Sidney James

Actor 1947–2022 (75 year career)

6.1 avg rating

Highest Rated

The World of Budgerigars

1976 · as Self

8.5

Look at Life

1959 · as Narrator

8.0

Next to No Time

1958 · as Albert, Cabin Steward

8.0

Known For

Film

The Lavender Hill Mob

Lackery

Film

A King in New York

Johnson - TV Advertiser

Film

Quatermass 2

Jimmy Hall

Film

Carry On Cleo

Mark Antony

Film

Carry On Camping

Sid Boggle

Film

The Small Back Room

'Knucksie' Moran

Film

Carry On Doctor

Mr. Charlie Roper

Film

Last Holiday

Joe Clarence

Filmography

Acting (152)

Movies (135)

Sid James: Comedy Icon

2022

as Self (Archive Footage)

7.0

On Location: The Carry Ons

2001

as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Unforgettable Sid James

2000

as Self

What's a Carry On?

1998

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.8

Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams

1996

as (Archive footage)

Seriously Seeking Sid

1993

as Self (archive footage)

That's Carry On!

1977

as Various Characters (archive footage)

5.7

To See Such Fun

1977

The World of Budgerigars

as Self

Carry On Dick

as Big Dick Turpin

Carry on Christmas

as Mr. Belcher / Seed Pod / Sir Henry / Sergeant Will Ball / Robin Hood

6.0

What a Carry On!

1973

Carry On Girls

1973

as Councillor Sid Fiddler

Carry On Matron

as Sid Carter

Carry On Abroad

as Vic Flange

Bless This House

as Sid Abbot

Carry On Henry

as King Henry VIII

All This, and Christmas Too!

1971

as Sid Jones

Carry On at Your Convenience

as Sid Plummer

Carry On Loving

as Sidney Bliss

Carry On Up the Jungle

1970

as Mr. Bill Boosey

5.8

Carry On Again Christmas

as Long John Silver

Carry On Camping

as Sid Boggle

Carry On Christmas

as Ebenezer Scrooge

Carry On Again Doctor

1969

as Gladstone Screwer

6.1

Vive Torbay

1968

as Self

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968

as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond

Carry On Doctor

as Mr. Charlie Roper

Don't Lose Your Head

as Sir Rodney Ffing, the Black Fingernail

6.6

Where the Bullets Fly

1966

as Mortuary Attendant

4.5

Don't Utter a Note

1966

as Basher Bates

Carry On Cowboy

1965

as Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid

6.3

Tokoloshe

1965

as Harry Parsons

The Big Job

as George Brain

Three Hats for Lisa

as Sid Marks

Carry On Cleo

as Mark Antony

The Beauty Jungle

as 'Butlins' Judge

We Joined the Navy

as Dance Instructor

Carry On Cabby

as Charlie Hawkins

Carry On Cruising

as Captain Wellington Crowther

6.1

Look at Life: Getting a Move On

1962

as Self - Commentator

A Weekend with Lulu

as Café Patron

Carry On Regardless

as Mr. Bert Handy

What a Carve Up!

