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Sidney Blackmer
Sidney Blackmer

Sidney Blackmer

ActingBorn July 12, 1895Died October 6, 1973 (age 78)Salisbury, North Carolina, USA

Biography

Sidney Alderman Blackmer (13 July 1895 – 6 October 1973) was an American actor. Blackmer was born and raised in Salisbury, North Carolina. He started off in an insurance and financial business but gave up on it. While working as a builder's laborer on a new building, he saw a Pearl White serial being filmed and immediately decided to go into acting. Blackmer went to New York hoping to act on the stage. While in the city, he took jobs and extra work at various film studios at the then motion picture capital, Fort Lee, New Jersey, including a bit part in the highly popular serial, The Perils of Pauline (1914). He made his Broadway debut in 1917, but his career was interrupted by service in the U.S. military in World War I. After the war, he returned to the theatre and in 1929 returned to motion pictures and went on to be a major character actor in more than 120 films. He won the 1950 Tony Award for Best Actor (Drama) for his role in the Broadway play, Come Back, Little Sheba. In film, Blackmer is remembered for his more than a dozen portrayals of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and for his role in the Academy Award-winning 1968 Roman Polanski film about urban New York witches, Rosemary's Baby, in which he played an over-solicitous neighbor. A humanitarian, Blackmer served as the national vice president of the United States Muscular Dystrophy Association. In 1972, he was honored with the North Carolina Award in the Fine Arts category. It is the state of North Carolina's highest civilian award. On his passing in 1973, Blackmer was interred in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery in his hometown of Salisbury, North Carolina. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Blackmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1971Movie
1971
Revenge Is My Destiny

as Gregory Mann

Movie
1968
The Name of the Game

as Roman Stepanak

TV
1968
The Name of the Game

as Clarence Dunhill

TV
1968
Rosemary's Baby

as Roman Castevet

Movie
1967Movie
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

as Professor Antrum

TV
1965
Joy in the Morning

as Dean James Darwent

Movie
1965
How to Murder Your Wife

as Judge Blackstone

Movie
1964
Profiles in Courage

as Oscar W. Underwood

TV
1964
Daniel Boone

as Jasper Ledbedder

TV
1963
The Outer Limits

as William Lyons Selby

TV
1962
Stampede at Bitter Creek

as Sam Underwood

Movie
1961TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Carleton Lantzinge

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Andrew Bennett

TV
1961
Cain's Hundred

as Joseph Callan

TV
1960
Thriller

as Edward Stapleton

TV
1959
What Makes Sammy Run?

as H.L. Harrington

Movie
1958
The Rifleman

as Judge Hanavan

TV
1958TV
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Judge Cooper

TV
1958
Strange Witness

as Christopher

Movie
1957
Tammy and the Bachelor

as Professor Brent

Movie
1956
Accused of Murder

as Frank Hobart

Movie
1956Movie
1956TV
1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

as Austin Spencer

Movie
1956
High Society

as Seth Lord

Movie
1955Movie
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Frank Partridge

TV
1955TV
1954
Climax!

as Prrof. Watson

TV
1954
Climax!

as Frank Bellason

TV
1954
The High and the Mighty

as Humphrey Agnew

Movie
1954
Johnny Dark

as James Fielding

Movie
1953TV
1952TV
1952
Washington Story

as Philip Emery

Movie
1952Movie
1951
People Will Talk

as Arthur Higgins

Movie
1951
Saturday's Hero

as T.C. McCabe

Movie
1950
Farewell to Yesterday

as Self - Narrator(voice)

Movie
1950TV
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents

as Julian Prescott

TV
1949
Suspense

as Dr. Steven Archer

TV
1949TV
1948Movie
1948TV
1948
My Girl Tisa

as Theodore Roosevelt

Movie
1946
Duel in the Sun

as The Lover

Movie
1944
Wilson

as Josephus Daniels

Movie
1944
The Lady and the Monster

as Eugene Fulton

Movie
1944
Buffalo Bill

as Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Broadway Rhythm

as Press Agent

Movie
1943
In Old Oklahoma

as Teddy Roosevelt

Movie
1943Movie
1943
Murder in Times Square

as George Nevins

Movie
1943
Quiet Please, Murder

as Martin Cleaver

Movie
1942
Sabotage Squad

as Carlyle Harrison

Movie
1942
March On, America!

