Sidney Blackmer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 12, 1895
- Died
- October 6, 1973 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Revenge Is My Destiny
Movie · as Gregory Mann
Do You Take This Stranger?
Movie · as G.R. Jarvis
Rosemary's Baby
Movie · as Roman Castevet
The Name of the Game
TV · as Roman Stepanak, Clarence Dunhill · 1 ep
A Covenant with Death
Movie · as Col. Oates
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Professor Antrum · 1 ep
How to Murder Your Wife
Movie · as Judge Blackstone
Joy in the Morning
Movie · as Dean James Darwent
Daniel Boone
TV · as Jasper Ledbedder · 1 ep
Profiles in Courage
TV · as Oscar W. Underwood · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as William Lyons Selby · 1 ep
Stampede at Bitter Creek
Movie · as Sam Underwood
Cain's Hundred
TV · as Joseph Callan · 1 ep
Target: The Corruptors!
TV · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · 5 eps
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Dr. Carleton Lantzinge, Dr. Andrew Bennett · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Edward Stapleton · 1 ep
What Makes Sammy Run?
Movie · as H.L. Harrington
Strange Witness
Movie · as Christopher
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Judge Cooper · 1 ep
The Rifleman
TV · as Judge Hanavan · 2 eps
The Texan
TV · 1 ep
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · as Woodson · 1 ep
Tammy and the Bachelor
Movie · as Professor Brent
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Movie · as Austin Spencer
High Society
Movie · as Seth Lord
Accused of Murder
Movie · as Frank Hobart
The Little Foxes
Movie · as Ben
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV · 3 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Judge Hanavan · 1 ep
The View from Pompey's Head
Movie · as Garvin Wales
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Frank Partridge, Otis Jones · 1 ep
Matinee Theater
TV · 2 eps
The Star and the Story
TV · 1 ep
The High and the Mighty
Movie · as Humphrey Agnew
Johnny Dark
Movie · as James Fielding
Climax!
TV · as Prrof. Watson, Frank Bellason · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · as Christopher · 1 ep
Washington Story
Movie · as Philip Emery
The San Francisco Story
Movie · as Andrew Cain
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as Wade Anthony · 1 ep
People Will Talk
Movie · as Arthur Higgins
Saturday's Hero
Movie · as T.C. McCabe
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Ben · 1 ep
Tales of Tomorrow
TV · 1 ep
Farewell to Yesterday
Movie · as Self - Narrator(voice)
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Vardis Ward, Julian Prescott · 1 ep
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Suspense
TV · as Dr. Steven Archer · 1 ep
Lights Out
TV · 1 ep
My Girl Tisa
Movie · as Theodore Roosevelt
A Song Is Born
Movie · as Adams
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Marvin Platt · 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Duel in the Sun
Movie · as The Lover
Broadway Rhythm
Movie · as Press Agent
Wilson
Movie · as Josephus Daniels
The Lady and the Monster
Movie · as Eugene Fulton
Buffalo Bill
Movie · as Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited)
Quiet Please, Murder
Movie · as Martin Cleaver
Murder in Times Square
Movie · as George Nevins
I Escaped from the Gestapo
Movie · as Bergen
In Old Oklahoma
Movie · as Teddy Roosevelt
Nazi Agent
Movie · as Arnold Milbar
The Panther's Claw
Movie · as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
Always in My Heart
Movie · as Philip Ames
Sabotage Squad
Movie · as Carlyle Harrison
Obliging Young Lady
Movie · as Henry - George's Attorney
Gallant Lady
Movie · as Steve Carey
March On, America!
