About

Known credits:
122
Birthday:
1895-07-12
Place of birth:
Salisbury, North Carolina, USA
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Sidney Blackmer

Overview

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

Acting
1971 Do You Take This Stranger? Actor G.R. Jarvis 58
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1971 Revenge Is My Destiny Actor Gregory Mann 59
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1968 Rosemary's Baby Actor Roman Castevet 75
Good
1967 A Covenant with Death Actor Col. Oates 58
Average
1965 Joy in the Morning Actor Dean James Darwent 58
Average
1965 How to Murder Your Wife Actor Judge Blackstone 59
Average
1959 What Makes Sammy Run? Actor H.L. Harrington 59
Average
1957 Tammy and the Bachelor Actor Professor Brent 59
Average
1956 Accused of Murder Actor Frank Hobart 58
Average
1956 The Little Foxes Actor Ben N/A
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1956 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Actor Austin Spencer 60
Fair
1956 High Society Actor Seth Lord 62
Fair
1955 The View from Pompey's Head Actor Garvin Wales 58
Average
1954 The High and the Mighty Actor Humphrey Agnew 59
Average
1954 Johnny Dark Actor James Fielding 59
Average
1952 Washington Story Actor Philip Emery 59
Average
1952 The San Francisco Story Actor Andrew Cain 58
Average
1951 People Will Talk Actor Arthur Higgins 60
Fair
1951 Saturday's Hero Actor T.C. McCabe 59
Average
1948 A Song Is Born Actor Adams 59
Average
1948 My Girl Tisa Actor Theodore Roosevelt N/A
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1946 Duel in the Sun Actor The Lover 59
Average
1944 Wilson Actor Josephus Daniels 58
Average
1944 The Lady and the Monster Actor Eugene Fulton 58
Average
1944 Buffalo Bill Actor Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited) 58
Average
1944 Broadway Rhythm Actor Press Agent 59
Average
1943 In Old Oklahoma Actor Teddy Roosevelt 59
Average
1943 I Escaped from the Gestapo Actor Bergen 59
Average
1943 Murder in Times Square Actor George Nevins 58
Average
1943 Quiet Please, Murder Actor Martin Cleaver 59
Average
1942 Sabotage Squad Actor Carlyle Harrison 59
Average
1942 March On, America! Actor Theodore Roosevelt (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
Average
1942 Gallant Lady Actor Steve Carey 58
Average
1942 Obliging Young Lady Actor Henry - George's Attorney 59
Average
1942 Always in My Heart Actor Philip Ames 58
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1942 The Panther's Claw Actor Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt 59
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1942 Nazi Agent Actor Arnold Milbar 59
Average
1941 Down Mexico Way Actor Ellery Gibson N/A
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1941 The Officer and the Lady Actor Blake Standish 59
Average
1941 The Feminine Touch Actor Freddie Bond 58
Average
1941 Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime Actor Anthony Rhodes 59
Average
1941 Angels with Broken Wings Actor Guy Barton 58
Average
1941 Love Crazy Actor Lawyer George Renny 59
Average
1941 Rookies on Parade Actor Augustus Moody N/A
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1941 The Great Swindle Actor Dave Lennox N/A
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1941 Murder Among Friends Actor Mr. Wheeler N/A
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1941 Cheers for Miss Bishop Actor John Stevens 59
Average
1940 Third Finger, Left Hand Actor Hughie Wheeler 59
Average
1940 I Want a Divorce Actor Erskine Brandon N/A
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1940 Dance, Girl, Dance Actor Puss in Boots 59
Average
1940 Maryland Actor Spencer Danfield 59
Average
1940 Framed Actor Tony Bowman 59
Average
1940 Teddy the Rough Rider Actor Theodore Roosevelt 58
Average
1939 Law of the Pampas Actor Ralph Merritt 59
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1939 The Monroe Doctrine Actor Theodore Roosevelt 59
Average
1939 Hotel for Women Actor McNeil 59
Average
1939 Land of Liberty Actor Theodore Roosevelt (edited from 'Teddy the Rough Rider') N/A
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1939 Trapped in the Sky Actor Mann N/A
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1939 Unmarried Actor Cash Enright 58
