Career
He also appeared in some twenty films between 1929 and 1942. Born in Manchester as Sydney Lynn, he was the brother of Ralph Lynn, who co-starred in the Aldwych farces with Tom Walls. They were two of only three performers to appear in every one of the Aldwych series.
The other was Robertson Hare.
James"s roles were: George McChesney in lieutenant Pays to Advertise (1923, under his real name). Noony in A Cuckoo in the Nest (1925).
Admiral Juddy in Rookery Nook. Death in Thark (1927).
Simon Veal in Plunder (1928).
Nicholas Ramsbotham in A Cup of Kindness (1929). Knee in A Night Like This (1930). Luke Meate in Turkey Time (1931).
Toom in Dirty Work (1932).
Francis in Fifty-Fifty (1932). And Old Dale in A Bit of a Test (1933).
James died in London in 1949.