry On Cleo
as Mark Antony
1964
6.6
The Beauty Jungle
as 'Butlins' Judge
1964
4.7
🎬
Taxi!
as Sid Stone
1963
0.0
🎬
Taxi!
as Sid Stone
1963
0.0
Carry On Cabby
as Charlie Hawkins
1963
6.4
We Joined the Navy
as Dance Instructor
1963
5.6
Carry On Cruising
as Captain Wellington Crowther
1962
6.1
🎬
Look at Life: Getting a Move On
as Self - Commentator
1962
0.0
What a Whopper
as Harry Sutton
1961
5.9
What a Carve Up!
as Sid Butler
1961
7.0
Raising the Wind
as Sid
1961
6.2
Double Bunk
as Sid Randall
1961
5.7
The Green Helmet
as Richie Launder
1961
0.0
A Weekend with Lulu
as Café Patron
1961
5.4
Carry On Regardless
as Mr. Bert Handy
1961
6.2
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
as Alphonse O'Reilly
1960
6.4
Citizen James
1960
7.6
Watch Your Stern
as Chief Petty Officer Mundy
1960
5.6
Carry On Constable
as Sergeant Frank Wilkins
1960
6.3
And the Same to You
as Sammy Gatt
1960
5.6
Tommy the Toreador
as Cadena
1959
3.5
Upstairs and Downstairs
as P.C. Edwards
1959
5.6
Idol on Parade
as Herbie
1959
7.0
The 39 Steps
as Perce Baker
1959
6.2
Too Many Crooks
as Sid
1959
7.4
Make Mine a Million
as Sid Gibson
1959
7.2
Desert Mice
as Bert Bennett
1959
6.0
Look at Life
as Narrator
1959
8.0
Look at Life: Market Place
as Self - Commentator
1959
0.0
🎬
Look at Life: Dustmen's Day
as Self - Commentator
1959
0.0
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
as The Drunk
1958
6.5
I Was Monty's Double
as Porter YMCA
1958
6.9
The Adventures of William Tell
as Schaffner
1958
6.3
The Man Inside
as Franklin
1958
5.7
Next to No Time
as Albert, Cabin Steward
1958
8.0
Another Time, Another Place
as Jake Klein
1958
5.8
The Silent Enemy
as Chief Petty Officer Thorpe
1958
5.7
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
as Sidney Balmoral James
1957
0.0
The Story of Esther Costello
as Joe Ryan
1957
7.0
A King in New York
as Johnson - TV Advertiser
1957
6.8
Campbell's Kingdom
as Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger
1957
5.9
Hell Drivers
as Dusty, Truck Driver
1957
6.7
The Shiralee
as Luke
1957
4.8
Quatermass 2
as Jimmy Hall
1957
6.4
The Smallest Show on Earth
as Mr. Hogg
1957
6.5
Interpol
as Joe - First Bartender
1957
6.4
Dry Rot
as Flash Harry
1956
7.1
The Buccaneers
as Chantey Jack
1956
5.5
The Iron Petticoat
as Paul
1956
5.8
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
7.3
Trapeze
as Snake Charmer
1956
6.2
Wicked as They Come
as Frank Allenborg
1956
4.9
Ramsbottom Rides Again
as Black Jake
1956
0.0
The Extra Day
as Barney West
1956
6.6
The Deep Blue Sea
as Man outside bar
1955
4.7
Joe Macbeth
as Banky
1955
7.4
A Kid for Two Farthings
as Ice Berg
1955
6.6
John and Julie
as Mr. Pritchett
1955
4.6
The Glass Cage
as Tony Lewis
1955
5.5
Out of the Clouds
as Henry, the Gambler
1955
5.8
A Yank in Ermine
as Nightclub manager
1955
4.0
It's a Great Day
as Harry Mason
1955
5.7
Aunt Clara
as Honest Sid
1954
4.5
The Crowded Day
as Joe, the Night Watchman
1954
5.4
Orders Are Orders
as Ed Waggermeyer
1954
6.4
The Belles of St. Trinian's
as Benny
1954
6.3
Seagulls Over Sorrento
as Charlie Badger
1954
5.4
For Better, for Worse
as The Foreman (as Sidney James)
1954
5.6
Father Brown
as Bert Parkinson
1954
6.4
The Rainbow Jacket
as Harry
1954
6.9
The House Across the Lake
as Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James)
1954
5.5
The Weak and the Wicked
as Syd Baden
1954
6.4
Escape by Night
as Gino Rossini
1953
6.0
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
as Fennimore Hunt
1953
6.0
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
as Hank Hanlon
1953
5.0
Park Plaza 605
as Supt. Williams (as Sidney James)
1953
4.3
Will Any Gentleman...?
as Mr. Hobson
1953
5.6
The Square Ring
as Adams
1953
7.1
The Flanagan Boy
as Sharkey (as Sidney James)
1953
5.8
The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Harry Hawkins
1953
7.0
The Yellow Balloon
as Charlie
1953
5.6
Cosh Boy
as Desk Sergeant
1953
5.2
🎬
Box for One
1953
0.0
Miss Robin Hood
as Sidney (as Sidney James)
1952
7.6
Venetian Bird
as Bernardo
1952
5.9
Father's Doing Fine
as Taxi Driver
1952
6.3
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Eric Hace
1952
8.0
Gift Horse
as Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull
1952
6.6
Emergency Call
as Danny Marks
1952
6.5
Tall Headlines
as Mr. Spencer, neighbor
1952
5.8
I Believe in You
as Sergeant Body
1952
6.4
The Magic Box
as Army Sergeant
1952
6.4
Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Lew Beeson
1951
5.8
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Lackery
1951
7.2
The Galloping Major
as Bookmaker
1951
6.0
Talk of a Million
as John C. Moody
1951
0.0
🎬
The Lady Craved Excitement
as Carlo
1950
5.2
Last Holiday
as Joe Clarence
1950
7.1
The Man in Black
as Henry Clavering / Hodson
1950
5.6
Give Us This Day
as Murdin
1949
5.6
Paper Orchid
as Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)
1949
4.0
The Small Back Room
as 'Knucksie' Moran
1949
6.7
Once a Jolly Swagman
as Rowton
1949
5.6
The Front Page
as Hildy Johnson
1948
0.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
as uncredited
1948
6.1
Nightbeat
as Nixon (as Sidney James)
1947
5.2
Black Memory
as Eddie Clinton
1947
4.5