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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Sid James Biography / Wiki
| Name | Sid James |
| Also Know | Sidney James |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa |
| Date of Birth | 1913-05-08 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 62 |
| Deathday | 1976-04-26 |
Sid James Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Don’t Lose Your Head | Sir Rodney Ffing | 1966-12-10 | The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ff… |
| Carry On Cowboy | Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid | 1965-11-26 | Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a ‘sanitary engineer’ named Marshal P. Knutt is mist… |
| Carry On Cleo | Marc Anton | 1964-11-08 | Two Brits—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of thei… |
| Carry On Up the Khyber | Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond | 1968-11-28 | Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think t… |
| Carry On Henry | King Henry VIII | 1971-06-03 | Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and re… |
| Carry On Loving | Sidney Bliss | 1970-09-20 | The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough com… |
| Carry On Matron | Sid Carter | 1972-05-05 | A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and… |
| Carry On Regardless | Bert Handy | 1961-04-04 | It’s non stop romps as the Carry On team deliver the goods in one of the rudest and funniest of the Carry On films. The cast are all on top form as a … |
| Carry On Cruising | Captain Wellington Crowther | 1962-03-12 | Captain Crowther’s lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn’t much to … |
| Carry On Dick | Big Dick Turpin / Reverend Flasher | 1974-02-01 | Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enli… |
| Carry On Girls | Sidney Fiddler | 1973-11-09 | Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidabl… |
| The Big Job | George Brain | 1965-01-01 | A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge fro… |
| Bless This House | Sid Abbott | 1972-01-01 | The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (… |
| What a Carve Up! | Sid Butler | 1961-09-15 | Ernie’s Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral family home with the rest of his rather ecce… |
| Carry On Abroad | Vic Flange | 1972-12-01 | A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn’t been finished… |
| Carry On Cabby | Charlie Hawkins | 1963-06-01 | Speedee Taxis is a great success, which means its workaholic owner Charlie starts neglecting Peggy, his wife. Suddenly a fleet of rival taxis appears … |
| Carry On Again Doctor | Gladstone Screwer | 1969-12-05 | Dr Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flie… |
| Carry On at Your Convenience | Sid Plummer | 1971-06-15 | This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs’ Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; … |
| Carry On Camping | Sid Boggle | 1969-05-29 | Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea, so when they decide to take them on a holiday to Par… |
| Carry on Christmas | Santa (Mr Belcher) / Seed Pod / Sir Henry / Sgt Ball / Robin Hood. | 1973-12-24 | Sid James as Father Christmas recounts times of the festive season through the ages, from life in stone age times. A country house party in the 18th C… |
| Carry on Christmas | Ebenezer Scrooge | 1969-12-24 | Ebenezer Scrooge is a misery on Christmas, not allowing people money or doing anything to share Christmas cheer around his employees or acquaintances…. |
| Three Hats for Lisa | Sid Marks | 1965-01-01 | French movie pin up Sophie Hardy is Lisa Milan, a gorgeous Continental film star who’s just arrived at Heathrow. She’s in London for the premiere of h… |
| Carry on Again Christmas | Long John Sil | 1970-12-24 | The second of the four Carry On Christmas specials, this one loosely recounts the story of Treasure Island with Sid James as Long John Silver and Barb… |
| The Front Page | Hildy Johnson | 1948-10-13 | Earl Williams is due to be hanged tomorrow, and he’s innocent. When Earl escapes from his cell, journalist Hildy Johnson seems likely to land the scoo… |
| Tokoloshe | Harry Parsons | 1965-05-12 | A young African boy is rescued from a witchdoctor’s death curse. He travels to the big city where a blind white man becomes his protector…. |
| The World of Budgerigars | Himself | 1974-01-01 | Sid James learns of the joys of owning a budgerigar…. |
| The Unforgettable Sid James | Self | 2000-12-05 | A profile of the comedy actor, best known for starring in many films of the Carry On franchise, with contributions from family, friends, co-stars and … |
| Carry On Up the Jungle | Bill Boosey | 1970-01-03 | The Carry On team send up the Tarzan tradition in great style. Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby. Bill Boosey is the … |
