1895-07-12 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Blackmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Revenge Is My Destiny | Gregory Mann | 1971-01-01 |
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Do You Take This Stranger? | G.R. Jarvis | 1971-01-18 |
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Rosemary's Baby | Roman Castevet | 1968-06-12 |
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A Covenant with Death | Col. Oates | 1967-02-15 |
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Joy in the Morning | Dean James Darwent | 1965-05-05 |
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How to Murder Your Wife | Judge Blackstone | 1965-01-26 |
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Stampede at Bitter Creek | Sam Underwood | 1962-11-16 |
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What Makes Sammy Run? | H.L. Harrington | 1959-09-27 |
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Strange Witness | Christopher | 1958-03-23 |
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Tammy and the Bachelor | Professor Brent | 1957-06-14 |
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Austin Spencer | 1956-09-13 |
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The Little Foxes | Ben | 1956-12-16 |
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High Society | Seth Lord | 1956-07-17 |
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Accused of Murder | Frank Hobart | 1956-12-21 |
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The View from Pompey's Head | Garvin Wales | 1955-11-04 |
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Johnny Dark | James Fielding | 1954-06-25 |
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The High and the Mighty | Humphrey Agnew | 1954-07-03 |
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The San Francisco Story | Andrew Cain | 1952-05-11 |
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Washington Story | Philip Emery | 1952-07-01 |
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Saturday's Hero | T.C. McCabe | 1951-03-01 |
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People Will Talk | Arthur Higgins | 1951-08-29 |
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Farewell to Yesterday | Self - Narrator(voice) | 1950-09-02 |
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My Girl Tisa | Theodore Roosevelt | 1948-02-07 |
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A Song Is Born | Adams | 1948-10-19 |
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Duel in the Sun | The Lover | 1946-12-31 |
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Broadway Rhythm | Press Agent | 1944-01-19 |
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The Lady and the Monster | Eugene Fulton | 1944-04-17 |
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Wilson | Josephus Daniels | 1944-08-01 |
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Buffalo Bill | Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited) | 1944-04-02 |
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I Escaped from the Gestapo | Bergen | 1943-05-14 |
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In Old Oklahoma | Teddy Roosevelt | 1943-12-06 |
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Murder in Times Square | George Nevins | 1943-04-01 |
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Quiet Please, Murder | Martin Cleaver | 1943-03-19 |
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Gallant Lady | Steve Carey | 1942-05-29 |
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Nazi Agent | Arnold Milbar | 1942-03-01 |
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March On, America! | Theodore Roosevelt (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1942-06-20 |
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Obliging Young Lady | Henry - George's Attorney | 1942-04-01 |
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Always in My Heart | Philip Ames | 1942-03-14 |
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Sabotage Squad | Carlyle Harrison | 1942-08-27 |
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The Panther's Claw | Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt | 1942-03-03 |
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Angels with Broken Wings | Guy Barton | 1941-05-27 |
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Down Mexico Way | Ellery Gibson | 1941-10-15 |
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Cheers for Miss Bishop | John Stevens | 1941-02-21 |
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Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Anthony Rhodes | 1941-08-14 |
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The Officer and the Lady | Blake Standish | 1941-10-12 |
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Murder Among Friends | Mr. Wheeler | 1941-02-28 |
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The Feminine Touch | Freddie Bond | 1941-10-01 |
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Love Crazy | Lawyer George Renny | 1941-05-23 |
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Rookies on Parade | Augustus Moody | 1941-04-16 |
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The Great Swindle | Dave Lennox | 1941-04-10 |
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Dance, Girl, Dance | Puss in Boots | 1940-08-30 |
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Teddy the Rough Rider | Theodore Roosevelt | 1940-02-21 |
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Maryland | Spencer Danfield | 1940-07-19 |
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I Want a Divorce | Erskine Brandon | 1940-09-20 |
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Framed | Tony Bowman | 1940-02-23 |
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Third Finger, Left Hand | Hughie Wheeler | 1940-10-11 |
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Law of the Pampas | Ralph Merritt | 1939-11-03 |
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Fast and Loose | "Lucky" Nolan | 1939-02-17 |
