Cast
Sidney James
Acting
Cast
Sidney James
Known for
Acting
Born
1913-05-08
From
Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa
Died
1976-04-26
Also known as Сидни Джеймс, Сид Джеймс, Sid James
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."
★6.9
MOVIE1958
I Was Monty's Double
as Porter YMCA
★6.2
MOVIE1952
Venetian Bird
as Bernardo
★7.2
MOVIE1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Lackery
★6.7
MOVIE1957
A King in New York
as Johnson - TV Advertiser
★6.4
MOVIE1957
Quatermass 2
as Jimmy Hall
MOVIE1968
Vive Torbay
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1963
We Joined the Navy
as Dance Instructor
★6.7
MOVIE1967
Don't Lose Your Head
as Sir Rodney Ffing, the Black Fingernail
★7.2
MOVIE1950
Last Holiday
as Joe Clarence
★6.5
MOVIE1968
Carry On Up the Khyber
as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond
★6.6
MOVIE1969
Carry On Camping
as Sid Boggle
★6.7
MOVIE1949
The Small Back Room
as 'Knucksie' Moran
★5.6
MOVIE1955
The Glass Cage
as Tony Lewis
★8.0
MOVIE1952
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Eric Hace
★5.9
MOVIE1951
Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Lew Beeson
★5.0
MOVIE1949
Paper Orchid
as Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)
★6.7
MOVIE1964
Carry On Cleo
as Mark Antony
★5.7
MOVIE1973
Carry On Girls
as Councillor Sid Fiddler
★5.8
MOVIE1974
Carry On Dick
as Big Dick Turpin
★6.0
MOVIE1957
Campbell's Kingdom
as Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger
★5.7
MOVIE1947
Nightbeat
as Nixon (as Sidney James)
★6.3
MOVIE1961
Carry On Regardless
as Mr. Bert Handy
★6.5
MOVIE1958
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
as The Drunk
★7.0
MOVIE1965
Tokoloshe
as Harry Parsons
★6.1
MOVIE1972
Carry On Matron
as Sid Carter
★7.0
MOVIE1959
Idol on Parade
as Herbie
★5.8
MOVIE1956
The Iron Petticoat
as Paul
★5.9
MOVIE1958
The Silent Enemy
as Chief Petty Officer Thorpe
★7.0
MOVIE1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Harry Hawkins
★6.1
MOVIE1969
Carry On Again Doctor
as Gladstone Screwer
★5.7
MOVIE1970
Carry On Loving
as Sidney Bliss
★8.1
MOVIE1952
Miss Robin Hood
as Sidney (as Sidney James)
★5.8
MOVIE1958
Another Time, Another Place
as Jake Klein
★6.3
MOVIE1959
The 39 Steps
as Perce Baker
★6.4
MOVIE1954
The Belles of St Trinian's
as Benny
★6.2
MOVIE1971
Carry On at Your Convenience
as Sid Plummer
★6.1
MOVIE1948
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
as uncredited
★5.9
MOVIE1970
Carry On Up the Jungle
as Mr. Bill Boosey
★5.9
MOVIE1960
Watch Your Stern
as Chief Petty Officer Mundy
★5.8
MOVIE1959
Upstairs and Downstairs
as P.C. Edwards
★5.8
MOVIE1954
For Better, for Worse
as Foreman
★7.0
MOVIE1961
What a Carve Up!
as Sid Butler
★5.8
MOVIE1977
That's Carry On!
as Various Characters (archive footage)
★6.3
MOVIE1972
Carry On Abroad
as Vic Flange
★6.1
MOVIE1971
Carry On Henry
as King Henry VIII
★7.7
MOVIE1998
What's a Carry On?
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1952
Gift Horse
as Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull
★6.7
MOVIE1957
The Smallest Show on Earth
as Mr. Hogg
★6.3
MOVIE1965
Carry On Cowboy
as Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid
★4.9
MOVIE1955
The Deep Blue Sea
as Man outside bar
★6.7
MOVIE1965
The Big Job
as George Brain
★6.7
MOVIE1957
Hell Drivers
as Dusty, Truck Driver
★6.4
MOVIE1972
Bless This House
as Sid Abbot
★6.5
MOVIE1952
The Magic Box
as Army Sergeant
★5.0
MOVIE1954
Aunt Clara
as Honest Sid
★6.4
MOVIE1963
Carry On Cabby
as Charlie Hawkins
★6.5
MOVIE1954
The Weak and the Wicked
as Syd Baden
★6.1
MOVIE1955
Out of the Clouds
as Henry, the Gambler
★6.3
MOVIE1956
Trapeze
as Snake Charmer
★6.5
MOVIE1960
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
as Alphonse O'Reilly
★5.5
MOVIE1953
Cosh Boy
as Desk Sergeant
★5.9
MOVIE1960
And the Same to You
as Sammy Gatt
★5.7
MOVIE1949
Give Us This Day
as Murdin
★6.3
MOVIE1961
Raising the Wind
as Sid
★7.4
MOVIE1959
Too Many Crooks
as Sid
★8.0
MOVIE1971
All This, and Christmas Too!
