- Films
- 68
- Avg rating
- 6.45
- Peak run
- 1949’54
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Sidney by the numbers
Average
6.45
39 rated films
Vote weighted
6.47
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.47
rating spread
Career
26y
1949 to 1974
Total votes
160K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Lavender Hill Mob
Worst
6.6
Carry on Camping
Newest first
Filmography
| 1974 | Carry on Dick | Big Dick Turpin | 6.0 | 3,288 |
| 1973 | Carry on Girls | Sidney Fidler | 5.8 | 3,541 |
| 1972 | Bless This House | Sid Abbot | 6.2 | 1,382 |
| 1972 | Carry on Matron | Sid Carter | 6.2 | 3,686 |
| 1972 | Carry on Abroad | Vic Flange | 6.5 | 4,792 |
| 1971 | Carry on Henry VIII | King Henry VIII | 6.2 | 3,410 |
| 1971 | Carry on at Your Convenience | Sid Plummer | 6.2 | 3,949 |
| 1970 | Carry on Loving | Sidney Bliss | 5.9 | 2,975 |
| 1970 | Carry on Up the Jungle | Bill Boosey | 6.0 | 3,499 |
| 1969 | Carry on Again Doctor | Gladstone Screwer | 6.2 | 3,362 |
| 1969 | Carry on Camping | Sid Boggle | 6.6 | 6,609 |
| 1968 | Carry on Up the Khyber | Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond | 6.8 | 6,081 |
| 1967 | Carry on Don't Lose Your Head | Sir Rodney Effing | 6.5 | 3,502 |
| 1967 | Carry on Doctor | Charlie Roper | 6.5 | 4,624 |
| 1965 | The Big Job | George Brain | 6.4 | 1,060 |
| 1965 | Carry on Cowboy | The Rumpo Kid | 6.2 | 3,765 |
| 1964 | Carry on Cleo | Mark Antony | 6.7 | 5,625 |
| 1963 | Carry on Cabby | Charlie Hawkins | 6.4 | 3,418 |
| 1962 | Carry on Cruising | Captain Wellington Crowther | 6.1 | 3,608 |
| 1961 | Carry on Regardless | Bert Handy | 6.0 | 2,848 |
Better together?
Sidney James's regulars
- Gerald ThomasDirector and actor · 21 films · 6.27 avg▲+0.05
- Charles HawtreyCo-star · 16 films · 6.32 avg●−0.02
- Kenneth WilliamsCo-star · 16 films · 6.30 avg●+0.03
- Joan SimsCo-star · 14 films · 6.26 avg●−0.03
- Kenneth ConnorCo-star · 7 films · 6.21 avg▲+0.05
- Hattie JacquesCo-star · 5 films · 6.14 avg▼−0.23
- Jim DaleCo-star · 4 films · 6.35 avg▲+0.08
- Bernard BresslawCo-star · 4 films · 6.30 avg▲+0.05
- Terry ScottCo-star · 4 films · 6.25 avg▼−0.08
- Ken HughesDirector and actor · 3 films
- Ralph ThomasDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.05 avg▼−0.32
- William FairchildDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.60 avg▲+0.07
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Sidney James
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