as Theodore Roosevelt (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Gallant Lady

as Steve Carey

Movie
1942
Obliging Young Lady

as Henry - George's Attorney

Movie
1942
Always in My Heart

as Philip Ames

Movie
1942
The Panther's Claw

as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt

Movie
1942
Nazi Agent

as Arnold Milbar

Movie
1941
Down Mexico Way

as Ellery Gibson

Movie
1941
The Officer and the Lady

as Blake Standish

Movie
1941
The Feminine Touch

as Freddie Bond

Movie
1941Movie
1941Movie
1941
Love Crazy

as Lawyer George Renny

Movie
1941
Rookies on Parade

as Augustus Moody

Movie
1941
The Great Swindle

as Dave Lennox

Movie
1941
Murder Among Friends

as Mr. Wheeler

Movie
1941
Cheers for Miss Bishop

as John Stevens

Movie
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand

as Hughie Wheeler

Movie
1940
I Want a Divorce

as Erskine Brandon

Movie
1940
Dance, Girl, Dance

as Puss in Boots

Movie
1940
Maryland

as Spencer Danfield

Movie
1940
Framed

as Tony Bowman

Movie
1940
Teddy the Rough Rider

as Theodore Roosevelt

Movie
1939
Law of the Pampas

as Ralph Merritt

Movie
1939
The Monroe Doctrine

as Theodore Roosevelt

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Land of Liberty

as Theodore Roosevelt (edited from 'Teddy the Rough Rider')

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Unmarried

as Cash Enright

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Within the Law

as George Demarest

Movie
1939
Fast and Loose

as "Lucky" Nolan

Movie
1939
Convict's Code

as Gregory Warren

Movie
1938
Trade Winds

as Thomas Bruhme II

Movie
1938
While New York Sleeps

as Ralph Simmons

Movie
1938
Sharpshooters

as Baron Orloff

Movie
1938
Suez

as Marquis Du Brey

Movie
1938
Down on the Farm

as Political Boss

Movie
1938
Straight, Place and Show

as 'Lucky' Braddock

Movie
1938
Speed to Burn

as Hastings

Movie
1938
In Old Chicago

as General Phil Sheridan

Movie
1937
Thank You, Mr. Moto

as Herr Eric Koeger

Movie
1937Movie
1937
The Last Gangster

as San Francisco Editor

Movie
1937
Heidi

as Sesemann

Movie
1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse

as Dr. Gordon Therberg

Movie
1937
The Women Men Marry

as Walter Wiley

Movie
1937
This Is My Affair

as President Theodore Roosevelt

Movie
1937
Michael O'Halloran

as Jim Mintum

Movie
1937Movie
1937
A Doctor's Diary

as Dr. Anson Ludlow

Movie
1937
Girl Overboard

as Alex LeMaire

Movie
1936Movie
1936
The President's Mystery

as George Sartos

Movie
1936
Missing Girls

as Dan Collins

Movie
1936
Early to Bed

as Rex Daniels

Movie
1936
Florida Special

as Jack Macklyn

Movie
1936
Woman Trap

as Riley Ferguson

Movie
1936
Heart of the West

as Big John Trumbull

Movie
1935
Forced Landing

as Tony Bernardi

Movie
1935
The Fire-Trap

as Cedric McIntyre

Movie
1935
False Pretenses

as Kenneth Alden

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Streamline Express

as Gilbert Landon

Movie
1935
Smart Girl

as Harry Courtland

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Great God Gold

as John Hart

Movie
1935
Behind the Green Lights

as Raymond Cortell

Movie
1935Movie
1935
A Notorious Gentleman

as Clayton Bradford

Movie
1934
The President Vanishes

as D.L. Voorman

Movie
1934Movie
1934Movie
1934Movie
1934
This Man Is Mine

as Mort Holmes

Movie
1933
Good-bye Love

as Chester Hamilton

Movie
1933
Deluge

as Martin Webster

Movie
1933
The Wrecker

as Tom Cummings

Movie
1933
Cocktail Hour

as Lawton

Movie
1933
From Hell to Heaven

as Cliff Billings

Movie
1931
The Lady Who Dared

as Charles Townsend

Movie
1931Movie
1931
Woman Hungry

as Geoffrey Brand

Movie
1931
Little Caesar

as Big Boy

Movie
1930
Mothers Cry

as Mr. Gerald Hart

Movie
1930
Kismet

as Wazir Mansur

Movie
1930
The Bad Man

as Morgan Pell

Movie
1930
Sweethearts and Wives

as Anthony Peel

Movie
1930
Strictly Modern

as Heath Desmond

Movie
1929
A Most Immoral Lady

as Humphrey Sergeant

Movie
1914Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 12, 1895
Day of DeathOctober 6, 1973
Place of BirthSalisbury, North Carolina, USA
Popularity0.6
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