Average
1939 It's a Wonderful World Actor Al Mallon 59
Average
1939 Within the Law Actor George Demarest 59
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1939 Fast and Loose Actor 'Lucky' Nolan 59
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1939 Convict's Code Actor Gregory Warren 59
Average
1938 Trade Winds Actor Thomas Bruhme II 59
Average
1938 While New York Sleeps Actor Ralph Simmons N/A
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1938 Sharpshooters Actor Baron Orloff N/A
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1938 Suez Actor Marquis Du Brey 58
Average
1938 Down on the Farm Actor Political Boss N/A
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1938 Straight, Place and Show Actor 'Lucky' Braddock 59
Average
1938 Speed to Burn Actor Hastings 59
Average
1938 In Old Chicago Actor General Phil Sheridan 59
Average
1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto Actor Herr Eric Koeger 59
Average
1937 Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo Actor Victor Karnoff 59
Average
1937 The Last Gangster Actor San Francisco Editor 59
Average
1937 Heidi Actor Sesemann 60
Fair
1937 Wife, Doctor and Nurse Actor Dr. Gordon Therberg 58
Average
1937 The Women Men Marry Actor Walter Wiley 58
Average
1937 This Is My Affair Actor President Theodore Roosevelt 59
Average
1937 Michael O'Halloran Actor Jim Mintum N/A
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1937 John Meade's Woman Actor Rodney N/A
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1937 A Doctor's Diary Actor Dr. Anson Ludlow 59
Average
1937 Girl Overboard Actor Alex LeMaire N/A
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1936 The House of Secrets Actor Tom Starr 59
Average
1936 The President's Mystery Actor George Sartos 58
Average
1936 Missing Girls Actor Dan Collins 59
Average
1936 Early to Bed Actor Rex Daniels 59
Average
1936 Florida Special Actor Jack Macklyn 59
Average
1936 Woman Trap Actor Riley Ferguson N/A
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1936 Heart of the West Actor Big John Trumbull 59
Average
1935 Forced Landing Actor Tony Bernardi N/A
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1935 The Fire-Trap Actor Cedric McIntyre 59
Average
1935 False Pretenses Actor Kenneth Alden 59
Average
1935 The Girl Who Came Back Actor Bill Rhodes 59
Average
1935 Streamline Express Actor Gilbert Landon 58
Average
1935 Smart Girl Actor Harry Courtland N/A
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1935 Shadows of the Orient Actor King Moss 58
Average
1935 Great God Gold Actor John Hart 59
Average
1935 Behind the Green Lights Actor Raymond Cortell N/A
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1935 The Little Colonel Actor Swazey 59
Average
1935 A Notorious Gentleman Actor 58
Average
1934 The President Vanishes Actor D.L. Voorman 59
Average
1934 Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round Actor Lee Lother 58
Average
1934 The Count of Monte Cristo Actor Mondego 59
Average
1934 Down to Their Last Yacht Actor Barry Forbes 59
Average
1934 This Man Is Mine Actor Mort Holmes 58
Average
1933 Good-bye Love Actor Chester Hamilton 59
Average
1933 Deluge Actor Martin Webster 58
Average
1933 The Wrecker Actor Tom Cummings 58
Average
1933 Cocktail Hour Actor William Lawton 58
Average
1933 From Hell to Heaven Actor Cliff Billings 59
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1931 The Lady Who Dared Actor Charles Townsend 59
Average
1931 It's a Wise Child Actor Steve 58
Average
1931 Woman Hungry Actor Geoffrey Brand N/A
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1931 Little Caesar Actor Big Boy 62
Fair
1930 Mothers Cry Actor Mr. Gerald Hart N/A
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1930 Kismet Actor Wazir Mansur 58
Average
1930 The Bad Man Actor Morgan Pell N/A
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1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee Actor Self 59
Average
1930 Sweethearts and Wives Actor Anthony Peel N/A
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1930 Strictly Modern Actor Heath Desmond N/A
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1929 The Love Racket Actor N/A
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1929 A Most Immoral Lady Actor Humphrey Sergeant 58
Average