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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Boarding House Blues
Character: Boo Boo (as Sid Easton)
MOVIE • 1948
Killer Diller
Character: Policeman (as Sid Easton)
MOVIE • 1948
The Story of Mr. Hobbs
Character: Ben - Winston's Butler
MOVIE • 1947
Fight That Ghost
Character: Spooky Lightning
MOVIE • 1946
Murder on Lenox Avenue
Character: Speed Simmons
MOVIE • 1941
Sunday Sinners
Character: Bootsie
MOVIE • 1940
What Goes Up
Character:
MOVIE • 1939
Paradise in Harlem
Character: Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)
MOVIE • 1939
Ouanga
Character: Jackson
MOVIE • 1935
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Character: Sam, train porter
MOVIE • 1934
I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket
Character: Doorman (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1933
The Musical Doctor
Character: Patient on gurney (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1932
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
Character: Husband (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1932
Wayward
Character: George
MOVIE • 1932
His Woman
Character: Mark
MOVIE • 1931
Be Like Me
Character: George (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1931
The Conjure Woman
Character:
MOVIE • 1926