William S. Hart

Hart Union High School District located in the Santa Clarita Valley in the northern part of Los Angeles County was named in his honor. After one experience during a gig there, the comedian Les Dawson refused to play the venue again. Hart Park." As well, the William S. Later it was rumoured that a ghost of Sid was in the dressing room he occupied on the night of his death. As part of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, Hart's former home and 260 acre (1.1 kmē) ranch on Sunset Boulevard in Newhall is now "William S. 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. Hart was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. He later enjoyed success at the head of casts of TV situation comedies, notably George and the Dragon, Taxi and Bless This House.

On his passing in 1946, William S. films all together. He acquired Billy the Kid's "six shooters," and was a friend of legendary lawmen Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. James ultimately made 19 Carry On.. Hart was fascinated by the Old West. 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). He made his last film in 1925 for United Artists and retired to a ranch in Newhall, California. It was intended that Ray would become a recurring Carry On..

In 1917, he accepted a lucrative offer from Adolph Zukor to join Famous Players-Laskey. 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. Hart appeared in director Sidney Olcott's 1907 production of Ben Hur for which he received good recognition and more parts in short films until 1914 when he starred in his first feature, The Bargain. The show was one of the most popular comedy series in Britain on both television and radio. Hart went on to become one of the first great stars of the motion picture Western. In the final series, the show was renamed simply Hancock and Sid was not included in the cast. A successful Shakespearian actor on Broadway, William S. James was soon getting as many laughs as his partner.

William Surrey Hart, born December 6, 1864 in Newburgh, New York, United States – died June 23, 1946 in Newhall, California was a silent film actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. 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.