Sidney James

Sidney James

1913-05-08 • Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa • Male • 152 Known Credits

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

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-05-08

Place of Birth

Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa

Known Credits

152

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Сидни Джеймс, Сид Джеймс, Sid James

Photos

Sidney James Photo

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And the Same to You

And the Same to You

Movie (1960)

Known For Movies

I Was Monty's Double

I Was Monty's Double

1958
Venetian Bird

Venetian Bird

1952
The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951
Trapeze

Trapeze

1956
Vive Torbay

Vive Torbay

1968
A King in New York

A King in New York

1957
Paper Orchid

Paper Orchid

1949
Tokoloshe

Tokoloshe

1965
Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2

1957
We Joined the Navy

We Joined the Navy

1963
The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room

1949
The Belles of St Trinian's

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954
Last Holiday

Last Holiday

1950
Carry On Girls

Carry On Girls

1973
Lady Godiva Rides Again

Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951
Hell Drivers

Hell Drivers

1957
Carry On Dick

Carry On Dick

1974
The Glass Cage

The Glass Cage

1955
Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

1952
Carry On Cowboy

Carry On Cowboy

1965
Carry On Cleo

Carry On Cleo

1964
Carry On Camping

Carry On Camping

1969
Campbell's Kingdom

Campbell's Kingdom

1957
What's a Carry On?

What's a Carry On?

1998
Miss Robin Hood

Miss Robin Hood

1952
Carry On Doctor

Carry On Doctor

1967
Carry On Loving

Carry On Loving

1970
The Iron Petticoat

The Iron Petticoat

1956
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

1958
Nightbeat

Nightbeat

1947
Upstairs and Downstairs

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959
Idol on Parade

Idol on Parade

1959
Carry On Up the Khyber

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968
Another Time, Another Place

Another Time, Another Place

1958
Don't Lose Your Head

Don't Lose Your Head

1967
Aunt Clara

Aunt Clara

1954
Carry On Cruising

Carry On Cruising

1962
Carry On Again Doctor

Carry On Again Doctor

1969
Carry On Regardless

Carry On Regardless

1961
A Kid for Two Farthings

A Kid for Two Farthings

1955
Carry On Up the Jungle

Carry On Up the Jungle

1970
Carry On Constable

Carry On Constable

1960
The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953
Gift Horse

Gift Horse

1952
The Deep Blue Sea

The Deep Blue Sea

1955
Out of the Clouds

Out of the Clouds

1955
Carry On Matron

Carry On Matron

1972
Where the Bullets Fly

Where the Bullets Fly

1966
Father Brown

Father Brown

1954
The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

1959
The Crowded Day

The Crowded Day

1954
No Orchids for Miss Blandish

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

1948
What a Carve Up!

What a Carve Up!

1961
The Magic Box

The Magic Box

1952
The Story of Esther Costello

The Story of Esther Costello

1957
All This, and Christmas Too!

All This, and Christmas Too!

1971
Raising the Wind

Raising the Wind

1961
Carry On Abroad

Carry On Abroad

1972
The Weak and the Wicked

The Weak and the Wicked

1954
That's Carry On!

That's Carry On!

