Comedy actor. Born in Johannesburg (on Hancock Street), South Africa, to a pair of British music hall performers and brought up in both South Africa and England. Worked as a diamond sorter and then a hairdresser. Became a performer and served with an entertainment unit in WW2. Went on to fame in Carry On films, and various TV shows including a very successful, but short, partnership with Tony Hancock. On an opening night at the Empire Theatre, Sunderland, he collapsed on stage and was pronounced dead at hospital.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sid James
Commemorated ati
Hand & Racquet
The Hand & Racquet has been around in different forms since the Tudor tim...
Sid James - W5
From BCS: "We had to do Sid twice because the first plaque was stolen; the se...
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Lorna Luft
Daughter of Judy Garland by her third husband, Sidney Luft. Â She has worked in show business and published a memoir.
George Harrison
Musician and songwriter. Born Liverpool.  One of the four Beatles.  Died Los Angeles.
Granada Cinema Edmonton
Formerly the Empire Music Hall, it still occasionally put on live stage shows. It closed as a cinema in 1968, and was converted into a short-lived bingo hall, before being demolished.
Harry H. Corbett OBE
Actor. Â Son of an army officer he was born in Burma. Â The Son of Wilfrid Brambell in the TV series 'Steptoe and Son'. Â Died Hastings. Not to be confused with Harry Corbett, Sooty and Sweep's handler.

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