Sidney James
Department: Acting
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."
Known For
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960
Don't Lose Your Head
1967
Carry On Doctor
1967
Carry On Cowboy
1965
Carry On Cleo
1964
Carry On Constable
1960
Carry On Up the Khyber
1968
The Flanagan Boy
1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953
Carry On Henry
1971
Carry On Loving
1970
Carry On Matron
1972
Carry On Regardless
1961
The Silent Enemy
1958
Quatermass 2
1957
Carry On Dick
1974
Carry On Girls
1973
The House Across the Lake
1954
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
Carry On Cruising
1962
Trapeze
1956
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957
Another Time, Another Place
1958
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
1958
For Better, for Worse
1954
The Iron Petticoat
1956
Hell Drivers
1957
The Big Job
1965
Bless This House
1972
Raising the Wind
1961
Carry On Up the Jungle
1970
Box for One
1953
That's Carry On!
1977
Carry On Abroad
1972
Carry On Cabby
1963
Carry On Again Doctor
1969
Carry On at Your Convenience
1971
Carry On Camping
1969
Double Bunk
1961
The Rainbow Jacket
1954
The Square Ring
1953
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
Venetian Bird
1952
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
Nightbeat
1947
Give Us This Day
1949
Joe Macbeth
1955
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
1996
I Was Monty's Double
1958
Watch Your Stern
1960
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
Orders Are Orders
1954
Father Brown
1954
Tommy the Toreador
1959
Carry on Christmas
1973
Carry On Christmas
1969
The Glass Cage
1955
Make Mine a Million
1959
A Weekend with Lulu
1961
The Galloping Major
1951
Seagulls Over Sorrento
1954
Paper Orchid
1949
The Man in Black
1950
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954
Miss Robin Hood
1952
And the Same to You
1960
Emergency Call
1952
Where the Bullets Fly
1966
Will Any Gentleman...?
1953
Park Plaza 605
1953
The Extra Day
1956
John and Julie
1955
Three Hats for Lisa
1965
Black Memory
1947
What a Carve Up!
1961
The Beauty Jungle
1964
What a Whopper
1961
The Lady Craved Excitement
1950
Out of the Clouds
1955
Too Many Crooks
1959
Idol on Parade
1959
Ramsbottom Rides Again
1956
Wicked as They Come
1956
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955
The Green Helmet
1961
The Unforgettable Sid James
2000
Sid James: Comedy Icon
2022
Carry On Again Christmas
1970
A King in New York
1957
Aunt Clara
1954
Seriously Seeking Sid
1993
The Yellow Balloon
1953
It's a Great Day
1955
All This, and Christmas Too!
1971
Desert Mice
1959
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948
Don't Utter a Note
1966
Escape by Night
1953
Look at Life: Market Place
1959
Talk of a Million
1951
Next to No Time
1958
The 39 Steps
1959
Last Holiday
1950
Vive Torbay
1968
Gift Horse
1952
A Yank in Ermine
1955
We Joined the Navy
1963
Tall Headlines
1952
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
1953
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
1953
The Magic Box
1952
Dry Rot
1956
Cosh Boy
1953
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
1957
The Deep Blue Sea
1955
The Shiralee
1957
The Man Inside
1958
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
Father's Doing Fine
1952
Interpol
1957
The Crowded Day
1954
The Small Back Room
1949
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
To See Such Fun
1977
The Front Page
1948
Tokoloshe
1965
I Believe in You
1952
The World of Budgerigars
1976
Look at Life: Dustmen's Day
1959
Look at Life: Getting a Move On
1962
What a Carry On!
1973
What's a Carry On?
1998
On Location: The Carry Ons
2001
Bless This House
1971
Carry On Christmas Specials
1969
Two in Clover
1969
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
The Buccaneers
1956
Citizen James
1960
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
George and the Dragon
1966
Carry On Forever
2015
Look at Life
1959
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Taxi!
1963
Taxi!
1963
Carry On Laughing
1975
Carry On Laughing
1975
Carry On Laughing
1975
Carry On Laughing
1975
The World of Hammer
1994
Armchair Theatre
1956