Sid James

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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Sid James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 • as Self

Hancock's Half Hour

1956

Look at Life

1959 • as Narrator

Bless This House

1971 • as Sid Abbott

The Adventures of William Tell

1958 • as Schaffner

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951 • as Lackery

Filmography

2022

Sid James: Comedy Icon

as Self (Archive Footage)

Movie - Released: 9/3/2022

2015

Carry On Forever

TV - Released: 3/4/2015

2000

The Unforgettable Sid James

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/5/2000

1996

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

as (Archive footage)

Movie - Released: 4/13/1996

1993

Seriously Seeking Sid

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1993

1983

ITV Christmas Comedy

TV - Released: 4/23/1983

1977

That's Carry On!

as Various Characters

Movie - Released: 11/10/1977

To See Such Fun

Movie - Released: 11/1/1977

1976

The World of Budgerigars

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/1976

1975

Carry On Laughing

TV - Released: 1/4/1975

1974

Carry On Dick

as Big Dick Turpin / Reverend Flasher

Movie - Released: 2/1/1974

1973

Carry On Girls

as Sidney Fiddler

Movie - Released: 11/9/1973

Carry on Christmas

as Santa (Mr Belcher) / Seed Pod / Sir Henry / Sgt Ball / Robin Hood.

Movie - Released: 12/24/1973

What a Carry On!

Movie - Released: 10/4/1973

1972

Carry On Matron

as Sid Carter

Movie - Released: 5/5/1972

Bless This House

as Sid Abbott

Movie - Released: 9/8/1972

Carry On Abroad

as Vic Flange

Movie - Released: 12/1/1972

1971

Carry On Henry

as King Henry VIII

Movie - Released: 6/3/1971

Carry On at Your Convenience

as Sid Plummer

Movie - Released: 12/10/1971

All This, and Christmas Too!

as Sid Jones

Movie - Released: 12/24/1971

Bless This House

as Sid Abbott

TV - Released: 2/2/1971

1970

Carry On Loving

as Sidney Bliss

Movie - Released: 9/20/1970

Carry On Up the Jungle

as Bill Boosey

Movie - Released: 3/20/1970

Carry on Again Christmas

as Long John Sil

Movie - Released: 12/24/1970

1969

Carry On Again Doctor

as Gladstone Screwer

Movie - Released: 12/5/1969

Carry On Camping

as Sid Boggle

Movie - Released: 5/29/1969

Carry on Christmas

as Ebenezer Scrooge

Movie - Released: 12/24/1969

Carry On Christmas Specials

TV - Released: 12/24/1969

Two in Clover

TV - Released: 2/18/1969

1968

Carry On Up the Khyber

as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond

Movie - Released: 2/12/1968

Movie

Vive Torbay

as Self

Movie - Released: 8/22/1968

1967

Carry On Doctor

as Charlie Roper

Movie - Released: 12/2/1967

1966

Carry On Don't Lose Your Head

as Sir Rodney Ffing

Movie - Released: 12/10/1966

Where the Bullets Fly

as Mortuary Attendant

Movie - Released: 9/6/1966

Movie

Don't Utter a Note

as Basher Bates

Movie - Released: 4/9/1966

George And The Dragon

TV - Released: 11/19/1966

1965

Carry On Cowboy

as Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid

Movie - Released: 11/26/1965

The Big Job

as George Brain

Movie - Released: 1/1/1965

Three Hats for Lisa

as Sid Marks

Movie - Released: 1/1/1965

Tokoloshe

as Harry Parsons

Movie - Released: 5/12/1965

1964

Carry On Cleo

as Marc Antony

Movie - Released: 11/8/1964

The Beauty Jungle

as 'Butlins' Judge

Movie - Released: 8/25/1964

1963

Carry On Cabby

as Charlie Hawkins

Movie - Released: 6/1/1963

We Joined the Navy

as Dance Instructor

Movie - Released: 5/17/1963

1962

Carry On Cruising

as Captain Wellington Crowther

Movie - Released: 3/12/1962

Movie

Look at Life: Getting a Move On

as Self - Commentator

Movie - Released: 1/1/1962

1961

Carry On Regardless

as Bert Handy

Movie - Released: 4/4/1961

Raising the Wind

as Sid

Movie - Released: 9/6/1961

Double Bunk

as Sid Randall

Movie - Released: 5/6/1961

A Weekend with Lulu

as Café Patron

Movie - Released: 4/10/1961

What a Carve Up!

