# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sid-james
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:06:52.823Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sid-james"
name: "Sid James"
slug: "sid-james"
description: "Sidney James was a South African–British actor and comedian whose career encompassed radio, television, stage and screen. Noted for his distinctive laugh, he was best known for numerous roles in the Carry On film series."
tagline: "South African-born British character actor and comedy actor (1913-1976)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Sid_James_B%26W.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1913-05-08"
deathDate: "1976-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.77920933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416228/"
    handle:    "nm0416228"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"
    title: "Sid James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "سيد جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سيد جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "سید جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"
    title: "Sid James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_James"
    title: "Sidney James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"
    title: "Sid James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"
    title: "Sid James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "سید جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"
    title: "Sid James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"
    title: "Sid James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"
    title: "Sid James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"
    title: "Sid James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"
    title: "Sid James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"
    title: "Sid James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_James"
    title: "Sidney James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Джеймс, Сид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"
    title: "Sid James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James"
    title: "Sid James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/78c842ff-3b73-45df-b9ce-1277173bef77"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1086861"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40952"
    title: "Sidney James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump