Sid James

After one experience during a gig there, the comedian Les Dawson refused to play the venue again. Jack Lemmon films:. Later it was rumoured that a ghost of Sid was in the dressing room he occupied on the night of his death. In June 2001, he died from cancer at the age of 76, and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. Walter Matthau - his costar from several films - had also been buried at the cemetery. He suffered a heart attack on the opening night of The Mating Season at the Sunderland Empire and died on the way to hospital at the age of 62. Lemmon was a favourite of director Billy Wilder, and did a series of films with Wilder, including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, and Irma La Douce. He later enjoyed success at the head of casts of TV situation comedies, notably George and the Dragon, Taxi and Bless This House. Twice married, he was a devoted father, and one of the best-liked actors in Hollywood.

films all together. Lemmon attended Harvard. James ultimately made 19 Carry On.. Born in Boston, Lemmon's father was a successful businessman in the Boston area. star, but he had been dropped after just one film due to a complex contractual embarrassment (he was contracted to the ABC film studio who had never used him). Jack Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001) was a consummate Hollywood actor. It was intended that Ray would become a recurring Carry On.. My Fellow Americans, with James Garner.

When Hancock had Sid dropped from the show, Sid returned to films to become a leading member of the 'Carry On' team, originally to replace Ted Ray who had appeared in Carry On Teacher in 1959. Missing, with Sissy Spacek. The show was one of the most popular comedy series in Britain on both television and radio. Grumpy Old Men (and the sequel Grumpier Old Men), with Walter Matthau. In the final series, the show was renamed simply Hancock and Sid was not included in the cast. Dad, with Ted Danson. James was soon getting as many laughs as his partner. The Out-of-Towners.

When this was turned into a television series his part was greatly increased to the extent that some viewers considered it to be a double act. The China Syndrome, with Jane Fonda. In 1954 he began working with Tony Hancock in BBC radio's Hancock's Half Hour playing a character with his own name, who was a criminal who would usually manage to con Tony. Save the Tiger. In 1956, he co-starred in the science-fiction film Quatermass 2. The Fortune Cookie. In the same year he also appeared in Lady Godiva Rides Again and The Galloping Major. Days of Wine and Roses.

His first major comedy was The Lavender Hill Mob: with Alfie Bass he made up the bullion robbery gang headed by Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway. The Odd Couple, with Walter Matthau. Initially he worked in repertory before being spotted by the nascent British post-war film industry, making his first appearance in 1947 in the film Night Beat. The Apartment. He came to Britain in 1946 on the back of his service gratuity. Glengarry Glen Ross, with Al Pacino, based on the play by David Mamet. During World War II, he was enlisted in an entertainment unit, and subsequently took up acting as a career. Some Like It Hot, with Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis.

Sid James (Sidney Joel Cohen) was born in Natal in South Africa. Sid James (May 8, 1913 - April 26, 1976) was a film and television actor.