About
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
Boarding House Blues1948 · Boo Boo (as Sid Easton)
Killer Diller1948 · Policeman (as Sid Easton)
The Story of Mr. Hobbs1947 · Ben - Winston's Butler
Fight That Ghost1946 · Spooky Lightning
Murder on Lenox Avenue1941 · Speed Simmons
Sunday Sinners1940 · Bootsie
What Goes Up1939
Paradise in Harlem1939 · Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)
Ouanga1935 · Jackson
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho1934 · Sam, train porter
I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket1933 · Doorman (uncredited)
The Musical Doctor1932 · Patient on gurney (uncredited)
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue1932 · Husband (uncredited)
Wayward1932 · George
His Woman1931 · Mark
Be Like Me1931 · George (uncredited)
The Conjure Woman1926