| Make Mine a Million | Sid Gibson | 1959-01-01 | Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he’s absolutely broke. He calls upon his frie… |
| Desert Mice | Bert Bennett | 1959-01-05 | A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble th… |
| Escape by Night | Gino Rossini | 1953-12-01 | An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story…. |
| The Wedding of Lilli Marlene | Fennimore Hunt | 1953-11-30 | The story leading up to the wedding of Lilli Marlene…. |
| Hancock’s Half Hour: Volume 1 | 1957-12-16 | Thirty-five years after his premature death in 1968 Tony Hancock was voted Britain’s best-ever comedy performer. Here’s a chance to see what made him … | |
| Sid James: Comedy Icon | Self (Archive Footage) | 2022-09-03 | Celebrating the nearly 50-year-long career of one of Britain’s most loveable celebrities…. |
| Carry On Doctor | Charlie Roper | 1967-12-02 | Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his … |
| Carry On Constable | Sergeant Frank Wilkins | 1960-02-22 | With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, … |
| The House Across the Lake | Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James) | 1954-04-16 | Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older ma… |
| The Lavender Hill Mob | Lackery | 1951-06-28 | A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country…. |
| I Was Monty’s Double | Porter YMCA | 1958-10-21 | The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German’s about his intentions befo… |
| Paper Orchid | Freddy Evans (as Sidney James) | 1949-04-01 | Paper Orchid is a 1949 British crime film directed by Roy Ward Baker, with a script written by Val Guest. It featured Hugh Williams, Hy Hazell and Gar… |
| The Man in Black | Henry Clavering / Hodson | 1950-01-01 | Henry Clavering suspects his second wife Bertha is trying to drive his daughter (by his first marriage) insane, to stop her inheriting his money. He d… |
| The Lady Craved Excitement | Carlo | 1950-08-01 | A music-hall performer and her boyfriend find themselves caught up in the machinations of a trio of not particularly bright crooks…. |
| Ramsbottom Rides Again | Black Jake | 1956-04-30 | Bill Ramsbottom sells his English pub and drags his family off to Canada where he has inherited a ranch from his grandfather Wild Bill Ramsbottom. He … |
| The Green Helmet | Richie Launder | 1961-04-20 | After suffering a near fatal accident in his last race over the hill, top British race car driver Greg Rafferty, is about to call it quits when he get… |
| Double Bunk | Sid Randall | 1961-05-06 | When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends … |
| The Flanagan Boy | Sharkey (as Sidney James) | 1953-04-10 | Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fight… |
| Time, Gentlemen, Please! | Eric Hace | 1952-07-01 | Because of its high productivity and “almost” 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The “… |
| Orders Are Orders | Ed Waggermeyer | 1954-10-01 | An American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a location, and its soldiers as actors…. |
| A Weekend with Lulu | Café Patron | 1961-04-10 | Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn’t make allowances for was the company of Deirdre’s mother who insists on c… |
| Emergency Call | Danny Marks | 1952-05-19 | A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare, … |
| Park Plaza 605 | Supt. Williams (as Sidney James) | 1953-12-07 | Suave private investigator, Norman Conquest, (Tom Conway) intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but foreign blonde lady, Nadina Rodin (Eva… |
| Too Many Crooks | Sid | 1959-03-08 | Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon – who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Re… |
| It’s a Great Day | Harry Mason | 1955-01-01 | Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera. Bob Grove, a builder has problems with the counc… |
| Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? | Hank Hanlon | 1953-01-01 | Based on a 1944 West End stage success with Ralph Lynn, this is a classic bedroom farce for those who like them that way — its theatrical origins ack… |
| The Silent Enemy | Chief Petty Officer Thorpe | 1958-03-04 | The Mediterranean, 1941/42 – Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to c… |
| Joe Macbeth | Banky | 1955-10-18 | A gangster’s wife drives him to kill as she pushes him to the top…. |
| The Glass Cage | Tony Lewis | 1955-04-15 | A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world’s longest fast undertaken by “Sapolioâ€, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results… |
| The Galloping Major | Bookmaker | 1951-05-07 | A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they try… |
