Sidney 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."

Personal Info

Id

40952

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

2

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-05-08

Place of Birth

Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa

Also Known As

  • Сидни Джеймс
  • Сид Джеймс
  • Sid James
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    100

    Yes! Looking good!

    Known For

    The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

    The Pure Hel

    Carry On Doctor

    Carry On Doc

    Don't Lose Your Head

    Don't Lose Y

    Carry On Cowboy

    Carry On Cow

    Carry On Cleo

    Carry On Cle

    Carry On Constable

    Carry On Con

    The Flanagan Boy

    The Flanagan

    Carry On Up the Khyber

    Carry On Up

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield

    Carry On Matron

    Carry On Mat

    Carry On Loving

    Carry On Lov

    Carry On Henry

    Carry On Hen

    Carry On Regardless

    Carry On Reg

    The Silent Enemy

    The Silent E

    Quatermass 2

    Quatermass 2

    Carry On Girls

    Carry On Gir

    Carry On Dick

    Carry On Dic

    The Lavender Hill Mob

    The Lavender

    The House Across the Lake

    The House Ac

    Carry On Cruising

    Carry On Cru

    Trapeze

    Trapeze

    The Smallest Show on Earth

    The Smallest

    Another Time, Another Place

    Another Time

    The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

    The Sheriff

    For Better, for Worse

    For Better,

    The Iron Petticoat

    The Iron Pet

    Hell Drivers

    Hell Drivers

    The Big Job

    The Big Job

    Bless This House

    Bless This H

    Raising the Wind

    Raising the

    Carry On Up the Jungle

    Carry On Up

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    Box for One

    That's Carry On!

    That's Carry

    Carry On Abroad

    Carry On Abr

    Carry On Cabby

    Carry On Cab

    Carry On Again Doctor

    Carry On Aga

    Carry On at Your Convenience

    Carry On at

    Carry On Camping

    Carry On Cam

    Double Bunk

    Double Bunk

    The Rainbow Jacket

    The Rainbow

    Time, Gentlemen, Please!

    Time, Gentle

    The Square Ring

    The Square R

    Venetian Bird

    Venetian Bir

    Campbell's Kingdom

    Campbell's K

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    Nightbeat

    Give Us This Day

    Give Us This

    Joe Macbeth

    Joe Macbeth

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    Stop Messin'

    I Was Monty's Double

    I Was Monty'

    Watch Your Stern

    Watch Your S

    Once a Jolly Swagman

    Once a Jolly

    Orders Are Orders

    Orders Are O

    Father Brown

    Father Brown

    Tommy the Toreador

    Tommy the To

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    Carry On Chr

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    Carry on Chr

    The Glass Cage

    The Glass Ca

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    Make Mine a

    A Weekend with Lulu

    A Weekend wi

    The Galloping Major

    The Gallopin

    Seagulls Over Sorrento

    Seagulls Ove

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    Paper Orchid

    The Man in Black

    The Man in B

    The Belles of St. Trinian's

    The Belles o

    Miss Robin Hood

    Miss Robin H

    And the Same to You

    And the Same

    Emergency Call

    Emergency Ca

    Where the Bullets Fly

    Where the Bu

    Park Plaza 605

    Park Plaza 6

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    Will Any Gen

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    The Extra Da

    John and Julie

    John and Jul

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    Three Hats f

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    Black Memory

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    What a Whopp

    What a Carve Up!

    What a Carve

    The Beauty Jungle

    The Beauty J

    Out of the Clouds

    Out of the C

    Too Many Crooks

    Too Many Cro

    Idol on Parade

    Idol on Para

    Ramsbottom Rides Again

    Ramsbottom R

    Wicked as They Come

    Wicked as Th

    A Kid for Two Farthings

    A Kid for Tw

    The Green Helmet

    The Green He

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    The Unforget

    Sid James: Comedy Icon

    Sid James: C

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    Carry On Aga

    A King in New York

    A King in Ne

    Aunt Clara

    Aunt Clara

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    Seriously Se

    The Yellow Balloon

    The Yellow B

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    It's a Great

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    All This, an

    Desert Mice

    Desert Mice

    Lady Godiva Rides Again

    Lady Godiva

    No Orchids for Miss Blandish

    No Orchids f

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    Escape by Ni

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    Look at Life

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    Talk of a Mi

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    Next to No T

    The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

    Last Holiday

    Last Holiday

    Gift Horse

    Gift Horse

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    A Yank in Er

    We Joined the Navy

    We Joined th

    Tall Headlines

    Tall Headlin

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    Is Your Hone

    The Weak and the Wicked

    The Weak and

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    The Wedding

    The Magic Box

    The Magic Bo

    Dry Rot

    Dry Rot

    Cosh Boy

    Cosh Boy

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    Hancock's Ha

    The Deep Blue Sea

    The Deep Blu

    The Shiralee

    The Shiralee

    The Man Inside

    The Man Insi

    The Story of Esther Costello

    The Story of

    Father's Doing Fine

    Father's Doi

    Interpol

    Interpol

    The Crowded Day

    The Crowded

    The Small Back Room

    The Small Ba

    Upstairs and Downstairs

    Upstairs and

    To See Such Fun

    To See Such

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    The Front Pa

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    Tokoloshe

    I Believe in You

    I Believe in

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    The World of

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    What a Carry

    What's a Carry On?

