Sidney Easton

Actor Oct 2 (died age 86) Savannah, Georgia, USA 1926–1948 (22 year career)

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Biography

Sidney Easton (October 2, 1885 – December 24, 1971) was an African-American actor, stage performer, playwright, composer, vocalist, and pianist. He worked as a performer in minstrel shows, carnivals, burlesque, and vaudeville. Starting in the 1930s he appeared in films.

Known For

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Sam, train porter

A Rhapsody in Black and Blue

A Rhapsody in Black and Blue

Husband (uncredited)

Killer Diller

Killer Diller

Policeman (as Sid Easton)

Boarding House Blues

Boarding House Blues

Boo Boo (as Sid Easton)

Paradise in Harlem

Paradise in Harlem

Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)

Ouanga

Ouanga

Jackson

Wayward

Wayward

George

His Woman

His Woman

Mark

Filmography

Acting (17)

Movies (17)

Killer Diller

Killer Diller

as Policeman (as Sid Easton)

Boarding House Blues

Boarding House Blues

as Boo Boo (as Sid Easton)

The Story of Mr. Hobbs

as Ben - Winston's Butler

Fight That Ghost

Fight That Ghost

as Spooky Lightning

Murder on Lenox Avenue

Murder on Lenox Avenue

as Speed Simmons

Sunday Sinners

Sunday Sinners

as Bootsie

What Goes Up

What Goes Up

Paradise in Harlem

Paradise in Harlem

as Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)

Ouanga

Ouanga

as Jackson

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

as Sam, train porter

I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket

I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket

as Doorman (uncredited)

A Rhapsody in Black and Blue

A Rhapsody in Black and Blue

as Husband (uncredited)

Wayward

Wayward

as George

The Musical Doctor

as Patient on gurney (uncredited)

His Woman

His Woman

as Mark

Be Like Me

as George (uncredited)

The Conjure Woman