| Seagulls Over Sorrento | Charlie Badger | 1954-07-13 | A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed…. |
| And the Same to You | Sammy Gatt | 1960-02-01 | Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elabora… |
| Miss Robin Hood | Sidney (as Sidney James) | 1952-11-12 | In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls (Richard Hearne) finds himself presented with an intriguin… |
| Where the Bullets Fly | Mortuary Attendant | 1966-09-06 | In a spoof of the spy genre a secret agent chases a missing formula that can drain nuclear energy from an element named Spurium,… |
| The Extra Day | Barney West | 1956-01-01 | Director William Fairchild’s 1956 British comedy takes a peek into the private lives of various performers employed as extras in a new film that’s cur… |
| John and Julie | Mr. Pritchett | 1955-07-26 | The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth…. |
| Idol on Parade | Herbie | 1959-03-24 | A rock’n’roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment…. |
| Dry Rot | Flash Harry | 1956-10-31 | Comedy about a trio of not particularly bright bookmakers who try to fix a horse race…. |
| Another Time, Another Place | Jake Klein | 1958-05-02 | In England during WWII, an American news correspondent’s affair with a married British correspondent ends tragically when he is killed in action. Fe… |
| Father Brown | Bert Parkinson | 1954-06-08 | Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul…. |
| Will Any Gentleman…? | Mr. Hobson | 1953-08-25 | A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk’s life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the wo… |
| Black Memory | Eddie Clinton | 1947-07-01 | Cockney Danny Cruff is the son of a man wrongly accused of murder. Danny decides to solve the mystery himself by hobnobbing with London’s underworld. … |
| What a Whopper | Harry Sutton | 1961-10-17 | A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn’t reall… |
| A King in New York | Johnson – TV Advertiser | 1957-09-12 | A recently-deposed “Estrovian” monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he’s wrongly accuse… |
| Aunt Clara | Honest Sid | 1954-11-22 | A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings–including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar–to his eccentric Aunt Clar… |
| The Yellow Balloon | Charlie | 1953-02-10 | A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend’s death…. |
| The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw | The Drunk | 1958-10-28 | English gunsmith, Jonathon Tibbs travels to the American West in the 1880s to sell firearms to the locals. He inadvertently acquires a reputation of q… |
| Hell Drivers | Dusty, Truck Driver | 1957-07-23 | An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money…. |
| Night Beat | Nixon (as Sidney James) | 1947-12-22 | After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman…. |
| Wicked as They Come | Frank Allenborg | 1956-05-22 | A ruthless woman takes advantage of gullible men to climb up the social ladder…. |
| The Man Inside | Franklin | 1958-09-07 | A detective tracking a stolen gem begins to suspect there’s more to the case than just theft…. |
| The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s | Alphonse O’Reilly | 1960-12-22 | The fourth form monsters’ latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the police breath… |
| The Titfield Thunderbolt | Harry Hawkins | 1953-03-04 | When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, back… |
| Quatermass 2 | Jimmy Hall | 1957-05-24 | In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly… |
| The Square Ring | Adams | 1953-07-13 | Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers…. |
| The Rainbow Jacket | Harry | 1954-05-27 | A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion…. |
| Venetian Bird | Bernardo | 1952-10-01 | Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect … |
| A Yank in Ermine | Nightclub manager | 1955-01-01 | An American airman inherits an Earldom in England along with the small matter of $3 million on the proviso that he gives up his US citizenship. Unsur… |
| Stop Messin’ About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams | (Archive footage) | 1996-04-13 | Documentary and celebration of the life and career of British comedian Kenneth Williams…. |
| The Smallest Show on Earth | Mr. Hogg | 1957-04-09 | Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill’s long-lost uncle has died a… |
| Raising the Wind | Sid | 1961-09-06 | ‘Carry On’ director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth … |
| Campbell’s Kingdom | Tim | 1957-09-03 | Adapted from the novel of the same name by Hammond Innes. Bruce Campbell (Dirk Bogarde) inherits “Campbell’s Kingdom” in the Canadian Rockies on the d… |