    What's a Car

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    2022

    Sid James: Comedy Icon

    asSelf (Archive Footage)

    2001

    On Location: The Carry Ons

    asVarious Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)

    2000

    The Unforgettable Sid James

    asSelf

    1998

    What's a Carry On?

    asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1996

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

    as(Archive footage)

    1993

    Seriously Seeking Sid

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1977

    That's Carry On!

    asVarious Characters (archive footage)

    1977

    To See Such Fun

    as

    1976

    The World of Budgerigars

    asSelf

    1974

    Carry On Dick

    asBig Dick Turpin

    1973

    Carry on Christmas

    asMr. Belcher / Seed Pod / Sir Henry / Sergeant Will Ball / Robin Hood

    1973

    Carry On Girls

    asCouncillor Sid Fiddler

    1973

    What a Carry On!

    as

    1972

    Carry On Abroad

    asVic Flange

    1972

    Bless This House

    asSid Abbot

    1972

    Carry On Matron

    asSid Carter

    1971

    All This, and Christmas Too!

    asSid Jones

    1971

    Carry On at Your Convenience

    asSid Plummer

    1971

    Carry On Henry

    asKing Henry VIII

    1970

    Carry On Again Christmas

    asLong John Silver

    1970

    Carry On Loving

    asSidney Bliss

    1970

    Carry On Up the Jungle

    asMr. Bill Boosey

    1969

    Carry On Christmas

    asEbenezer Scrooge

    1969

    Carry On Again Doctor

    asGladstone Screwer

    1969

    Carry On Camping

    asSid Boggle

    1968

    Vive Torbay

    asSelf

    1968

    Carry On Up the Khyber

    asSir Sidney Ruff-Diamond

    1967

    Carry On Doctor

    asMr. Charlie Roper

    1967

    Don't Lose Your Head

    asSir Rodney Ffing, the Black Fingernail

    1966

    Where the Bullets Fly

    asMortuary Attendant

    1966

    Don't Utter a Note

    asBasher Bates

    1965

    Carry On Cowboy

    asJohnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid

    1965

    The Big Job

    asGeorge Brain

    1965

    Tokoloshe

    asHarry Parsons

    1965

    Three Hats for Lisa

    asSid Marks

    1964

    Carry On Cleo

    asMark Antony

    1964

    The Beauty Jungle

    as'Butlins' Judge

    1963

    Carry On Cabby

    asCharlie Hawkins

    1963

    We Joined the Navy

    asDance Instructor

    1962

    Carry On Cruising

    asCaptain Wellington Crowther

    1962

    Look at Life: Getting a Move On

    asSelf - Commentator

    1961

    What a Whopper

    asHarry Sutton

    1961

    What a Carve Up!

