Sidney James
Born: 1913-05-08 in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa
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."
Rated Filmography (124)
Sorted by Score
To See Such Fun
1977
Ramsbottom Rides Again
1956
The Green Helmet
1961
Talk of a Million
1951
The World of Budgerigars
1976
Miss Robin Hood
1952
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
All This, and Christmas Too!
1971
What a Carry On!
1973
Make Mine a Million
1959
Next to No Time
1958
Dry Rot
1956
What's a Carry On?
1998
Carry On Again Christmas
1970
Joe Macbeth
1955
Too Many Crooks
1959
Father's Doing Fine
1952
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
The Extra Day
1956
Last Holiday
1950
The Square Ring
1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953
The Rainbow Jacket
1954
What a Carve Up!
1961
Idol on Parade
1959
Sid James: Comedy Icon
2022
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
1953
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
Tokoloshe
1965
I Was Monty's Double
1958
Tall Headlines
1952
I Believe in You
1952
The Big Job
1965
Emergency Call
1952
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957
Don't Lose Your Head
1967
Hell Drivers
1957
A King in New York
1957
The Small Back Room
1949
Carry On Cleo
1964
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955
Escape by Night
1953
Carry On Camping
1969
Orders Are Orders
1954
Gift Horse
1952
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
1958
Carry On Doctor
1967
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960
The Magic Box
1952
Carry On Up the Khyber
1968
Father Brown
1954
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
Quatermass 2
1957
Interpol
1957
Carry On Cabby
1963
It's a Great Day
1955
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954
Bless This House
1972
Carry on Christmas
1973
Will Any Gentleman...?
1953
Raising the Wind
1961
The 39 Steps
1959
Carry On Cowboy
1965
Carry On Abroad
1972
Carry On Christmas
1969
Carry On Constable
1960
Trapeze
1956
Carry On at Your Convenience
1971
Carry On Regardless
1961
Venetian Bird
1952
What a Whopper
1961
Desert Mice
1959
Double Bunk
1961
Out of the Clouds
1955
The Man Inside
1958
Carry On Again Doctor
1969
The Galloping Major
1951
Carry On Matron
1972
Carry On Cruising
1962
Carry On Henry
1971
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948
The Flanagan Boy
1953
Seagulls Over Sorrento
1954
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
Three Hats for Lisa
1965
The Yellow Balloon
1953
A Yank in Ermine
1955
We Joined the Navy
1963
The Man in Black
1950
The Silent Enemy
1958
And the Same to You
1960
Watch Your Stern
1960
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
Carry On Up the Jungle
1970
The Lady Craved Excitement
1950
Carry On Dick
1974
Another Time, Another Place
1958
That's Carry On!
1977
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
The Crowded Day
1954
The Iron Petticoat
1956
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
For Better, for Worse
1954
It's Hard to be Good
1948
Carry On Loving
1970
Carry On Girls
1973
Nightbeat
1947
Give Us This Day
1949
Where the Bullets Fly
1966
The Glass Cage
1955
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
1953
The House Across the Lake
1954
A Weekend with Lulu
1961
Cosh Boy
1953
The Beauty Jungle
1964
Tommy the Toreador
1959
Black Memory
1947
The Shiralee
1957
Paper Orchid
1949
Wicked as They Come
1956
Aunt Clara
1954
John and Julie
1955
The Deep Blue Sea
1955
Park Plaza 605
1953