Sidney James

Born

5/8/1913

Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa

Sidney James

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 For122 Movies

The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953
★7.0
A King in New York
1957
★6.7
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
★7.2
Venetian Bird
1952
★6.2
Trapeze
1956
★6.3
Carry On Loving
1970
★5.7
Nightbeat
1947
★5.7
Hell Drivers
1957
★6.7
Carry On Up the Khyber
1968
★6.5
The Small Back Room
1949
★6.7
Quatermass 2
1957
★6.4
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955
★6.7
The 39 Steps
1959
★6.3
Carry On Cowboy
1965
★6.3
Carry On Camping
1969
★6.6
Carry On Cleo
1964
★6.7
The Deep Blue Sea
1955
★4.9
Carry On Again Doctor
1969
★6.1
Carry On Girls
1973
★5.7
Another Time, Another Place
1958
★5.8
I Was Monty's Double
1958
★6.9
Last Holiday
1950
★7.1
That's Carry On!
1977
★5.8
Carry On Matron
1972
★6.1
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
1958
★6.5
Paper Orchid
1949
★5.0
Carry On at Your Convenience
1971
★6.2
Carry On Abroad
1972
★6.3
Carry On Doctor
1967
★6.5
Gift Horse
1952
★6.6
Interpol
1957
★6.4
Carry On Regardless
1961
★6.2
Carry On Constable
1960
★6.3
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
★7.0
Carry On Cabby
1963
★6.4
Aunt Clara
1954
★5.0
Carry On Dick
1974
★5.8
The Shiralee
1957
★5.1
The Iron Petticoat
1956
★5.8
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
★6.0
We Joined the Navy
1963
★6.0
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954
★6.4
Carry On Cruising
1962
★6.1
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
★5.8
Carry On Henry
1971
★6.1
The Magic Box
1952
★6.5
Seagulls Over Sorrento
1954
★6.0
Don't Lose Your Head
1967
★6.7
The Silent Enemy
1958
★5.9
Watch Your Stern
1960
★5.9
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
★6.5
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
★5.9
Wicked as They Come
1956
★5.0
The Extra Day
1956
★7.1
The Man Inside
1958
★6.1
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948
★6.1
What a Carve Up!
1961
★7.0
The House Across the Lake
1954
★5.5
For Better, for Worse
1954
★5.8
The Man in Black
1950
★6.0
Miss Robin Hood
1952
★8.1
Idol on Parade
1959
★7.0
Cosh Boy
1953
★5.5
The Big Job
1965
★6.7
The Rainbow Jacket
1954
★7.0
Raising the Wind
1961
★6.3
The Glass Cage
1955
★5.6
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957
★6.7
Father Brown
1954
★6.5
The Crowded Day
1954
★5.8
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960
★6.5
The Yellow Balloon
1953
★6.0
The Square Ring
1953
★7.1
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
★5.8
Carry On Up the Jungle
1970
★5.9
Park Plaza 605
1953
★4.7
A Weekend with Lulu
1961
★5.5
Give Us This Day
1949
★5.7
What's a Carry On?
1998
★7.7
Out of the Clouds
1955
★6.1
Too Many Crooks
1959
★7.4
Bless This House
1972
★6.4
John and Julie
1955
★4.9
Orders Are Orders
1954
★6.6
What a Whopper
1961
★6.2
Carry On Again Christmas
1970
★7.6
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
★8.0
Tokoloshe
1965
★7.0
A Yank in Ermine
1955
★6.0
Desert Mice
1959
★6.2
Emergency Call
1952
★6.7
Three Hats for Lisa
1965
★6.0
All This, and Christmas Too!
1971
★8.0
And the Same to You
1960
★5.9
Where the Bullets Fly
1966
★5.7
Escape by Night
1953
★6.7
The World of Budgerigars
1976
★8.5
The Beauty Jungle
1964
★5.3
Tommy the Toreador
1959
★5.3
Joe Macbeth
1955
★7.6
Tall Headlines
1952
★6.8
The Galloping Major
1951
★6.1
Will Any Gentleman...?
1953
★6.3
Double Bunk
1961
★6.1
Next to No Time
1958
★7.7
Carry On Christmas
1969
★6.3
The Green Helmet
1961
★9.0
The Flanagan Boy
1953
★6.0
I Believe in You
1952
★6.8
Father's Doing Fine
1952
★7.3
Talk of a Million
1951
★9.0
Dry Rot
1956
★7.7
It's a Great Day
1955
★6.4
The Lady Craved Excitement
1950
★5.8
Black Memory
1947
★5.3
Ramsbottom Rides Again
1956
★9.0
Carry on Christmas
1973
★6.4
To See Such Fun
1977
★10.0
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
1953
★5.6
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
1953
★7.0
Make Mine a Million
1959
★7.7
Sid James: Comedy Icon
2022
★7.0