Sidney Blackmer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

163

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-07-12

Day of death

1973-10-06 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Salisbury, North Carolina, USA

Sidney Blackmer

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.

Known For

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • Armstrong Circle Theatre

    Armstrong Circle Theatre

  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    The Adventures of Jim Bowie

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

  • Tales of Tomorrow

    Tales of Tomorrow

  • Cain's Hundred

    Cain's Hundred

  • March On, America!

    March On, America!

  • Rosemary's Baby

    Rosemary's Baby

  • Little Caesar

    Little Caesar

  • Shadows of the Orient

    Shadows of the Orient

  • Target: The Corruptors!

    Target: The Corruptors!

  • Deluge

    Deluge

  • High Society

    High Society

  • Beating Back

    Beating Back

  • An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

    An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

  • Quiet Please, Murder

    Quiet Please, Murder

  • The Officer and the Lady

    The Officer and the Lady

  • The Bad Man

    The Bad Man

  • Tammy and the Bachelor

    Tammy and the Bachelor

  • Mothers Cry

    Mothers Cry

  • Fast and Loose

    Fast and Loose

  • Framed

    Framed

  • Trapped in the Sky

    Trapped in the Sky

  • Hotel for Women

    Hotel for Women

  • Broadway Rhythm

    Broadway Rhythm

  • Early to Bed

    Early to Bed

  • Angels with Broken Wings

    Angels with Broken Wings

  • In Old Chicago

    In Old Chicago

  • The San Francisco Story

    The San Francisco Story

  • Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

    Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

  • Duel in the Sun

    Duel in the Sun

  • In Old Oklahoma

    In Old Oklahoma

  • What Makes Sammy Run?

    What Makes Sammy Run?

  • How to Murder Your Wife

    How to Murder Your Wife

  • Profiles in Courage

    Profiles in Courage

  • Law of the Pampas

    Law of the Pampas

  • People Will Talk

    People Will Talk

  • Streamline Express

    Streamline Express

  • Rookies on Parade

    Rookies on Parade

  • Heidi

    Heidi

  • The Little Foxes

    The Little Foxes

  • Murder in Times Square

    Murder in Times Square

  • The High and the Mighty

    The High and the Mighty

  • Accused of Murder

    Accused of Murder

  • Third Finger, Left Hand

    Third Finger, Left Hand

  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

  • I Escaped from the Gestapo

    I Escaped from the Gestapo

  • I Want a Divorce

    I Want a Divorce

  • A Song Is Born

    A Song Is Born

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • A Notorious Gentleman

    A Notorious Gentleman

  • While New York Sleeps

    While New York Sleeps

  • Speed to Burn

    Speed to Burn

  • Murder Among Friends

    Murder Among Friends

  • A Covenant with Death

    A Covenant with Death

  • Sharpshooters

    Sharpshooters

  • The View from Pompey's Head

    The View from Pompey's Head

  • The Feminine Touch

    The Feminine Touch

  • The Lady and the Monster

    The Lady and the Monster

  • Maryland

    Maryland

  • Florida Special

    Florida Special

  • Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

    Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

  • Strictly Modern

    Strictly Modern

  • Cocktail Hour

    Cocktail Hour

  • Suez

    Suez

  • The Women Men Marry

    The Women Men Marry

  • The President Vanishes

    The President Vanishes

  • Cheers for Miss Bishop

    Cheers for Miss Bishop

  • A Doctor's Diary

    A Doctor's Diary

  • The Star and the Story

    The Star and the Story

  • Behind the Green Lights

    Behind the Green Lights

  • Forced Landing

    Forced Landing

  • This Man Is Mine

    This Man Is Mine

  • The Monroe Doctrine

    The Monroe Doctrine

  • Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

    Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

  • Sweethearts and Wives

    Sweethearts and Wives

  • Revenge Is My Destiny

    Revenge Is My Destiny

  • Buffalo Bill

    Buffalo Bill

  • The Panther's Claw

    The Panther's Claw

  • Convict's Code

    Convict's Code

  • The House of Secrets

    The House of Secrets

  • It's a Wonderful World

    It's a Wonderful World

  • Always in My Heart

    Always in My Heart

  • Wilson

    Wilson

  • Thank You, Mr. Moto

    Thank You, Mr. Moto

  • Gallant Lady

    Gallant Lady

  • Kismet

    Kismet

  • Down Mexico Way

    Down Mexico Way

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Saturday's Hero

    Saturday's Hero

  • Washington Story

    Washington Story

  • Woman Hungry

    Woman Hungry

  • The Wrecker

    The Wrecker

  • Down to Their Last Yacht

    Down to Their Last Yacht

  • Smart Girl

    Smart Girl

  • Land of Liberty

    Land of Liberty

  • Nazi Agent

    Nazi Agent

  • Straight, Place and Show

    Straight, Place and Show

  • Trade Winds

    Trade Winds

  • Dance, Girl, Dance

    Dance, Girl, Dance

  • Teddy the Rough Rider

    Teddy the Rough Rider

  • Woman Trap

    Woman Trap

  • This Is My Affair

    This Is My Affair

  • Unmarried

    Unmarried

  • It's a Wise Child

    It's a Wise Child

  • From Hell to Heaven

    From Hell to Heaven

  • Down on the Farm

    Down on the Farm

  • Wife, Doctor and Nurse

    Wife, Doctor and Nurse

  • Within the Law

    Within the Law

  • The Last Gangster

    The Last Gangster

  • Johnny Dark

    Johnny Dark

  • Strange Witness

    Strange Witness

  • Missing Girls

    Missing Girls

  • Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

    Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

  • Girl Overboard

    Girl Overboard

  • Joy in the Morning

    Joy in the Morning

  • Great God Gold

    Great God Gold

  • Michael O'Halloran

    Michael O'Halloran

  • The Great Swindle

    The Great Swindle

  • My Girl Tisa

    My Girl Tisa

  • The Girl Who Came Back

    The Girl Who Came Back

  • Love Crazy

    Love Crazy

  • Heart of the West

    Heart of the West

  • Obliging Young Lady

    Obliging Young Lady

  • False Pretenses

    False Pretenses

  • The Little Colonel

    The Little Colonel

  • The President's Mystery

    The President's Mystery

  • Do You Take This Stranger?

    Do You Take This Stranger?

  • The Fire-Trap

    The Fire-Trap

  • Sabotage Squad

    Sabotage Squad

  • John Meade's Woman

    John Meade's Woman

  • The Lady Who Dared

    The Lady Who Dared

  • A Most Immoral Lady

    A Most Immoral Lady

  • The Love Racket

    The Love Racket

  • Good-bye Love

    Good-bye Love