1977
And the Same to You

And the Same to You

1960
For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse

1954
The Big Job

The Big Job

1965
Carry On Henry

Carry On Henry

1971
The Silent Enemy

The Silent Enemy

1958
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960
Interpol

Interpol

1957
Carry On Cabby

Carry On Cabby

1963
Three Hats for Lisa

Three Hats for Lisa

1965
Watch Your Stern

Watch Your Stern

1960
Bless This House

Bless This House

1972
Carry On at Your Convenience

Carry On at Your Convenience

1971
Cosh Boy

Cosh Boy

1953
The Smallest Show on Earth

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957
Emergency Call

Emergency Call

1952
Father's Doing Fine

Father's Doing Fine

1952
The Square Ring

The Square Ring

1953
The Beauty Jungle

The Beauty Jungle

1964
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

1957
The Shiralee

The Shiralee

1957
The Front Page

The Front Page

1948
Give Us This Day

Give Us This Day

1949
Too Many Crooks

Too Many Crooks

1959
On Location: The Carry Ons

On Location: The Carry Ons

2001
John and Julie

John and Julie

1955
Once a Jolly Swagman

Once a Jolly Swagman

1949
I Believe in You

I Believe in You

1952
The Rainbow Jacket

The Rainbow Jacket

1954
A Yank in Ermine

A Yank in Ermine

1955
Box for One

Box for One

1953
The World of Budgerigars

The World of Budgerigars

1976
The Extra Day

The Extra Day

1956
Carry On Christmas

Carry On Christmas

1969
The House Across the Lake

The House Across the Lake

1954
Make Mine a Million

Make Mine a Million

1959
A Weekend with Lulu

A Weekend with Lulu

1961
Will Any Gentleman...?

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953
Orders Are Orders

Orders Are Orders

1954
Look at Life: Dustmen's Day

Look at Life: Dustmen's Day

1959
The Man Inside

The Man Inside

1958
Escape by Night

Escape by Night

1953
Joe Macbeth

Joe Macbeth

1955
Desert Mice

Desert Mice

1959
What a Whopper

What a Whopper

1961
Double Bunk

Double Bunk

1961
The Galloping Major

The Galloping Major

1951
Seagulls Over Sorrento

Seagulls Over Sorrento

1954
Tommy the Toreador

Tommy the Toreador

1959
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

1953
The Flanagan Boy

The Flanagan Boy

1953
Tall Headlines

Tall Headlines

1952
Wicked as They Come

Wicked as They Come

1956
Dry Rot

Dry Rot

1956
Park Plaza 605

Park Plaza 605

1953
The Green Helmet

The Green Helmet

1961
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

1953
The Yellow Balloon

The Yellow Balloon

1953
To See Such Fun

To See Such Fun

1977
Seriously Seeking Sid

Seriously Seeking Sid

1993
The Lady Craved Excitement

The Lady Craved Excitement

1950
Carry on Christmas

Carry on Christmas

1973
Carry On Again Christmas

Carry On Again Christmas

1970
What a Carry On!

What a Carry On!

1973
Next to No Time

Next to No Time

1958
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams

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

1996
The Man in Black

The Man in Black

1950
Don't Utter a Note

Don't Utter a Note

1966
It's a Great Day

It's a Great Day

1955
The Unforgettable Sid James

The Unforgettable Sid James

2000
Ramsbottom Rides Again

Ramsbottom Rides Again

1956
Talk of a Million

Talk of a Million

1951
Sid James: Comedy Icon

Sid James: Comedy Icon

2022
Look at Life: Market Place

Look at Life: Market Place

1959
Look at Life: Getting a Move On

Look at Life: Getting a Move On

1962
Black Memory

Black Memory

1947

Known For TV Shows

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948
The World of Hammer

The World of Hammer

1994
The Buccaneers

The Buccaneers

1956
Look at Life

Look at Life

1959
Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour

1956
The Adventures of William Tell

The Adventures of William Tell

1958
Taxi!

Taxi!

1963
Bless This House

Bless This House

1971
Carry On Laughing

Carry On Laughing

1975
Citizen James

Citizen James

1960
Taxi!

Taxi!

1963
George and the Dragon

George and the Dragon

1966
Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

1956
Two in Clover

Two in Clover

1969
ITV Christmas Comedy

ITV Christmas Comedy

1983
Carry On Christmas Specials

Carry On Christmas Specials

1969
Carry On Forever

Carry On Forever

2015

Movie Credits

I Was Monty's Double

1958

Porter YMCA

Venetian Bird

1952

Bernardo

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

Lackery

Trapeze

1956

Snake Charmer

Vive Torbay

1968

Self

A King in New York

1957

Johnson - TV Advertiser

Paper Orchid

1949

Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)

Tokoloshe

1965

Harry Parsons

Quatermass 2

1957

Jimmy Hall

We Joined the Navy

1963

Dance Instructor

The Small Back Room

1949

'Knucksie' Moran

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954

Benny

Last Holiday

1950

Joe Clarence

Carry On Girls

1973

Councillor Sid Fiddler

Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951

Lew Beeson

Hell Drivers

1957

Dusty, Truck Driver

Carry On Dick

1974

Big Dick Turpin

The Glass Cage

1955

Tony Lewis

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

1952

Eric Hace

Carry On Cowboy

1965

Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid

Carry On Cleo

1964

Mark Antony

Carry On Camping

1969

Sid Boggle

Campbell's Kingdom

1957

Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger

What's a Carry On?

1998

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Miss Robin Hood

1952

Sidney (as Sidney James)

Carry On Doctor

1967

Mr. Charlie Roper

Carry On Loving

1970

Sidney Bliss

The Iron Petticoat

1956

Paul

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

1958

The Drunk

Nightbeat

1947

Nixon (as Sidney James)

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959

P.C. Edwards

Idol on Parade

1959

Herbie

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968

Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond

Another Time, Another Place

1958

Jake Klein

Don't Lose Your Head

1967

Sir Rodney Ffing, the Black Fingernail

Aunt Clara

1954

Honest Sid

Carry On Cruising

1962

Captain Wellington Crowther

Carry On Again Doctor

1969

Gladstone Screwer

Carry On Regardless

1961

Mr. Bert Handy

A Kid for Two Farthings

1955

Ice Berg

Carry On Up the Jungle

1970

Mr. Bill Boosey

Carry On Constable

1960

Sergeant Frank Wilkins

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953

Harry Hawkins

Gift Horse

1952

Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull

The Deep Blue Sea

1955

Man outside bar

Out of the Clouds

1955

Henry, the Gambler

Carry On Matron

1972

Sid Carter

Where the Bullets Fly

1966

Mortuary Attendant

Father Brown

1954

Bert Parkinson

The 39 Steps

1959

Perce Baker

The Crowded Day

1954

Joe, the Night Watchman

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

1948

uncredited

What a Carve Up!

