Sidney James
Acting
Born 1913-05-08 · 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."
Known for
To See Such Fun
1977 · Movie
The Green Helmet
1961 · Movie
Ramsbottom Rides Again
1956 · Movie
Talk of a Million
1951 · Movie
Hell Drivers
1957 · Movie
Last Holiday
1950 · Movie
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · Movie
A King in New York
1957 · Movie
The World of Budgerigars
1976 · Movie
Miss Robin Hood
1952 · Movie
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952 · Movie
Joe Macbeth
1955 · Movie
Next to No Time
1958 · Movie
Dry Rot
1956 · Movie
All This, and Christmas Too!
1971 · Movie
Carry On Abroad
1972 · Movie
What's a Carry On?
1998 · Movie
I Was Monty's Double
1958 · Movie
What a Carry On!
1973 · Movie
Carry On Cleo
1964 · Movie
Too Many Crooks
1959 · Movie
Don't Lose Your Head
1967 · Movie
Carry On Camping
1969 · Movie
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953 · Movie
Make Mine a Million
1959 · Movie
Interpol
1957 · Movie
Carry On Regardless
1961 · Movie
The Magic Box
1952 · Movie
The Small Back Room
1949 · Movie
What a Carve Up!
1961 · Movie
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960 · Movie
Carry On Again Christmas
1970 · Movie
Carry On Cabby
1963 · Movie
Trapeze
1956 · Movie
Gift Horse
1952 · Movie
The 39 Steps
1959 · Movie
Father's Doing Fine
1952 · Movie
Quatermass 2
1957 · Movie
Idol on Parade
1959 · Movie
The Story of Esther Costello
1957 · Movie
Carry On Doctor
1967 · Movie
Carry On Constable
1960 · Movie
The Big Job
1965 · Movie
Carry On Cowboy
1965 · Movie
The Extra Day
1956 · Movie
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954 · Movie
The Square Ring
1953 · Movie
Father Brown
1954 · Movie
Carry On Matron
1972 · Movie
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955 · Movie
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
1958 · Movie
Emergency Call
1952 · Movie
The Rainbow Jacket
1954 · Movie
Another Time, Another Place
1958 · Movie
Tokoloshe
1965 · Movie
Carry On Up the Khyber
1968 · Movie
Carry On Girls
1973 · Movie
Tall Headlines
1952 · Movie
I Believe in You
1952 · Movie
Carry On Cruising
1962 · Movie