Person
Sidney Easton
Acting · 1885–1971 · Savannah, Georgia, USA
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

His Woman
Mark

Paradise in Harlem
Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)

Wayward
George

Killer Diller
Policeman (as Sid Easton)

Fight That Ghost
Spooky Lightning
The Musical Doctor
Patient on gurney (uncredited)

A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
Husband (uncredited)
Be Like Me
George (uncredited)

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Sam, train porter

I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket
Doorman (uncredited)
Filmography
- 1948Boarding House BluesBoo Boo (as Sid Easton)
- 1948Killer DillerPoliceman (as Sid Easton)
- 1947The Story of Mr. HobbsBen - Winston's Butler
- 1946Fight That GhostSpooky Lightning
- 1941Murder on Lenox AvenueSpeed Simmons
- 1940Sunday SinnersBootsie
- 1939What Goes Up
- 1939Paradise in HarlemSneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)
- 1935OuangaJackson
- 1934Cab Calloway's Hi-De-HoSam, train porter
- 1933I Know Everybody and Everybody's RacketDoorman (uncredited)
- 1932The Musical DoctorPatient on gurney (uncredited)
- 1932A Rhapsody in Black and BlueHusband (uncredited)
- 1932WaywardGeorge
- 1931His WomanMark
- 1931Be Like MeGeorge (uncredited)
- 1926The Conjure Woman
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