1961

Sid Butler

The Magic Box

1952

Army Sergeant

The Story of Esther Costello

1957

Joe Ryan

All This, and Christmas Too!

1971

Sid Jones

Raising the Wind

1961

Sid

Carry On Abroad

1972

Vic Flange

The Weak and the Wicked

1954

Syd Baden

That's Carry On!

1977

Various Characters (archive footage)

And the Same to You

1960

Sammy Gatt

For Better, for Worse

1954

Foreman

The Big Job

1965

George Brain

Carry On Henry

1971

King Henry VIII

The Silent Enemy

1958

Chief Petty Officer Thorpe

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960

Alphonse O'Reilly

Interpol

1957

Joe - First Bartender

Carry On Cabby

1963

Charlie Hawkins

Three Hats for Lisa

1965

Sid Marks

Watch Your Stern

1960

Chief Petty Officer Mundy

Bless This House

1972

Sid Abbot

Carry On at Your Convenience

1971

Sid Plummer

Cosh Boy

1953

Desk Sergeant

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957

Mr. Hogg

Emergency Call

1952

Danny Marks

Father's Doing Fine

1952

Taxi Driver

The Square Ring

1953

Adams

The Beauty Jungle

1964

'Butlins' Judge

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

1957

Sidney Balmoral James

The Shiralee

1957

Luke

The Front Page

1948

Hildy Johnson

Give Us This Day

1949

Murdin

Too Many Crooks

1959

Sid

On Location: The Carry Ons

2001

Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)

John and Julie

1955

Mr. Pritchett

Once a Jolly Swagman

1949

Rowton

I Believe in You

1952

Sergeant Body

The Rainbow Jacket

1954

Harry

A Yank in Ermine

1955

Nightclub manager

Box for One

1953

The World of Budgerigars

1976

Self

The Extra Day

1956

Barney West

Carry On Christmas

1969

Ebenezer Scrooge

The House Across the Lake

1954

Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James)

Make Mine a Million

1959

Sid Gibson

A Weekend with Lulu

1961

Café Patron

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953

Mr. Hobson

Orders Are Orders

1954

Ed Waggermeyer

Look at Life: Dustmen's Day

1959

Self - Commentator

The Man Inside

1958

Franklin

Escape by Night

1953

Gino Rossini

Joe Macbeth

1955

Banky

Desert Mice

1959

Bert Bennett

What a Whopper

1961

Harry Sutton

Double Bunk

1961

Sid Randall

The Galloping Major

1951

Bookmaker

Seagulls Over Sorrento

1954

Charlie Badger

Tommy the Toreador

1959

Cadena

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

1953

Hank Hanlon

The Flanagan Boy

1953

Sharkey (as Sidney James)

Tall Headlines

1952

Mr. Spencer, neighbor

Wicked as They Come

1956

Frank Allenborg

Dry Rot

1956

Flash Harry

Park Plaza 605

1953

Supt. Williams (as Sidney James)

The Green Helmet

1961

Richie Launder

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

1953

Fennimore Hunt

The Yellow Balloon

1953

Charlie

To See Such Fun

1977

Seriously Seeking Sid

1993

Self (archive footage)

The Lady Craved Excitement

1950

Carlo

Carry on Christmas

1973

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

Carry On Again Christmas

1970

Long John Silver

What a Carry On!

1973

Next to No Time

1958

Albert, Cabin Steward

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

1996

(Archive footage)

The Man in Black

1950

Henry Clavering / Hodson

Don't Utter a Note

1966

Basher Bates

It's a Great Day

1955

Harry Mason

The Unforgettable Sid James

2000

Self

Ramsbottom Rides Again

1956

Black Jake

Talk of a Million

1951

John C. Moody

Sid James: Comedy Icon

2022

Self (Archive Footage)

Look at Life: Market Place

1959

Self - Commentator

Look at Life: Getting a Move On

1962

Self - Commentator

Black Memory

1947

Eddie Clinton

TV Credits

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

Self (2 episodes)

The World of Hammer

1994

Self (archive footage) (1 episodes)

The Buccaneers

1956

Chantey Jack (1 episodes)

Look at Life

1959

Narrator (4 episodes)

Hancock's Half Hour

1956

(57 episodes)

The Adventures of William Tell

1958

Schaffner (1 episodes)

Taxi!

1963

Sid Stone (26 episodes)

Bless This House

1971

Sid Abbott (66 episodes)

Carry On Laughing

1975

Prince Rupert / Arnold Basket (1 episodes)

Citizen James

1960

Sidney 'Sid' Balmoral James (32 episodes)

Taxi!

1963

Sid Stone (13 episodes)

George and the Dragon

1966

(26 episodes)

Armchair Theatre

1956

Basher Bates (1 episodes)

Two in Clover

1969

Sid Turner (13 episodes)

ITV Christmas Comedy

1983

(15 episodes)

Carry On Christmas Specials

1969

(4 episodes)

Carry On Forever

2015

(3 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

No movie production credits available.

TV Production Credits

Citizen James

Creator

1960