Sidney James

Known for: Acting

Born: 1913-05-08 – 1976-04-26 (aged 62)

From: 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."

Filmography (152)

MOVIE★ 7.0
Sid James: Comedy Icon
2022
as Self (Archive Footage)
TV
Carry On Forever
2015
MOVIE
On Location: The Carry Ons
2001
as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE
The Unforgettable Sid James
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
What's a Carry On?
1998
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
1996
as (Archive footage)
TV★ 6.8
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Seriously Seeking Sid
1993
as Self (archive footage)
TV
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
MOVIE★ 5.8
That's Carry On!
1977
as Various Characters (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
To See Such Fun
1977
MOVIE★ 8.5
The World of Budgerigars
1976
as Self
TV★ 5.7
Carry On Laughing
1975
as Prince Rupert / Arnold Basket
MOVIE★ 5.8
Carry On Dick
1974
as Big Dick Turpin
MOVIE★ 6.4
Carry on Christmas
1973
as Mr. Belcher / Seed Pod / Sir Henry / Sergeant Will Ball / Robin Hood
MOVIE★ 5.7
Carry On Girls
1973
as Councillor Sid Fiddler
MOVIE★ 8.0
What a Carry On!
1973
MOVIE★ 6.3
Carry On Abroad
1972
as Vic Flange
MOVIE★ 6.4
Bless This House
1972
as Sid Abbot
MOVIE★ 6.1
Carry On Matron
1972
as Sid Carter
MOVIE★ 8.0
All This, and Christmas Too!
1971
as Sid Jones
MOVIE★ 6.2
Carry On at Your Convenience
1971
as Sid Plummer
MOVIE★ 6.1
Carry On Henry
1971
as King Henry VIII
TV★ 7.5
Bless This House
1971
as Sid Abbott
MOVIE★ 7.6
Carry On Again Christmas
1970
as Long John Silver
MOVIE★ 5.7
Carry On Loving
1970
as Sidney Bliss
MOVIE★ 5.9
Carry On Up the Jungle
1970
as Mr. Bill Boosey
MOVIE★ 6.3
Carry On Christmas
1969
as Ebenezer Scrooge
TV★ 5.8
Carry On Christmas Specials
1969
MOVIE★ 6.1
Carry On Again Doctor
1969
as Gladstone Screwer
MOVIE★ 6.6
Carry On Camping
1969
as Sid Boggle
TV★ 7.2
Two in Clover
1969
as Sid Turner
MOVIE
Vive Torbay
1968
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Carry On Up the Khyber
1968
as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond
MOVIE★ 6.5
Carry On Doctor
1967
as Mr. Charlie Roper
MOVIE★ 6.7
Don't Lose Your Head
1967
as Sir Rodney Ffing, the Black Fingernail
TV★ 6.8
George and the Dragon
1966
MOVIE★ 5.7
Where the Bullets Fly
1966
as Mortuary Attendant
MOVIE
Don't Utter a Note
1966
as Basher Bates
MOVIE★ 6.3
Carry On Cowboy
1965
as Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Big Job
1965
as George Brain
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tokoloshe
1965
as Harry Parsons
MOVIE★ 6.0
Three Hats for Lisa
1965
as Sid Marks
MOVIE★ 6.7
Carry On Cleo
1964
as Mark Antony
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Beauty Jungle
1964
as 'Butlins' Judge
TV★ 9.0
Taxi!
1963
as Sid Stone
TV
Taxi!
1963
as Sid Stone
MOVIE★ 6.4
Carry On Cabby
1963
as Charlie Hawkins
MOVIE★ 6.0
We Joined the Navy
1963
as Dance Instructor
MOVIE★ 6.1
Carry On Cruising
1962
as Captain Wellington Crowther
MOVIE
Look at Life: Getting a Move On
1962
as Self - Commentator
MOVIE★ 6.2
What a Whopper
1961
as Harry Sutton
MOVIE★ 7.0
What a Carve Up!
1961
as Sid Butler
MOVIE★ 6.3
Raising the Wind
1961
as Sid
MOVIE★ 6.1
Double Bunk
1961
as Sid Randall
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Green Helmet
1961
as Richie Launder
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Weekend with Lulu
1961
as Café Patron
MOVIE★ 6.3
Carry On Regardless
1961
as Mr. Bert Handy
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960
as Alphonse O'Reilly
TV★ 7.7
Citizen James
1960
as Sidney 'Sid' Balmoral James
MOVIE★ 5.9
Watch Your Stern
1960
as Chief Petty Officer Mundy
MOVIE★ 6.3
Carry On Constable
1960
as Sergeant Frank Wilkins
MOVIE★ 5.9
And the Same to You
1960
as Sammy Gatt
MOVIE★ 5.3
Tommy the Toreador
1959
as Cadena
MOVIE★ 5.8
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as P.C. Edwards
MOVIE★ 7.0
Idol on Parade
1959
as Herbie
MOVIE★ 6.3
The 39 Steps
1959
as Perce Baker
MOVIE★ 7.4
Too Many Crooks
1959
as Sid
MOVIE★ 7.7
Make Mine a Million
1959
as Sid Gibson
MOVIE★ 6.2
Desert Mice
1959
as Bert Bennett
MOVIE
Look at Life: Market Place
1959
as Self - Commentator
MOVIE
Look at Life: Dustmen's Day
1959
as Self - Commentator
TV★ 8.0
Look at Life
1959
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
1958
as The Drunk
MOVIE★ 6.9
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Porter YMCA
TV★ 6.8
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Schaffner
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Man Inside
1958
as Franklin
MOVIE★ 7.7
Next to No Time
1958
as Albert, Cabin Steward
MOVIE★ 5.8
Another Time, Another Place
1958
as Jake Klein
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Silent Enemy
