Sidney Easton

10/2/1885 – 12/24/1971Savannah, Georgia, USA

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.

Filmography (17 titles)

Boarding House Blues5.4Movie

Boarding House Blues

Boo Boo (as Sid Easton) · 1948

Killer Diller5.3Movie

Killer Diller

Policeman (as Sid Easton) · 1948

Movie

The Story of Mr. Hobbs

Ben - Winston's Butler · 1947

Fight That Ghost8.0Movie

Fight That Ghost

Spooky Lightning · 1946

Murder on Lenox Avenue5.0Movie

Murder on Lenox Avenue

Speed Simmons · 1941

Sunday Sinners10.0Movie

Sunday Sinners

Bootsie · 1940

What Goes Up10.0Movie

What Goes Up

1939

Paradise in Harlem5.0Movie

Paradise in Harlem

Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton) · 1939

Ouanga5.6Movie

Ouanga

Jackson · 1935

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho6.4Movie

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Sam, train porter · 1934

I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket7.0Movie

I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket

Doorman (uncredited) · 1933

6.5Movie

The Musical Doctor

Patient on gurney (uncredited) · 1932

A Rhapsody in Black and Blue6.2Movie

A Rhapsody in Black and Blue

Husband (uncredited) · 1932

Wayward6.3Movie

Wayward

George · 1932

His Woman4.3Movie

His Woman

Mark · 1931

7.0Movie

Be Like Me

George (uncredited) · 1931

10.0Movie

The Conjure Woman

1926