Acting

Sidney Easton

Born 1885-10-02 · Savannah, Georgia, USA

Died 1971-12-24

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.

Credits

Newest first

Boarding House Blues
as Boo Boo (as Sid Easton)
1948
Killer Diller
as Policeman (as Sid Easton)
1948
The Story of Mr. Hobbs
as Ben - Winston's Butler
1947
Fight That Ghost
as Spooky Lightning
1946
Murder on Lenox Avenue
as Speed Simmons
1941
Sunday Sinners
as Bootsie
1940
What Goes Up
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)
1933
The Musical Doctor
as Patient on gurney (uncredited)
1932
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
as Husband (uncredited)
1932
Wayward
as George
1932
His Woman
as Mark
1931
Be Like Me
as George (uncredited)
1931
The Conjure Woman
1926