1958
as Chief Petty Officer Thorpe
MOVIE
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
1957
as Sidney Balmoral James
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
as Joe Ryan
MOVIE★ 6.7
A King in New York
1957
as Johnson - TV Advertiser
MOVIE★ 6.0
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
as Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger
MOVIE★ 6.7
Hell Drivers
1957
as Dusty, Truck Driver
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Shiralee
1957
as Luke
MOVIE★ 6.4
Quatermass 2
1957
as Jimmy Hall
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957
as Mr. Hogg
MOVIE★ 6.4
Interpol
1957
as Joe - First Bartender
MOVIE★ 7.7
Dry Rot
1956
as Flash Harry
TV★ 6.4
The Buccaneers
1956
as Chantey Jack
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Iron Petticoat
1956
as Paul
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Basher Bates
TV★ 7.4
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
MOVIE★ 6.2
Trapeze
1956
as Snake Charmer
MOVIE★ 5.0
Wicked as They Come
1956
as Frank Allenborg
MOVIE★ 9.0
Ramsbottom Rides Again
1956
as Black Jake
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Extra Day
1956
as Barney West
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Deep Blue Sea
1955
as Man outside bar
MOVIE★ 7.6
Joe Macbeth
1955
as Banky
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955
as Ice Berg
MOVIE★ 4.9
John and Julie
1955
as Mr. Pritchett
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Glass Cage
1955
as Tony Lewis
MOVIE★ 6.1
Out of the Clouds
1955
as Henry, the Gambler
MOVIE★ 6.4
It's a Great Day
1955
as Harry Mason
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Yank in Ermine
1955
as Nightclub manager
MOVIE★ 5.0
Aunt Clara
1954
as Honest Sid
MOVIE★ 6.6
Orders Are Orders
1954
as Ed Waggermeyer
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Crowded Day
1954
as Joe, the Night Watchman
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954
as Benny
MOVIE★ 6.0
Seagulls Over Sorrento
1954
as Charlie Badger
MOVIE★ 5.8
For Better, for Worse
1954
as Foreman
MOVIE★ 6.5
Father Brown
1954
as Bert Parkinson
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Rainbow Jacket
1954
as Harry
MOVIE★ 5.5
The House Across the Lake
1954
as Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
as Syd Baden
MOVIE★ 6.7
Escape by Night
1953
as Gino Rossini
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
1953
as Fennimore Hunt
MOVIE★ 5.6
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
1953
as Hank Hanlon
MOVIE★ 4.7
Park Plaza 605
1953
as Supt. Williams (as Sidney James)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Will Any Gentleman...?
1953
as Mr. Hobson
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Square Ring
1953
as Adams
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Flanagan Boy
1953
as Sharkey (as Sidney James)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953
as Harry Hawkins
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Yellow Balloon
1953
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 5.5
Cosh Boy
1953
as Desk Sergeant
MOVIE
Box for One
1953
MOVIE★ 8.1
Miss Robin Hood
1952
as Sidney (as Sidney James)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Venetian Bird
1952
as Bernardo
MOVIE★ 7.3
Father's Doing Fine
1952
as Taxi Driver
MOVIE★ 8.0
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
as Eric Hace
MOVIE★ 6.6
Gift Horse
1952
as Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull
MOVIE★ 6.7
Emergency Call
1952
as Danny Marks
MOVIE★ 6.8
Tall Headlines
1952
as Mr. Spencer, neighbor
MOVIE★ 6.8
I Believe in You
1952
as Sergeant Body
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Magic Box
1952
as Army Sergeant
MOVIE★ 5.9
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
as Lew Beeson
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
as Lackery
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Galloping Major
1951
as Bookmaker
MOVIE★ 9.0
Talk of a Million
1951
as John C. Moody
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Lady Craved Excitement
1950
as Carlo
MOVIE★ 7.2
Last Holiday
1950
as Joe Clarence
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Man in Black
1950
as Henry Clavering / Hodson
MOVIE★ 5.7
Give Us This Day
1949
as Murdin
MOVIE★ 5.0
Paper Orchid
1949
as Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Small Back Room
1949
as 'Knucksie' Moran
MOVIE★ 5.8
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
as Rowton
MOVIE
The Front Page
1948
as Hildy Johnson
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948
as uncredited
MOVIE★ 5.7
Nightbeat
1947
as Nixon (as Sidney James)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Black Memory
1947
as Eddie Clinton