Sidney Blackmer
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieDo You Take This Stranger?
1971
G.R. Jarvis
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
Roman Stepanak / Clarence Dunhill
movieRosemary's Baby
1968
Roman Castevet
movieA Covenant with Death
1967
Col. Oates
tvThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
Professor Antrum
movieJoy in the Morning
1965
Dean James Darwent
movieHow to Murder Your Wife
1965
Judge Blackstone
Profiles in Courage
1964
Oscar W. Underwood
tvDaniel Boone
1964
Jasper Ledbedder
tvThe Outer Limits
1963
William Lyons Selby
movieStampede at Bitter Creek
1962
Sam Underwood
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Dr. Carleton Lantzinge / Dr. Andrew Bennett
tvCain's Hundred
1961
Joseph Callan
tvThriller
1960
Edward Stapleton
movieWhat Makes Sammy Run?
1959
H.L. Harrington
tvThe Rifleman
1958
Judge Hanavan
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Judge Cooper
movieStrange Witness
1958
Christopher
movieTammy and the Bachelor
1957
Professor Brent
movieAccused of Murder
1956
Frank Hobart
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Judge Hanavan
movieBeyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
Austin Spencer
movieHigh Society
1956
Seth Lord
movieThe View from Pompey's Head
1955
Garvin Wales
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Frank Partridge / Otis Jones
tvClimax!
1954
Prrof. Watson / Frank Bellason
movieThe High and the Mighty
1954
Humphrey Agnew
movieJohnny Dark
1954
James Fielding
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Christopher
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
Wade Anthony
movieWashington Story
1952
Philip Emery
movieThe San Francisco Story
1952
Andrew Cain
moviePeople Will Talk
1951
Arthur Higgins
movieSaturday's Hero
1951
T.C. McCabe
movieFarewell to Yesterday
1950
Self - Narrator(voice)
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
Vardis Ward / Julian Prescott
tvSuspense
1949
Dr. Steven Archer
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Marvin Platt
movieMy Girl Tisa
1948
Theodore Roosevelt
movieDuel in the Sun
1946
The Lover
movieWilson
1944
Josephus Daniels
movieThe Lady and the Monster
1944
Eugene Fulton
movieBuffalo Bill
1944
Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited)
movieBroadway Rhythm
1944
Press Agent
movieIn Old Oklahoma
1943
Teddy Roosevelt
movieMurder in Times Square
1943
George Nevins
movieQuiet Please, Murder
1943
Martin Cleaver
movieSabotage Squad
1942
Carlyle Harrison
movieMarch On, America!
1942
Theodore Roosevelt (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieGallant Lady
1942
Steve Carey
movieObliging Young Lady
1942
Henry - George's Attorney
movieAlways in My Heart
1942
Philip Ames
movieThe Panther's Claw
1942
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
movieNazi Agent
1942
Arnold Milbar
movieDown Mexico Way
1941
Ellery Gibson
movieThe Officer and the Lady
1941
Blake Standish
movieThe Feminine Touch
1941
Freddie Bond
movieEllery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941
Anthony Rhodes
movieAngels with Broken Wings
1941
Guy Barton
movieLove Crazy
1941
Lawyer George Renny
movieRookies on Parade
1941
Augustus Moody
movieThe Great Swindle
1941
Dave Lennox
movieMurder Among Friends
1941
Mr. Wheeler
movieCheers for Miss Bishop
1941
John Stevens
movieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940
Hughie Wheeler
movieI Want a Divorce
1940
Erskine Brandon
movieDance, Girl, Dance
1940
Puss in Boots
movieMaryland
1940
Spencer Danfield
movieFramed
1940
Tony Bowman
movieTeddy the Rough Rider
1940
Theodore Roosevelt
movieLaw of the Pampas
1939
Ralph Merritt
movieThe Monroe Doctrine
1939
Theodore Roosevelt
movieHotel for Women
1939
McNeil
movieLand of Liberty
1939
Theodore Roosevelt (edited from 'Teddy the Rough Rider')
movieUnmarried
1939
Cash Enright
movieIt's a Wonderful World
1939
Al Mallon
movieWithin the Law
1939
George Demarest
movieFast and Loose
1939
"Lucky" Nolan
movieConvict's Code
1939
Gregory Warren
movieTrade Winds
1938
Thomas Bruhme II
movieWhile New York Sleeps
1938
Ralph Simmons
movieSharpshooters
1938
Baron Orloff
movieSuez
1938
Marquis Du Brey
movieDown on the Farm
1938
Political Boss
movieStraight, Place and Show
1938
'Lucky' Braddock
movieSpeed to Burn
1938
Hastings
movieIn Old Chicago
1938
General Phil Sheridan
movieThank You, Mr. Moto
1937
Herr Eric Koeger
movieCharlie Chan at Monte Carlo
1937
Victor Karnoff
movieThe Last Gangster
1937
San Francisco Editor
movieHeidi
1937
Sesemann
movieWife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
Dr. Gordon Therberg
movieThe Women Men Marry
1937
Walter Wiley
movieThis Is My Affair
1937
President Theodore Roosevelt
movieMichael O'Halloran
1937
Jim Mintum
movieA Doctor's Diary
1937
Dr. Anson Ludlow
movieGirl Overboard
1937
Alex LeMaire
movieThe House of Secrets
1936
Tom Starr
movieThe President's Mystery
1936
George Sartos
movieMissing Girls
1936
Dan Collins
movieEarly to Bed
1936
Rex Daniels
movieFlorida Special
1936
Jack Macklyn
movieWoman Trap
1936
Riley Ferguson
movieHeart of the West
1936
Big John Trumbull
movieForced Landing
1935
Tony Bernardi
The Fire-Trap
1935
Cedric McIntyre
movieFalse Pretenses
1935
Kenneth Alden
movieThe Girl Who Came Back
1935
Bill Rhodes
movieStreamline Express
1935
Gilbert Landon
movieSmart Girl
1935
Harry Courtland
movieShadows of the Orient
1935
King Moss
movieGreat God Gold
1935
John Hart
movieBehind the Green Lights
1935
Raymond Cortell
movieA Notorious Gentleman
1935
Clayton Bradford
movieThe President Vanishes
1934
D.L. Voorman
movieTransatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1934
Lee Lother
movieDown to Their Last Yacht
1934
Barry Forbes
movieThis Man Is Mine
1934
Mort Holmes
movieGood-bye Love
1933
Chester Hamilton
movieDeluge
1933
Martin Webster
movieThe Wrecker
1933
Tom Cummings
movieCocktail Hour
1933
Lawton
movieFrom Hell to Heaven
1933
Cliff Billings
movieThe Lady Who Dared
1931
Charles Townsend
movieWoman Hungry
1931
Geoffrey Brand
movieLittle Caesar
1931
Big Boy
movieMothers Cry
1930
Mr. Gerald Hart
movieKismet
1930
Wazir Mansur
movieThe Bad Man
1930
Morgan Pell
movieStrictly Modern
1930
Heath Desmond
movieA Most Immoral Lady
1929
Humphrey Sergeant