    asSid Butler

    1961

    Raising the Wind

    asSid

    1961

    Double Bunk

    asSid Randall

    1961

    The Green Helmet

    asRichie Launder

    1961

    A Weekend with Lulu

    asCafé Patron

    1961

    Carry On Regardless

    asMr. Bert Handy

    1960

    The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

    asAlphonse O'Reilly

    1960

    Watch Your Stern

    asChief Petty Officer Mundy

    1960

    Carry On Constable

    asSergeant Frank Wilkins

    1960

    And the Same to You

    asSammy Gatt

    1959

    Tommy the Toreador

    asCadena

    1959

    Upstairs and Downstairs

    asP.C. Edwards

    1959

    Idol on Parade

    asHerbie

    1959

    The 39 Steps

    asPerce Baker

    1959

    Too Many Crooks

    asSid

    1959

    Make Mine a Million

    asSid Gibson

    1959

    Desert Mice

    asBert Bennett

    1959

    Look at Life: Market Place

    asSelf - Commentator

    1959

    Look at Life: Dustmen's Day

    asSelf - Commentator

    1958

    The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

    asThe Drunk

    1958

    I Was Monty's Double

    asPorter YMCA

    1958

    The Man Inside

    asFranklin

    1958

    Next to No Time

    asAlbert, Cabin Steward

    1958

    Another Time, Another Place

    asJake Klein

    1958

    The Silent Enemy

    asChief Petty Officer Thorpe

    1957

    Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

    asSidney Balmoral James

    1957

    The Story of Esther Costello

    asJoe Ryan

    1957

    A King in New York

    asJohnson - TV Advertiser

    1957

    Campbell's Kingdom

    asTim, MacDonald's driver-rigger

    1957

    Hell Drivers

    asDusty, Truck Driver

    1957

    The Shiralee

    asLuke

    1957

    Quatermass 2

    asJimmy Hall

    1957

    The Smallest Show on Earth

    asMr. Hogg

    1957

    Interpol

    asJoe - First Bartender

    1956

    Dry Rot

    asFlash Harry

    1956

    The Iron Petticoat

    asPaul

    1956

    Trapeze

    asSnake Charmer

    1956

    Wicked as They Come

    asFrank Allenborg

    1956

    Ramsbottom Rides Again

    asBlack Jake

    1956

    The Extra Day

    asBarney West

    1955

    The Deep Blue Sea

    asMan outside bar

    1955

    Joe Macbeth

    asBanky

    1955

    A Kid for Two Farthings

    asIce Berg

    1955

    John and Julie

    asMr. Pritchett

    1955

    The Glass Cage

    asTony Lewis

    1955

    Out of the Clouds

    asHenry, the Gambler

    1955

    It's a Great Day

    asHarry Mason

    1955

    A Yank in Ermine

    asNightclub manager

    1954

    Aunt Clara

    asHonest Sid

    1954

    Orders Are Orders

    asEd Waggermeyer

    1954

    The Crowded Day

    asJoe, the Night Watchman

    1954

    The Belles of St. Trinian's

    asBenny

    1954

    Seagulls Over Sorrento

    asCharlie Badger

    1954

    For Better, for Worse

    asForeman

    1954

    Father Brown

    asBert Parkinson

    1954

    The Rainbow Jacket

    asHarry

    1954

    The House Across the Lake

    asBeverly Forrest (as Sidney James)

    1954

    The Weak and the Wicked

    asSyd Baden

    1953

    Escape by Night

    asGino Rossini

    1953

    The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

    asFennimore Hunt

    1953

    Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

    asHank Hanlon

    1953

    Park Plaza 605

    asSupt. Williams (as Sidney James)

    1953

    Will Any Gentleman...?

    asMr. Hobson

    1953

    The Square Ring

    asAdams

    1953

    The Flanagan Boy

    asSharkey (as Sidney James)

    1953

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    asHarry Hawkins

    1953

    The Yellow Balloon

    asCharlie

    1953

    Cosh Boy

    asDesk Sergeant

    1953

    Box for One

    as

    1952

    Miss Robin Hood

    asSidney (as Sidney James)

    1952

    Venetian Bird

    asBernardo

    1952

    Father's Doing Fine

    asTaxi Driver

    1952

    Time, Gentlemen, Please!

    asEric Hace

    1952

    Gift Horse

    asNed Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull

    1952

    Emergency Call

    asDanny Marks

    1952

    Tall Headlines

    asMr. Spencer, neighbor

    1952

    I Believe in You

    asSergeant Body

    1952

    The Magic Box

    asArmy Sergeant

    1951

    Lady Godiva Rides Again

    asLew Beeson

    1951

    The Lavender Hill Mob

    asLackery

    1951

    The Galloping Major

    asBookmaker

    1951

    Talk of a Million

    asJohn C. Moody

    1950

    The Lady Craved Excitement

    asCarlo

    1950

    Last Holiday

    asJoe Clarence

    1950

    The Man in Black

    asHenry Clavering / Hodson

    1949

    Give Us This Day

    asMurdin

    1949

    Paper Orchid

    asFreddy Evans (as Sidney James)

    1949

    The Small Back Room

    as'Knucksie' Moran

    1949

    Once a Jolly Swagman

    asRowton

    1948

    The Front Page

    asHildy Johnson

    1948

    No Orchids for Miss Blandish

    asuncredited

    1947

    Nightbeat

    asNixon (as Sidney James)

    1947

    Black Memory

    asEddie Clinton

    Coming Soon

    (66 episode)asSid Abbott

    Coming Soon

    (4 episode)as

    Coming Soon

    (13 episode)asSid Turner

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    (57 episode)as

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    (1 episode)asChantey Jack

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    (32 episode)as

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    (1 episode)asSchaffner

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    (26 episode)as

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    (3 episode)as

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    (4 episode)asNarrator

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    (15 episode)as

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    (2 episode)asSelf

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    (13 episode)asSid Stone

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    (26 episode)asSid Stone

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    (1 episode)asPrince Rupert / Arnold Basket

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    (1 episode)asBaron Hubert

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    (1 episode)asLovelace

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    (1 episode)asSir Francis Drake

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    (1 episode)asSelf (archive footage)