Sidney Blackmer
Born
July 12, 1895
Died
October 6, 1973 (78 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Salisbury, North Carolina, USA
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.
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Known For
Do You Take This Stranger?
G.R. Jarvis
1971
Revenge Is My Destiny
Gregory Mann
1971
The Name of the Game
Roman Stepanak · (1 episode)
1968
The Name of the Game
Clarence Dunhill · (1 episode)
1968
Rosemary's Baby
Roman Castevet
1968
A Covenant with Death
Col. Oates
1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
(1 episode)
1966
Joy in the Morning
Dean James Darwent
1965
How to Murder Your Wife
Judge Blackstone
1965
Profiles in Courage
Oscar W. Underwood · (1 episode)
1964
Daniel Boone
Jasper Ledbedder · (1 episode)
1964
The Outer Limits
William Lyons Selby · (1 episode)
1963
Ben Casey
(5 episodes)
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
(1 episode)
1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Carleton Lantzinge · (1 episode)
1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Andrew Bennett · (1 episode)
1961
Cain's Hundred
Joseph Callan · (1 episode)
1961
Thriller
Edward Stapleton · (1 episode)
1960
What Makes Sammy Run?
H.L. Harrington
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(1 episode)
1958
The Rifleman
(3 episodes)
1958
The Texan
(1 episode)
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Judge Cooper · (1 episode)
1958
Strange Witness
Christopher
1958
Tammy and the Bachelor
Professor Brent
1957
Accused of Murder
Frank Hobart
1956
The Little Foxes
Ben
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Judge Hanavan · (1 episode)
1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Austin Spencer
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
(3 episodes)
1956
High Society
Seth Lord
1956
The View from Pompey's Head
Garvin Wales
1955
Matinee Theater
(2 episodes)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Frank Partridge · (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Otis Jones · (1 episode)
1955
The Star and the Story
(1 episode)
1955
Climax!
Prrof. Watson · (1 episode)
1954
Climax!
Frank Bellason · (1 episode)
1954
The High and the Mighty
Humphrey Agnew
1954
Johnny Dark
James Fielding
1954
General Electric Theater
Christopher · (1 episode)
1953
Washington Story
Philip Emery
1952
The San Francisco Story
Andrew Cain
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Ben · (1 episode)
1951
People Will Talk
Arthur Higgins
1951
Tales of Tomorrow
(1 episode)
1951
Saturday's Hero
T.C. McCabe
1951
Robert Montgomery Presents
(1 episode)
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Vardis Ward · (1 episode)
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Julian Prescott · (1 episode)
1950
Lights Out
(1 episode)
1949
Suspense
Dr. Steven Archer · (1 episode)
1949
Suspense
(2 episodes)
1949
A Song Is Born
Adams
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Marvin Platt · (2 episodes)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
(2 episodes)
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948
My Girl Tisa
Theodore Roosevelt
1948
Duel in the Sun
The Lover
1946
Wilson
Josephus Daniels
1944
The Lady and the Monster
Eugene Fulton
1944
Buffalo Bill
Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited)
1944
Broadway Rhythm
Press Agent
1944
In Old Oklahoma
Teddy Roosevelt
1943
I Escaped from the Gestapo
Bergen
1943
Murder in Times Square
George Nevins
1943
Quiet Please, Murder
Martin Cleaver
1943
Sabotage Squad
Carlyle Harrison
1942
March On, America!