as Sid Butler

Movie - Released: 9/15/1961

What a Whopper

as Harry Sutton

Movie - Released: 10/17/1961

The Green Helmet

as Richie Launder

Movie - Released: 4/20/1961

1960

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

as Alphonse O'Reilly

Movie - Released: 12/22/1960

Carry On Constable

as Sergeant Frank Wilkins

Movie - Released: 2/22/1960

Watch Your Stern

as Chief Petty Officer Mundy

Movie - Released: 10/14/1960

And the Same to You

as Sammy Gatt

Movie - Released: 2/1/1960

Citizen James

TV - Released: 11/24/1960

1959

Tommy the Toreador

as Cadena

Movie - Released: 12/21/1959

Make Mine a Million

as Sid Gibson

Movie - Released: 1/1/1959

Too Many Crooks

as Sid

Movie - Released: 3/8/1959

Idol on Parade

as Herbie

Movie - Released: 3/24/1959

Desert Mice

as Bert Bennett

Movie - Released: 1/5/1959

Look at Life: Market Place

as Self - Commentator

Movie - Released: 1/1/1959

The 39 Steps

as Perce Baker

Movie - Released: 3/13/1959

Upstairs and Downstairs

as P.C. Edwards

Movie - Released: 11/2/1959

Movie

Look at Life: Dustmen's Day

as Self - Commentator

Movie - Released: 1/1/1959

Look at Life

as Narrator

TV - Released: 1/1/1959

1958

The Silent Enemy

as Chief Petty Officer Thorpe

Movie - Released: 3/4/1958

Another Time, Another Place

as Jake Klein

Movie - Released: 5/2/1958

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

as The Drunk

Movie - Released: 10/28/1958

I Was Monty's Double

as Porter YMCA

Movie - Released: 10/21/1958

Next to No Time

as Albert, Cabin Steward

Movie - Released: 8/4/1958

The Man Inside

as Franklin

Movie - Released: 9/7/1958

The Adventures of William Tell

as Schaffner

TV - Released: 9/15/1958

1957

Quatermass 2

as Jimmy Hall

Movie - Released: 5/24/1957

The Smallest Show on Earth

as Mr. Hogg

Movie - Released: 4/9/1957

Hell Drivers

as Dusty, Truck Driver

Movie - Released: 7/23/1957

Campbell's Kingdom

as Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger

Movie - Released: 9/3/1957

A King in New York

as Johnson - TV Advertiser

Movie - Released: 9/12/1957

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

Movie - Released: 12/16/1957

The Shiralee

as Luke

Movie - Released: 7/11/1957

The Story of Esther Costello

as Joe Ryan

Movie - Released: 11/6/1957

Interpol

as Joe - First Bartender

Movie - Released: 4/2/1957

1956

Trapeze

as Snake Charmer

Movie - Released: 5/30/1956

The Iron Petticoat

as Paul

Movie - Released: 9/1/1956

The Extra Day

as Barney West

Movie - Released: 1/1/1956

Ramsbottom Rides Again

as Black Jake

Movie - Released: 4/30/1956

Wicked as They Come

as Frank Allenborg

Movie - Released: 5/22/1956

Dry Rot

as Flash Harry

Movie - Released: 10/31/1956

Hancock's Half Hour

TV - Released: 7/6/1956

The Buccaneers

as Chantey Jack

TV - Released: 9/19/1956

1955

Joe Macbeth

as Banky

Movie - Released: 10/18/1955

The Glass Cage

as Tony Lewis

Movie - Released: 4/15/1955

John and Julie

as Mr. Pritchett

Movie - Released: 7/26/1955

Out of the Clouds

as Henry, the Gambler

Movie - Released: 2/15/1955

A Kid for Two Farthings

as Ice Berg

Movie - Released: 8/15/1955

It's a Great Day

as Harry Mason

Movie - Released: 1/1/1955

A Yank in Ermine

as Nightclub manager

Movie - Released: 1/1/1955

The Deep Blue Sea

as Man outside bar

Movie - Released: 11/1/1955

1954

The House Across the Lake

as Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James)