as Sid Jones
★7.1
MOVIE1953
The Square Ring
as Adams
★6.7
MOVIE1952
Emergency Call
as Danny Marks
★5.5
MOVIE1961
A Weekend with Lulu
as Café Patron
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Father Brown
as Bert Parkinson
★6.1
MOVIE1958
The Man Inside
as Franklin
★5.7
MOVIE1966
Where the Bullets Fly
as Mortuary Attendant
★5.6
MOVIE1953
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
as Hank Hanlon
★5.5
MOVIE1954
The House Across the Lake
as Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James)
★5.8
MOVIE1954
The Crowded Day
as Joe, the Night Watchman
★6.7
MOVIE1955
A Kid for Two Farthings
as Ice Berg
★6.3
MOVIE1960
Carry On Constable
as Sergeant Frank Wilkins
MOVIE2001
On Location: The Carry Ons
as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1954
Orders Are Orders
as Ed Waggermeyer
★7.7
MOVIE1959
Make Mine a Million
as Sid Gibson
★6.3
MOVIE1969
Carry On Christmas
as Ebenezer Scrooge
★6.4
MOVIE1957
Interpol
as Joe - First Bartender
★6.0
MOVIE1955
A Yank in Ermine
as Nightclub manager
★5.8
MOVIE1949
Once a Jolly Swagman
as Rowton
★6.1
MOVIE1961
Double Bunk
as Sid Randall
MOVIE1948
The Front Page
as Hildy Johnson
★5.0
MOVIE1956
Wicked as They Come
as Frank Allenborg
★6.1
MOVIE1962
Carry On Cruising
as Captain Wellington Crowther
★7.0
MOVIE1954
The Rainbow Jacket
as Harry
★6.0
MOVIE1953
The Flanagan Boy
as Sharkey (as Sidney James)
★7.7
MOVIE1956
Dry Rot
as Flash Harry
★6.5
MOVIE1967
Carry On Doctor
as Mr. Charlie Roper
★7.6
MOVIE1955
Joe Macbeth
as Banky
★7.1
MOVIE1956
The Extra Day
as Barney West
★6.2
MOVIE1961
What a Whopper
as Harry Sutton
★5.1
MOVIE1957
The Shiralee
as Luke
MOVIE1957
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
as Sidney Balmoral James
★6.4
MOVIE1973
Carry on Christmas
as Mr. Belcher / Seed Pod / Sir Henry / Sergeant Will Ball / Robin Hood
★5.3
MOVIE1964
The Beauty Jungle
as 'Butlins' Judge
★6.1
MOVIE1951
The Galloping Major
as Bookmaker
★4.9
MOVIE1955
John and Julie
as Mr. Pritchett
★4.7
MOVIE1953
Park Plaza 605
as Supt. Williams (as Sidney James)
★7.6
MOVIE1970
Carry On Again Christmas
as Long John Silver
★5.3
MOVIE1959
Tommy the Toreador
as Cadena
★7.3
MOVIE1952
Father's Doing Fine
as Taxi Driver
★6.3
MOVIE1953
Will Any Gentleman...?
as Mr. Hobson
★8.5
MOVIE1976
The World of Budgerigars
as Self
MOVIE1959
Look at Life: Dustmen's Day
as Self - Commentator
★6.7
MOVIE1953
Escape by Night
as Gino Rossini
★6.0
MOVIE1954
Seagulls Over Sorrento
as Charlie Badger
MOVIE1996
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
as (Archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1965
Three Hats for Lisa
as Sid Marks
★6.0
MOVIE1950
The Man in Black
as Henry Clavering / Hodson
★6.8
MOVIE1952
I Believe in You
as Sergeant Body
★8.0
MOVIE1973
What a Carry On!
★9.0
MOVIE1961
The Green Helmet
as Richie Launder
★6.2
MOVIE1959
Desert Mice
as Bert Bennett
MOVIE1953
Box for One
★7.0
MOVIE1953
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
as Fennimore Hunt
★5.8
MOVIE1950
The Lady Craved Excitement
as Carlo
★6.8
MOVIE1952
Tall Headlines
as Mr. Spencer, neighbor
★6.0
MOVIE1953
The Yellow Balloon
as Charlie
★7.0
MOVIE1957
The Story of Esther Costello
as Joe Ryan
★7.7
MOVIE1958
Next to No Time
as Albert, Cabin Steward
★6.4
MOVIE1955
It's a Great Day
as Harry Mason
MOVIE1966
Don't Utter a Note
as Basher Bates
★9.0
MOVIE1956
Ramsbottom Rides Again
as Black Jake
MOVIE2000
The Unforgettable Sid James
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1977
To See Such Fun
MOVIE1962
Look at Life: Getting a Move On
as Self - Commentator
★9.0
MOVIE1951
Talk of a Million
as John C. Moody
★7.0
MOVIE2022
Sid James: Comedy Icon
as Self (Archive Footage)
MOVIE1993
Seriously Seeking Sid
as Self (archive footage)
★5.3
MOVIE1947
Black Memory
as Eddie Clinton
MOVIE1959
Look at Life: Market Place
as Self - Commentator