Sidney Easton
October 2, 1885 (139 years old) in 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.
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Credits
- 1948 ·Boarding House Bluesas Boo Boo (as Sid Easton)
- 1948 ·Killer Dilleras Policeman (as Sid Easton)
- 1947 ·The Story of Mr. Hobbsas Ben - Winston's Butler
- 1946 ·Fight That Ghostas Spooky Lightning
- 1941 ·Murder on Lenox Avenueas Speed Simmons
- 1940 ·Sunday Sinnersas Bootsie
- 1939 ·What Goes Upas
- 1939 ·Paradise in Harlemas Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)
- 1935 ·Ouangaas Jackson
- 1934 ·Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Hoas Sam, train porter
- 1933 ·I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racketas Doorman (uncredited)
- 1932 ·The Musical Doctoras Patient on gurney (uncredited)
- 1932 ·A Rhapsody in Black and Blueas Husband (uncredited)
- 1932 ·Waywardas George
- 1931 ·His Womanas Mark
- 1931 ·Be Like Meas George (uncredited)
- Future ·The Conjure Womanas