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Sidney James
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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."
Notable films
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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
The Lavender Hill Mob
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Belles of St Trinian's
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Quatermass 2
As Jimmy Hall
The Small Back Room
As 'Knucksie' Moran
I Was Monty's Double
As Porter YMCA
The Titfield Thunderbolt
As Harry Hawkins
Carry On Loving
As Sidney Bliss
Carry On Henry
As King Henry VIII
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The University of British Cinema
From the dreaming spires of Cambridge to the redbrick campuses of the provinces, a journey through the British university film and what it reveals about class,...
8 films
The Quiet Art of the British Character Actor
Eight films that celebrate the scene-stealers, the scene-setters, and the soul of British cinema: the character actors who make every frame richer.
8 films
Anarchy in the UK
From Ealing's sly subversions to Python's surreal dismantling of authority, a journey through the films that taught Britain to laugh at itself.
7 films
The Heist Film Slips Its Own Cuffs
Seven robberies that treat the job as a pretext: for politics, for grief, for a formal joke. The loot matters less than what the filmmakers smuggle out alongsid...
7 films
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Carry On Henry
1971 · King Henry VIII
Carry On Loving
1970 · Sidney Bliss
Too Many Crooks
1959 · Sid
I Was Monty's Double
1958 · Porter YMCA
Quatermass 2
1957 · Jimmy Hall
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954 · Benny
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953 · Harry Hawkins
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · Lackery Wood
The Small Back Room
1949 · 'Knucksie' Moran