Theodore Roosevelt (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942
Gallant Lady
Steve Carey
1942
Obliging Young Lady
Henry - George's Attorney
1942
Always in My Heart
Philip Ames
1942
The Panther's Claw
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
1942
Nazi Agent
Arnold Milbar
1942
Down Mexico Way
Ellery Gibson
1941
The Officer and the Lady
Blake Standish
1941
The Feminine Touch
Freddie Bond
1941
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Anthony Rhodes
1941
Angels with Broken Wings
Guy Barton
1941
Love Crazy
Lawyer George Renny
1941
Rookies on Parade
Augustus Moody
1941
The Great Swindle
Dave Lennox
1941
Murder Among Friends
Mr. Wheeler
1941
Cheers for Miss Bishop
John Stevens
1941
Third Finger, Left Hand
Hughie Wheeler
1940
I Want a Divorce
Erskine Brandon
1940
Dance, Girl, Dance
Puss in Boots
1940
Maryland
Spencer Danfield
1940
Framed
Tony Bowman
1940
Teddy the Rough Rider
Theodore Roosevelt
1940
Law of the Pampas
Ralph Merritt
1939
The Monroe Doctrine
Theodore Roosevelt
1939
Hotel for Women
McNeil
1939
Land of Liberty
Theodore Roosevelt (edited from 'Teddy the Rough Rider')
1939
Trapped in the Sky
Mann
1939
Unmarried
Cash Enright
1939
It's a Wonderful World
Al Mallon
1939
Within the Law
George Demarest
1939
Fast and Loose
"Lucky" Nolan
1939
Convict's Code
Gregory Warren
1939
Trade Winds
Thomas Bruhme II
1938
While New York Sleeps
Ralph Simmons
1938
Sharpshooters
Baron Orloff
1938
Suez
Marquis Du Brey
1938
Down on the Farm
Political Boss
1938
Straight, Place and Show
'Lucky' Braddock
1938
Speed to Burn
Hastings
1938
In Old Chicago
General Phil Sheridan
1938
Thank You, Mr. Moto
Herr Eric Koeger
1937
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Victor Karnoff
1937
The Last Gangster
San Francisco Editor
1937
Heidi
Sesemann
1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Dr. Gordon Therberg
1937
The Women Men Marry
Walter Wiley
1937
This Is My Affair
President Theodore Roosevelt
1937
Michael O'Halloran
Jim Mintum
1937
John Meade's Woman
Rodney
1937
A Doctor's Diary
Dr. Anson Ludlow
1937
Girl Overboard
Alex LeMaire
1937
The House of Secrets
Tom Starr
1936
The President's Mystery
George Sartos
1936
Missing Girls
Dan Collins
1936
Early to Bed
Rex Daniels
1936
Florida Special
Jack Macklyn
1936
Woman Trap
Riley Ferguson
1936
Heart of the West
Big John Trumbull
1936
Forced Landing
Tony Bernardi
1935
The Fire-Trap
Cedric McIntyre
1935
False Pretenses
Kenneth Alden
1935
The Girl Who Came Back
Bill Rhodes
1935
Streamline Express
Gilbert Landon
1935
Smart Girl
Harry Courtland
1935
Shadows of the Orient
King Moss
1935
Great God Gold
John Hart
1935
Behind the Green Lights
Raymond Cortell
1935
The Little Colonel
Swazey
1935
A Notorious Gentleman
1935
The President Vanishes
D.L. Voorman
1934
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Lee Lother
1934
The Count of Monte Cristo
Mondego
1934
Down to Their Last Yacht
Barry Forbes
1934
This Man Is Mine
Mort Holmes
1934
Good-bye Love
Chester Hamilton
1933
Deluge
Martin Webster
1933
The Wrecker
Tom Cummings
1933
Cocktail Hour
Lawton
1933
From Hell to Heaven
Cliff Billings
1933
The Lady Who Dared
Charles Townsend
1931
It's a Wise Child
Steve
1931
Woman Hungry
Geoffrey Brand
1931
Little Caesar
Big Boy
1931
Mothers Cry
Mr. Gerald Hart
1930
Kismet
Wazir Mansur
1930
The Bad Man
Morgan Pell
1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
1930
Sweethearts and Wives
Anthony Peel
1930
Strictly Modern
Heath Desmond
1930
The Love Racket
1929
A Most Immoral Lady
Humphrey Sergeant
1929
Beating Back
1914