Movie - Released: 4/16/1954

For Better, for Worse

as The Foreman (as Sidney James)

Movie - Released: 6/20/1954

The Rainbow Jacket

as Harry

Movie - Released: 5/27/1954

Orders Are Orders

as Ed Waggermeyer

Movie - Released: 10/1/1954

Father Brown

as Bert Parkinson

Movie - Released: 6/8/1954

Seagulls Over Sorrento

as Charlie Badger

Movie - Released: 7/13/1954

The Belles of St. Trinian's

as Benny

Movie - Released: 9/28/1954

Aunt Clara

as Honest Sid

Movie - Released: 11/22/1954

The Weak and the Wicked

as Syd Baden

Movie - Released: 2/2/1954

The Crowded Day

as Joe, the Night Watchman

Movie - Released: 10/1/1954

1953

The Flanagan Boy

as Sharkey (as Sidney James)

Movie - Released: 4/10/1953

The Titfield Thunderbolt

as Harry Hawkins

Movie - Released: 3/4/1953

Movie

Box for One

Movie - Released: 1/1/1953

The Square Ring

as Adams

Movie - Released: 7/13/1953

Will Any Gentleman...?

as Mr. Hobson

Movie - Released: 8/25/1953

Park Plaza 605

as Supt. Williams (as Sidney James)

Movie - Released: 9/11/1953

The Yellow Balloon

as Charlie

Movie - Released: 2/10/1953

Escape by Night

as Gino Rossini

Movie - Released: 12/1/1953

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

as Hank Hanlon

Movie - Released: 9/22/1953

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

as Fennimore Hunt

Movie - Released: 11/30/1953

Cosh Boy

as Desk Sergeant

Movie - Released: 2/1/1953

1952

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

as Eric Hace

Movie - Released: 7/1/1952

Venetian Bird

as Bernardo

Movie - Released: 10/1/1952

Miss Robin Hood

as Sidney (as Sidney James)

Movie - Released: 11/12/1952

Emergency Call

as Danny Marks

Movie - Released: 5/19/1952

Gift Horse

as Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull

Movie - Released: 6/1/1952

Tall Headlines

as Mr. Spencer, neighbor

Movie - Released: 4/15/1952

The Magic Box

as Army Sergeant

Movie - Released: 1/1/1952

Father's Doing Fine

as Taxi Driver

Movie - Released: 8/15/1952

I Believe in You

as Sergeant Body

Movie - Released: 3/5/1952

1951

The Lavender Hill Mob

as Lackery

Movie - Released: 6/28/1951

The Galloping Major

as Bookmaker

Movie - Released: 5/7/1951

Lady Godiva Rides Again

as Lew Beeson

Movie - Released: 10/25/1951

Talk of a Million

as John C. Moody

Movie - Released: 3/12/1951

1950

The Man in Black

as Henry Clavering / Hodson

Movie - Released: 1/31/1950

Movie

The Lady Craved Excitement

as Carlo

Movie - Released: 8/1/1950

Last Holiday

as Joe Clarence

Movie - Released: 5/15/1950

1949

Give Us This Day

as Murdin

Movie - Released: 10/14/1949

Once a Jolly Swagman

as Rowton

Movie - Released: 2/2/1949

Paper Orchid

as Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)

Movie - Released: 4/1/1949

The Small Back Room

as 'Knucksie' Moran

Movie - Released: 2/21/1949

1948

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

as uncredited

Movie - Released: 4/15/1948

The Front Page

as Hildy Johnson

Movie - Released: 10/13/1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

TV - Released: 6/20/1948

1947

Nightbeat

as Nixon (as Sidney James)

Movie - Released: 12/22/1947

Black Memory

as Eddie Clinton

Movie - Released: 7/1/1947