Sidney Easton
Known for
Acting
Life
1885 – 1971 (aged 86)
Born in
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Credits
View on IMDb17 acting credits
Biography
Sidney Easton (October 2, 1885 – December 24, 1971) was an African-American actor, stage performer, playwright, composer, vocalist, and pianist. He worked as a performer in minstrel shows, carnivals, burlesque, and vaudeville. Starting in the 1930s he appeared in films.
Known For
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
24 Aug 1934
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
20 Mar 1932
Killer Diller
01 Jan 1948
His Woman
20 Nov 1931
Paradise in Harlem
01 Jan 1939
Boarding House Blues
01 Sep 1948
Ouanga
03 Dec 1935
Wayward
19 Feb 1932
Filmography
1948
- Boarding House Bluesas Boo Boo (as Sid Easton)
- Killer Dilleras Policeman (as Sid Easton)
1947
- The Story of Mr. Hobbsas Ben - Winston's Butler
1946
- Fight That Ghostas Spooky Lightning
1941
- Murder on Lenox Avenueas Speed Simmons
1940
- Sunday Sinnersas Bootsie
1939
- What Goes Up
- Paradise in Harlemas Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)
1935
- Ouangaas Jackson
1934
- Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Hoas Sam, train porter
1933
- I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racketas Doorman (uncredited)
1932
- The Musical Doctoras Patient on gurney (uncredited)
- A Rhapsody in Black and Blueas Husband (uncredited)
- Waywardas George
1931
- His Womanas Mark
- Be Like Meas George (uncredited)