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:

Expectant Father: Are you a taxi?
Charlie Hawkins: No.
[pointing at the vehicle]
Charlie Hawkins: *This* is a taxi.
[pointing at himself]
Charlie Hawkins: *I'm* a driver.
[pointing at Pintpot]
Charlie Hawkins: *He's* a learner.
[pointing at the expectant father]
Charlie Hawkins: And *you're* a twit. Now get out of the way, I'm in a hurry.
Expectant Father: No, no, you must help me. It's my wife - she's going to have a baby.
Charlie Hawkins: And if I don't get home by seven, mine's gonna have a fit.


[Seeing the capitive Britons rushing into Cleopatra's bedroom on the night she plans to kill Caesar]
Mark Antony: Blimey, she must be selling tickets!


Lackery: [to Pendlebury who is pointing at him one of his souvenirs from Margate, a gun that fires a stick of rock] Put it away, I'm not hungry.


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Sid James Facts
In late 1960s, he attended a showbusiness houseparty near the Thames and, according to a TV news bulletin, was the hero of the hour because fire broke out and Sid kept dashing back indoors to help others to safety. Apparently, the emergency services had to eventually restrain him from re-entering the fire.

Frequently remembered as a former boxer, but he never actually was! People got that impression that he had been a boxer from his craggy features and bulbous nose.

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

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