Movie · as Theodore Roosevelt (archive footage) (uncredited)
Love Crazy
Movie · as Lawyer George Renny
The Great Swindle
Movie · as Dave Lennox
The Officer and the Lady
Movie · as Blake Standish
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Movie · as Anthony Rhodes
The Feminine Touch
Movie · as Freddie Bond
Murder Among Friends
Movie · as Mr. Wheeler
Down Mexico Way
Movie · as Ellery Gibson
Angels with Broken Wings
Movie · as Guy Barton
Rookies on Parade
Movie · as Augustus Moody
Cheers for Miss Bishop
Movie · as John Stevens
Third Finger, Left Hand
Movie · as Hughie Wheeler
Framed
Movie · as Tony Bowman
Maryland
Movie · as Spencer Danfield
I Want a Divorce
Movie · as Erskine Brandon
Teddy the Rough Rider
Movie · as Theodore Roosevelt
Dance, Girl, Dance
Movie · as Puss in Boots
Trapped in the Sky
Movie · as Mann
Within the Law
Movie · as George Demarest
It's a Wonderful World
Movie · as Al Mallon
Convict's Code
Movie · as Gregory Warren
The Monroe Doctrine
Movie · as Theodore Roosevelt
Hotel for Women
Movie · as McNeil
Land of Liberty
Movie · as Theodore Roosevelt (edited from 'Teddy the Rough Rider')
Fast and Loose
Movie · as "Lucky" Nolan
Unmarried
Movie · as Cash Enright
Law of the Pampas
Movie · as Ralph Merritt
In Old Chicago
Movie · as General Phil Sheridan
While New York Sleeps
Movie · as Ralph Simmons
Trade Winds
Movie · as Thomas Bruhme II
Suez
Movie · as Marquis Du Brey
Sharpshooters
Movie · as Baron Orloff
Straight, Place and Show
Movie · as 'Lucky' Braddock
Speed to Burn
Movie · as Hastings
Down on the Farm
Movie · as Political Boss
The Last Gangster
Movie · as San Francisco Editor
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Movie · as Victor Karnoff
Thank You, Mr. Moto
Movie · as Herr Eric Koeger
The Women Men Marry
Movie · as Walter Wiley
John Meade's Woman
Movie · as Rodney Bentley
Heidi
Movie · as Sesemann
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Movie · as Dr. Gordon Therberg
This Is My Affair
Movie · as President Theodore Roosevelt
A Doctor's Diary
Movie · as Dr. Anson Ludlow
Girl Overboard
Movie · as Alex LeMaire
Michael O'Halloran
Movie · as Jim Mintum
Heart of the West
Movie · as Big John Trumbull
The House of Secrets
Movie · as Tom Starr
Missing Girls
Movie · as Dan Collins
The President's Mystery
Movie · as George Sartos
Woman Trap
Movie · as Riley Ferguson
Early to Bed
Movie · as Rex Daniels
Florida Special
Movie · as Jack Macklyn
Behind the Green Lights
Movie · as Raymond Cortell
False Pretenses
Movie · as Kenneth Alden
Shadows of the Orient
Movie · as King Moss
Great God Gold
Movie · as John Hart
The Fire-Trap
Movie · as Cedric McIntyre
A Notorious Gentleman
Movie · as Clayton Bradford
The Girl Who Came Back
Movie · as Bill Rhodes
Streamline Express
Movie · as Gilbert Landon
Forced Landing
Movie · as Tony Bernardi
Smart Girl
Movie · as Harry Courtland
The Little Colonel
Movie · as Swazey
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · as Mondego
This Man Is Mine
Movie · as Mort Holmes
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Movie · as Lee Lother
Down to Their Last Yacht
Movie · as Barry Forbes
The President Vanishes
Movie · as D.L. Voorman
Cocktail Hour
Movie · as Lawton
Good-bye Love
Movie · as Chester Hamilton
From Hell to Heaven
Movie · as Cliff Billings
Deluge
Movie · as Martin Webster
The Wrecker
Movie · as Tom Cummings
Little Caesar
Movie · as Big Boy
The Lady Who Dared
Movie · as Charles Townsend
It's a Wise Child
Movie · as Steve
Woman Hungry
Movie · as Geoffrey Brand
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Movie · as Self
Kismet
Movie · as Wazir Mansur
Mothers Cry
Movie · as Mr. Gerald Hart
The Bad Man
Movie · as Morgan Pell
Strictly Modern
Movie · as Heath Desmond
Sweethearts and Wives
Movie · as Anthony Peel
The Love Racket
Movie
A Most Immoral Lady
Movie · as Humphrey Sergeant
Beating Back
Movie