Sid James Overview:

Actor, Sid James, was born Solomon Joel Cohen on May 8, 1913 in Hillbrow, South Africa. James died at the age of 63 on Apr 26, 1976 in Sunderland, England .

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and Kenneth Connor as the unlikely roommates in What a Carve Up! (Pat Jackson, 1961)

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Sid James Quotes:

Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond: [watching polo game] Ooh, I say! He did not 'alf crack that one, did he not?
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond: Dearest, if you can't express yourself in more elegant terms, kindly shut your cakehole


Charlie Hawkins: When you get to be a cab driver you cut yourself right off from the rest of the human race. Everybody's got it in for you and nobody loves you. In no time at all you find that you're about as popular as a wickerwork seat in a nudist camp, and you know what sort of impression that makes on people.


Johnny Finger: [the opening scene after he shoots the three men] I wonder what they wanted?


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Sid James Facts
Career prior to acting was as a top ladies' hairdresser in South Africa.

Was infamous for using branded products in the Carry On films and advertising them. In one particular film he opened a cupboard to reveal a cupboard full of Johnny Walker Red Label Scotch Whiskey.

Sid and Meg had a daughter Reine (named after Sid's mother)

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