Sid Field

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Sid Field (April 1 1904 - February 3, 1950) was an English comedy entertainer. <p>Field had entertainment in his blood from an early age - as a child charging his friends "admission" to his back garden impression shows. By the age of eight, he was busking and performing to the lines at his local cinema dressed as Charlie Chaplin (once being cautioned by police for his activities). Few would have guessed that this cheeky eight-year-old would one day be feted for his own comic genius by thousands of fans - including Charlie Chaplin himself, at whose parties Field was a regular invitee. <p>Field grew up in Birmingham, where he was educated at Conway Road, Stratford Road and Golden Hillock Road Schools, and attended Sunday School at Emmanuel Church, Walford Road. His cousins, "The Workmans", performed in concerts at Moseley Road Swimming Baths in the city, where Sid made his stage debut, singing "What A Life" at the age of nine. <p>His first professional engagement, with "The Kino Royal Juveniles...