Actor
Sidney Easton
October 2, 1885 · Savannah, 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.
Often works with
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Augustus Smith
4 titles together
Killer Diller, Boarding House Blues, Murder on Lenox Avenue
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Percy Verwayen
4 titles together
Paradise in Harlem, Fight That Ghost, Sunday Sinners
Alec Lovejoy
3 titles together
Paradise in Harlem, Murder on Lenox Avenue, Sunday Sinners
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Mamie Smith
3 titles together
Paradise in Harlem, Murder on Lenox Avenue, Sunday Sinners
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Norman Astwood
3 titles together
Paradise in Harlem, Murder on Lenox Avenue, Sunday Sinners
Fredi Washington
2 titles together
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho, Ouanga
Full filmography · 16
Boarding House Blues
as Boo Boo (as Sid Easton)
1948
Killer Diller
as Policeman (as Sid Easton)
1948
Fight That Ghost
as Spooky Lightning
1946
Murder on Lenox Avenue
as Speed Simmons
1941
Sunday Sinners
as Bootsie
1940
What Goes Up
cast
1939
Paradise in Harlem
as Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)
1939
Ouanga
as Jackson
1935
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
as Sam, train porter
1934
I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket
as Doorman (uncredited)
1933The Musical Doctor
as Patient on gurney (uncredited)
1932
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
as Husband (uncredited)
1932