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Sidney Blackmer

Acting

Born July 12, 1895 · Salisbury, North Carolina, USA

Died October 6, 1973

Also known as Sydney Blackmer · S.A. Blackmer · Sidney Alderman Blackmer

Biography

Sidney Alderman Blackmer was an American Broadway and film actor active between 1914 and 1971, usually in major supporting roles.

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Awards & recognition

  • North Carolina Award — Fine Arts · 1972
  • Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1950
  • Donaldson Awards
  • North Carolina Award
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

Down Mexico Way

1941as Ellery Gibson

Woman Trap

1936as Riley Ferguson

Rosemary's Baby

1968as Roman Castevet

The Outer Limits

1963as William Lyons Selby

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Frank Partridge

False Pretenses

1935as Kenneth Alden

The Rifleman

1958

People Will Talk

1951as Arthur Higgins

Daniel Boone

1964as Jasper Ledbedder

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Judge Cooper

Tammy and the Bachelor

1957as Professor Brent

Quiet Please, Murder

1943as Martin Cleaver

Smart Girl

1935as Harry Courtland

Mothers Cry

1930as Mr. Gerald Hart

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

1966as Professor Antrum

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

1956as Austin Spencer

Little Caesar

1931as Big Boy

High Society

1956as Seth Lord

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Love Crazy

1941as Lawyer George Renny

Heidi

1937as Sesemann

The Count of Monte Cristo

1934as Mondego

Thriller

1960as Edward Stapleton

In Old Chicago

1938as General Phil Sheridan

The Little Colonel

1935as Swazey

The Panther's Claw

1942as Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt

It's a Wonderful World

1939as Al Mallon

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

A Song Is Born

1948as Adams

Dance, Girl, Dance

1940as Puss in Boots

Trade Winds

1938as Thomas Bruhme II

How to Murder Your Wife

1965as Judge Blackstone

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

1937as Victor Karnoff

In Old Oklahoma

1943as Teddy Roosevelt

The Texan

1958

Lights Out

1949

I Escaped from the Gestapo

1943as Bergen

Streamline Express

1935as Gilbert Landon

The Girl Who Came Back

1935as Bill Rhodes

Shadows of the Orient

1935as King Moss

The High and the Mighty

1954as Humphrey Agnew

Johnny Dark

1954as James Fielding

Buffalo Bill

1944as Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited)

Cheers for Miss Bishop

1941as John Stevens

Wilson

1944as Josephus Daniels

Suez

1938as Marquis Du Brey

The House of Secrets

1936as Tom Starr

Great God Gold

1935as John Hart

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

Convict's Code

1939as Gregory Warren