Sidney Easton
- Acting
- October 2, 1885 · Savannah, Georgia, USA
- December 24, 1971
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
Filmography
- Boarding House Blues · Boo Boo (as Sid Easton)
- Killer Diller · Policeman (as Sid Easton)
- The Story of Mr. Hobbs · Ben - Winston's Butler
- Fight That Ghost · Spooky Lightning
- Murder on Lenox Avenue · Speed Simmons
- Sunday Sinners · Bootsie
- What Goes Up
- Paradise in Harlem · Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)
- Ouanga · Jackson
- Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho · Sam, train porter
- I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket · Doorman (uncredited)
- The Musical Doctor · Patient on gurney (uncredited)
- A Rhapsody in Black and Blue · Husband (uncredited)
- Wayward · George
- His Woman · Mark
- Be Like Me · George (uncredited)
- The Conjure Woman