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Acting

Sidney James

Career: Active from 1947 to 2015, with a break from 1984 to 2014, busiest in 1953 and 1961 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles: 52
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: The Lavender Hill Mob
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 72 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sidney James Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.4, average 5.4
Psychological
2.8, average 5.5
Melancholy
2.3, average 4.7
Pathos
3.0, average 5.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

British Comedy 9
Lighthearted Entertainment 8
Nostalgic 8
Classic British Comedy 7
Slapstick Humor 7
Slapstick 6
Lighthearted 5
Farce 5
Ensemble Cast 4
Classic British Sitcom 4
Witty Dialogue 4
Family-Friendly 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

138

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

Carry On Forever

TV show

2000s

1 title

On Location: The Carry Ons

as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990s

1 title

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

as (Archive footage)

1980s

1 title

ITV Christmas Comedy

TV show

1970s

15 titles · average score 60

Carry On Dick

58

as Big Dick Turpin

Carry On Girls

56

as Councillor Sid Fiddler

Carry On Christmas

61

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

Carry On Abroad

68

as Vic Flange

Carry On Matron

62

as Sid Carter

Bless This House

57

as Sid Abbot

Carry On at Your Convenience

65

as Sid Plummer

Carry On Henry

58

as King Henry VIII

All This, and Christmas Too!

as Sid Jones

Carry On Up the Jungle

55

as Mr. Bill Boosey

Carry On Loving

55

as Sidney Bliss

Carry On Again Christmas

65

as Long John Silver

1960s

33 titles · average score 60

Carry On Camping

54

as Sid Boggle

Carry On Again Doctor

55

as Gladstone Screwer

Two in Clover

TV show · as Sid Turner

Carry On Up the Khyber

70

as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond

Carry On Doctor

66

as Mr. Charlie Roper

Don't Lose Your Head

65

as Sir Rodney Ffing, the Black Fingernail

George and the Dragon

TV show

Carry On Cowboy

57

as Johnny Finger, the Rumpo Kid

Carry On Cleo

69

as Mark Antony

Carry On Regardless

54

as Mr. Bert Handy

Carry On Constable

58

as Sergeant Frank Wilkins

Citizen James

TV show · as Sidney 'Sid' Balmoral James

1950s

77 titles · average score 62

Desert Mice

as Bert Bennett

Make Mine a Million

as Sid Gibson

Tommy the Toreador

as Cadena

I Was Monty's Double

66

as Porter YMCA

A King in New York

75

as Johnson - TV Advertiser

Hell Drivers

78

as Dusty, Truck Driver

Hancock's Half Hour

79

TV show

The House Across the Lake

44

as Beverly Forrest (as Sidney James)

Aunt Clara

57

as Honest Sid

Escape by Night

as Gino Rossini

The Lavender Hill Mob

85

as Lackery Wood

The Man in Black

59

as Henry Clavering / Hodson

1940s

9 titles · average score 64

Paper Orchid

as Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)

The Small Back Room

81

as 'Knucksie' Moran

Once a Jolly Swagman

61

as Rowton

Give Us This Day

65

as Murdin

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

50

as uncredited

It's Hard to be Good

as Platform guard (uncredited)

The Front Page

as Hildy Johnson

Nightbeat

as Nixon (as Sidney James)

Black Memory

as Eddie Clinton