Sid James James commented: "To hear him talking just before he's about to die.. there's something hugely moving about that". Sue James called the interview "lovely and sympathetic". Sid James Sid James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) was a South African-born British character and comic actor. Appearing in British films from 1947, he was cast in numerous small and supporting roles into the 1950s. His profile was raised as Tony Hancock's co-star in "Hancock's Half Hour", first in the radio series and later when it was adapted for television and ran from 1954 to 1961. Afterwards,
Anthony James (actor) award-winning films for Best Picture. He has since concentrated on painting. In 1994, he published a book of art and poetry, "Language of the Heart". His autobiography, "Acting My Face", was published in 2014. Anthony James (actor) Anthony James (born James Anthony, July 22, 1942) is an American character actor who specialized in playing creepy, sleazy, oily villains in films and television, many of them Westerns. James was born James Anthony in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 1942, the only child of Greek immigrants George Anthony (1893–1951) and Marika Palla (1913–2008). He later reversed the order of his given name