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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

146

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-05-08

Deathday

1976-04-26 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa

Also Known As

Sidney James
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Sid James

Biography

Sid James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 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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Acting

2022

Sid James: Comedy Icon as Self (Archive Footage)

2015

Carry On Forever

2000

The Unforgettable Sid James as Self

1996

Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams as (Archive footage)

1993

Seriously Seeking Sid as Self (archive footage)

1983

ITV Christmas Comedy

1977		That's Carry On! as Various Characters
1977		To See Such Fun

1976

The World of Budgerigars as Self

1975

Carry On Laughing

1974

Carry On Dick as Big Dick Turpin / Reverend Flasher

1973		Carry on Christmas as Santa (Mr Belcher) / Seed Pod / Sir Henry / Sgt Ball / Robin Hood.
1973		Carry On Girls as Sidney Fiddler
1973		What a Carry On!

1972		Carry On Abroad as Vic Flange
1972		Bless This House as Sid Abbott
1972		Carry On Matron as Sid Carter

1971		All This, and Christmas Too! as Sid Jones
1971		Carry On at Your Convenience as Sid Plummer
1971		Carry On Henry as King Henry VIII
1971		Bless This House as Sid Abbott

1970		Carry on Again Christmas as Long John Sil
1970		Carry On Loving as Sidney Bliss
1970		Carry On Up the Jungle as Bill Boosey

1969		Carry on Christmas as Ebenezer Scrooge
1969		Carry On Christmas Specials
1969		Carry On Again Doctor as Gladstone Screwer
1969		Carry On Camping as Sid Boggle
1969		Two in Clover

1968		Vive Torbay as Self
1968		Carry On Up the Khyber as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond

1967

Carry On Doctor as Charlie Roper

1966		Carry On Don't Lose Your Head as Sir Rodney Ffing
1966		George And The Dragon
1966		Where the Bullets Fly as Mortuary Attendant
1966		Don't Utter a Note as Basher Bates

1965		Carry On Cowboy as Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid
1965		Tokoloshe as Harry Parsons
1965		The Big Job as George Brain
1965		Three Hats for Lisa as Sid Marks

1964		Carry On Cleo as Marc Antony
1964		The Beauty Jungle as 'Butlins' Judge

1963		Carry On Cabby as Charlie Hawkins
1963		We Joined the Navy as Dance Instructor

1962		Carry On Cruising as Captain Wellington Crowther
1962		Look at Life: Getting a Move On as Self - Commentator

1961		What a Whopper as Harry Sutton
1961		What a Carve Up! as Sid Butler
1961		Raising the Wind as Sid
1961		Double Bunk as Sid Randall
1961		The Green Helmet as Richie Launder
1961		A Weekend with Lulu as Café Patron
1961		Carry On Regardless as Bert Handy

1960		The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's as Alphonse O'Reilly
1960		Citizen James
1960		Watch Your Stern as Chief Petty Officer Mundy
1960		Carry On Constable as Sergeant Frank Wilkins
1960		And the Same to You as Sammy Gatt

1959		Tommy the Toreador as Cadena
1959		Upstairs and Downstairs as P.C. Edwards
1959		Idol on Parade as Herbie
1959		The 39 Steps as Perce Baker
1959		Too Many Crooks as Sid
1959		Desert Mice as Bert Bennett
1959		Make Mine a Million as Sid Gibson
1959		Look at Life as Narrator
1959		Look at Life: Market Place as Self - Commentator
1959		Look at Life: Dustmen's Day as Self - Commentator

1958		The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw as The Drunk
1958		I Was Monty's Double as Porter YMCA
1958		The Adventures of William Tell as Schaffner
1958		The Man Inside as Franklin
1958		Next to No Time as Albert, Cabin Steward
1958		Another Time, Another Place as Jake Klein
1958		The Silent Enemy as Chief Petty Officer Thorpe

1957		Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
1957		The Story of Esther Costello as Joe Ryan
1957		A King in New York as Johnson - TV Advertiser
1957		Campbell's Kingdom as Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger
1957		Hell Drivers as Dusty, Truck Driver
1957		The Shiralee as Luke
1957		Quatermass 2 as Jimmy Hall
1957		The Smallest Show on Earth as Mr. Hogg
1957		Interpol as Joe - First Bartender

1956		Dry Rot as Flash Harry
1956		The Buccaneers as Chantey Jack
1956		The Iron Petticoat as Paul
1956		Hancock's Half Hour
1956		Trapeze as Snake Charmer
1956		Wicked as They Come as Frank Allenborg
1956		Ramsbottom Rides Again as Black Jake
1956		The Extra Day as Barney West

1955		The Deep Blue Sea as Man outside bar
1955		Joe Macbeth as Banky
1955		A Kid for Two Farthings as Ice Berg
1955		John and Julie as Mr. Pritchett
1955		The Glass Cage as Tony Lewis
1955		Out of the Clouds as Henry, the Gambler
1955		It's a Great Day as Harry Mason
1955		A Yank in Ermine as Nightclub manager

1954		Aunt Clara as Honest Sid
1954		The Crowded Day as Joe, the Night Watchman
1954		Orders Are Orders as Ed Waggermeyer
1954		The Belles of St. Trinian's as Benny
1954		Seagulls Over Sorrento as Charlie Badger
1954		For Better, for Worse as The Foreman (as Sidney James)
1954		Father Brown as Bert Parkinson
1954		The Rainbow Jacket as Harry
1954		The House Across the Lake as Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James)
1954		The Weak and the Wicked as Syd Baden

1953		Escape by Night as Gino Rossini
1953		The Wedding of Lilli Marlene as Fennimore Hunt
1953		Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? as Hank Hanlon
1953		Park Plaza 605 as Supt. Williams (as Sidney James)
1953		Will Any Gentleman...? as Mr. Hobson
1953		The Square Ring as Adams
1953		The Flanagan Boy as Sharkey (as Sidney James)
1953		The Titfield Thunderbolt as Harry Hawkins
1953		The Yellow Balloon as Charlie
1953		Cosh Boy as Desk Sergeant
1953		Box for One

1952		Miss Robin Hood as Sidney (as Sidney James)
1952		Venetian Bird as Bernardo
1952		Father's Doing Fine as Taxi Driver
1952		Time, Gentlemen, Please! as Eric Hace
1952		Gift Horse as Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull
1952		Emergency Call as Danny Marks
1952		Tall Headlines as Mr. Spencer, neighbor
1952		I Believe in You as Sergeant Body
1952		The Magic Box as Army Sergeant

1951		Lady Godiva Rides Again as Lew Beeson
1951		The Lavender Hill Mob as Lackery
1951		The Galloping Major as Bookmaker
1951		Talk of a Million as John C. Moody

1950		The Lady Craved Excitement as Carlo
1950		Last Holiday as Joe Clarence
1950		The Man in Black as Henry Clavering / Hodson

1949		Give Us This Day as Murdin
1949		Paper Orchid as Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)
1949		The Small Back Room as 'Knucksie' Moran
1949		Once a Jolly Swagman as Rowton

1948		The Front Page as Hildy Johnson
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948		No Orchids for Miss Blandish as uncredited

1947		Nightbeat as Nixon (as Sidney James)
1947		Black Memory as Eddie Clinton