George Hamilton (actor)

During 1966, Hamilton met first daughter Lynda Bird, beginning a romance. After one experience during a gig there, the comedian Les Dawson refused to play the venue again. George Hamilton (born August 12, 1939) is an American film and television actor, probably better known for his perpetual tan than for his performance accomplishments. Besides acting in many movies, ranging from 1952 to the present, he also directed some movies. Later it was rumoured that a ghost of Sid was in the dressing room he occupied on the night of his death. 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. He later enjoyed success at the head of casts of TV situation comedies, notably George and the Dragon, Taxi and Bless This House.

films all together. James ultimately made 19 Carry On.. 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). It was intended that Ray would become a recurring Carry On..

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. The show was one of the most popular comedy series in Britain on both television and radio. In the final series, the show was renamed simply Hancock and Sid was not included in the cast. James was soon getting as many laughs as his partner.

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. 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. In 1956, he co-starred in the science-fiction film Quatermass 2. In the same year he also appeared in Lady Godiva Rides Again and The Galloping Major.

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. 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. He came to Britain in 1946 on the back of his service gratuity. During World War II, he was enlisted in an entertainment unit, and subsequently took up acting as a career.

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.