| Give Us This Day | Murdin | 1949-10-14 | Exiled from Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in Lo… |
| Watch Your Stern | Chief Petty Officer Mundy | 1960-10-14 | When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to sho… |
| Once a Jolly Swagman | Rowton | 1949-02-02 | A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer…. |
| A Kid for Two Farthings | Ice Berg | 1956-01-20 | Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tel… |
| The 39 Steps | Perce Baker | 1959-03-13 | In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who’s after a spy ring that covets British military secrets…. |
| We Joined the Navy | Dance Instructor | 1963-05-17 | Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the righ… |
| The Weak and the Wicked | Syd Baden | 1954-02-02 | Jean Raymond (Glynis Johns) an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pa… |
| The Shiralee | Luke | 1957-07-11 | An Australian “swagman” finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and… |
| The Iron Petticoat | Paul | 1956-09-01 | Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Ch… |
| Trapeze | Snake Charmer | 1956-05-30 | A pair of men try to perform the dangerous “triple” in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a … |
| Last Holiday | Joe Clarence | 1950-05-15 | George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn’t long to live. On his doctor’s advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside… |
| Cosh Boy | Desk Sergeant | 1953-02-01 | Roy Walsh (James Kenney) is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends (including Rene, played by a young Joan Collins) into subservience. … |
| The Story of Esther Costello | Joe Ryan | 1957-11-06 | Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther’s village in I… |
| For Better, for Worse | The Foreman (as Sidney James) | 1954-06-20 | In postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a £5…. |
| Lady Godiva Rides Again | Lew Beeson | 1951-10-25 | Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva – though not in the buff. Th… |
| Talk of a Million | John C. Moody | 1951-03-12 | A family reduced to imminent poverty by the father’s disinclination to work; an American lawyer looking for the heir to half a million pounds; the sce… |
| Gift Horse | Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull | 1952-06-01 | Compton Bennett’s war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 19… |
| Father’s Doing Fine | Taxi Driver | 1952-08-15 | Lady Buckering, an English widow, has four daughters; Doreen, married to Dougall and about to give birth at home, and Gerda, Bicky and Catherine. The … |
| To See Such Fun | 1977-11-01 | Compilation of classic British comedy moments… | |
| Upstairs and Downstairs | P.C. Edwards | 1959-11-02 | On marrying the boss’s daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law’s advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-… |
| I Believe in You | Sergeant Body | 1952-03-05 | A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of “The Blue Lamp”(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers an… |
| The Deep Blue Sea | Man outside bar | 1955-11-01 | A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF pilot, who ends up being more than she can handle…. |
| Next to No Time | Albert, Cabin Steward | 1958-08-04 | Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack … |
| Interpol | Joe – First Bartender | 1957-04-02 | Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank McNally, U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Stur… |
| Out of the Clouds | Henry, the Gambler | 1955-02-15 | A day following workers at an airport… |
| The Small Back Room | 1949-02-21 | At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Sammy Rice, a highly-skilled but haunted bomb-d… | |
| The Frightened Bride | Mr. Spencer, neighbor | 1952-04-15 | A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl…. |
| The Crowded Day | Joe, the Night Watchman | 1954-10-01 | One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store…. |
| The Beauty Jungle | ‘Butlins’ Judge | 1964-08-25 | A Bristol typist joins the world of beauty contests…. |
| The Belles of St. Trinian’s | Benny | 1954-09-28 | The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian’s are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when th… |
| No Orchids for Miss Blandish | uncredited | 1948-04-15 | Filmed in England but set in New York, No Orchids For Miss Blandish tells of a sheltered heiress who is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of che… |
| The Magic Box | Army Sergeant | 1952-01-01 | Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to i… |
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