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Name: Sid Field  
   
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Date of Birth: 1st April 1904
   
Place of Birth: Birmingham, England, UK
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Sid Field (1904 - February 3, 1950) was a British comedy entertainer.

With Petula Clark in London Town

Born in Ladywood, Birmingham, Field worked in northern England clubs for almost thirty years before moving to London in the early 1940s. There he found work in a West End revue called Strike a New Note, a typical music hall production designed to raise the spirits of residents weary from dealing with the stress of World War II. Within weeks he was feted as the star of the show. He was cited by Tony Hancock, Eric Morecambe, and Tommy Cooper, among others, as a major influence, and he was described by Bob Hope as being "the best comic I ever saw".

He appeared in two films - Cardboard Cavalier and, with child star Petula Clark, London Town, notably one of the biggest critical and commercial flops in British film history. Primarily a stage performer, he was clearly not at his best working without a live audience, and his film career ended as quickly as it began. As he worked before the advent of television, these two movies are the only records of his performances.

Note: Sid Field should not be confused with Syd Field, author of several books on screenwriting, most notably Screenplay.

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