as Sid Butler

The Green Helmet

as Richie Launder

Raising the Wind

as Sid

Double Bunk

as Sid Randall

What a Whopper

as Harry Sutton

And the Same to You

as Sammy Gatt

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960

as Alphonse O'Reilly

6.4

Watch Your Stern

1960

as Chief Petty Officer Mundy

5.6

Carry On Constable

1960

as Sergeant Frank Wilkins

6.2

Look at Life: Dustmen's Day

1959

as Self - Commentator

Look at Life: Market Place

1959

as Self - Commentator

The 39 Steps

1959

as Perce Baker

6.2

Upstairs and Downstairs

as P.C. Edwards

Idol on Parade

as Herbie

Too Many Crooks

as Sid

Make Mine a Million

as Sid Gibson

Tommy the Toreador

as Cadena

Desert Mice

as Bert Bennett

The Silent Enemy

as Chief Petty Officer Thorpe

The Man Inside

as Franklin

I Was Monty's Double

as Porter YMCA

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

1958

as The Drunk

6.5

Another Time, Another Place

1958

as Jake Klein

5.8

Next to No Time

1958

as Albert, Cabin Steward

8.0

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957

as Mr. Hogg

6.6

Campbell's Kingdom

1957

as Tim, MacDonald's driver-rigger

Quatermass 2

as Jimmy Hall

A King in New York

as Johnson - TV Advertiser

6.7

Hell Drivers

1957

as Dusty, Truck Driver

6.7

The Shiralee

1957

as Luke

5.0

The Story of Esther Costello

1957

as Joe Ryan

7.0

Interpol

1957

as Joe - First Bartender

6.4

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

1957

as Sidney Balmoral James

The Iron Petticoat

as Paul

Trapeze

as Snake Charmer

Wicked as They Come

as Frank Allenborg

The Extra Day

as Barney West

Dry Rot

as Flash Harry

Ramsbottom Rides Again

1956

as Black Jake

A Yank in Ermine

as Nightclub manager

The Deep Blue Sea

as Man outside bar

The Glass Cage

as Tony Lewis

Joe Macbeth

as Banky

Out of the Clouds

as Henry, the Gambler

5.8

A Kid for Two Farthings

as Ice Berg

John and Julie

as Mr. Pritchett

It's a Great Day

as Harry Mason

Seagulls Over Sorrento

as Charlie Badger

Orders Are Orders

as Ed Waggermeyer

Aunt Clara

as Honest Sid

The Belles of St Trinian's

as Benny

Father Brown

as Bert Parkinson

The Crowded Day

as Joe, the Night Watchman

5.4

For Better, for Worse

1954

as Foreman

5.6

The House Across the Lake

1954

as Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James)

5.5

The Weak and the Wicked

as Syd Baden

The Rainbow Jacket

as Harry

Box for One

The Square Ring

as Adams

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953

as Harry Hawkins

6.9

Park Plaza 605

1953

as Supt. Williams (as Sidney James)

4.3

Escape by Night

1953

as Gino Rossini

6.0

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

1953

as Fennimore Hunt

6.0

The Flanagan Boy

1953

as Sharkey (as Sidney James)

5.8

The Yellow Balloon

1953

as Charlie

5.6

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953

as Mr. Hobson

5.6

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

as Hank Hanlon

Cosh Boy

as Desk Sergeant

Emergency Call

as Danny Marks

Venetian Bird

as Bernardo

Tall Headlines

as Mr. Spencer, neighbor

5.8

Gift Horse

1952

as Ned Hardy, Landlord Golden Bull

6.6

The Magic Box

1952

as Army Sergeant

6.4

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

as Eric Hace

I Believe in You

as Sergeant Body

Miss Robin Hood

as Sidney (as Sidney James)

7.9

Father's Doing Fine

1952

as Taxi Driver

6.3

The Lavender Hill Mob

as Lackery

The Galloping Major

as Bookmaker

Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951

as Lew Beeson

5.8

Talk of a Million

1951

as John C. Moody

The Man in Black

1950

as Henry Clavering / Hodson

5.6

Last Holiday

1950

as Joe Clarence

7.1

The Lady Craved Excitement

as Carlo

The Small Back Room

as 'Knucksie' Moran

Paper Orchid

as Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)

Give Us This Day

as Murdin

Once a Jolly Swagman

as Rowton

The Front Page

as Hildy Johnson

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

1948

as uncredited

6.0

Nightbeat

1947

as Nixon (as Sidney James)

5.2

Black Memory

1947

as Eddie Clinton

4.5

Television (17)

Carry On Forever

2015

The World of Hammer

1994

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

ITV Christmas Comedy

1983

Carry On Laughing

1975

as Prince Rupert / Arnold Basket

Bless This House

as Sid Abbott

Two in Clover

as Sid Turner

Carry On Christmas Specials

1969

5.8

George and the Dragon

1966

6.7

Taxi!

1963

as Sid Stone

Taxi!

1963

as Sid Stone

Citizen James

Look at Life

as Narrator

The Adventures of William Tell

as Schaffner

Hancock's Half Hour

The Buccaneers

as Chantey Jack

Armchair Theatre

as Basher Bates

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self