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It's a Wonderful World | Al Mallon | 1939-05-19 |
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The Monroe Doctrine | Theodore Roosevelt | 1939-10-14 |
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Convict's Code | Gregory Warren | 1939-01-18 |
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Hotel for Women | McNeil | 1939-08-03 |
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Unmarried | Cash Enright | 1939-05-20 |
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Trapped in the Sky | Mann | 1939-06-01 |
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Within the Law | George Demarest | 1939-03-17 |
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Land of Liberty | Theodore Roosevelt (edited from 'Teddy the Rough Rider') | 1939-06-15 |
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In Old Chicago | General Phil Sheridan | 1938-04-15 |
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Speed to Burn | Hastings | 1938-06-07 |
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While New York Sleeps | Ralph Simmons | 1938-12-16 |
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Straight, Place and Show | 'Lucky' Braddock | 1938-09-30 |
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Sharpshooters | Baron Orloff | 1938-11-18 |
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Suez | Marquis Du Brey | 1938-10-28 |
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Down on the Farm | Political Boss | 1938-10-11 |
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Trade Winds | Thomas Bruhme II | 1938-12-28 |
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Girl Overboard | Alex LeMaire | 1937-02-01 |
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The Last Gangster | San Francisco Editor | 1937-11-12 |
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Michael O'Halloran | Jim Mintum | 1937-05-15 |
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The Women Men Marry | Walter Wiley | 1937-09-10 |
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Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo | Victor Karnoff | 1937-12-17 |
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John Meade's Woman | Rodney | 1937-02-26 |
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A Doctor's Diary | Dr. Anson Ludlow | 1937-02-16 |
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Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Dr. Gordon Therberg | 1937-09-17 |
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Heidi | Sesemann | 1937-10-15 |
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Thank You, Mr. Moto | Herr Eric Koeger | 1937-12-24 |
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This Is My Affair | President Theodore Roosevelt | 1937-05-28 |
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Florida Special | Jack Macklyn | 1936-05-01 |
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Heart of the West | Big John Trumbull | 1936-02-24 |
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The House of Secrets | Tom Starr | 1936-10-28 |
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Missing Girls | Dan Collins | 1936-09-10 |
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Early to Bed | Rex Daniels | 1936-06-05 |
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Woman Trap | Riley Ferguson | 1936-03-06 |
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The President's Mystery | George Sartos | 1936-09-28 |
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False Pretenses | Kenneth Alden | 1935-10-21 |
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Forced Landing | Tony Bernardi | 1935-12-02 |
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A Notorious Gentleman | Clayton Bradford | 1935-01-21 |
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Shadows of the Orient | King Moss | 1935-07-06 |
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The Fire-Trap | Cedric McIntyre | 1935-11-26 |
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Great God Gold | John Hart | 1935-04-14 |
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The Girl Who Came Back | Bill Rhodes | 1935-09-20 |
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The Little Colonel | Swazey | 1935-02-22 |
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Behind the Green Lights | Raymond Cortell | 1935-03-11 |
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Smart Girl | Harry Courtland | 1935-07-16 |
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Streamline Express | Gilbert Landon | 1935-09-15 |
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The President Vanishes | D.L. Voorman | 1934-11-17 |
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The Count of Monte Cristo | Mondego | 1934-09-06 |
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This Man Is Mine | Mort Holmes | 1934-04-13 |
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Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round | Lee Lother | 1934-11-02 |
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Down to Their Last Yacht | Barry Forbes | 1934-08-31 |
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The Wrecker | Tom Cummings | 1933-07-10 |
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Deluge | Martin Webster | 1933-08-17 |
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Good-bye Love | Chester Hamilton | 1933-11-09 |
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From Hell to Heaven | Cliff Billings | 1933-02-24 |
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Cocktail Hour | Lawton | 1933-06-05 |
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It's a Wise Child | Steve | 1931-04-10 |
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Little Caesar | Big Boy | 1931-01-25 |
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The Lady Who Dared | Charles Townsend | 1931-05-29 |
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Woman Hungry | Geoffrey Brand | 1931-04-04 |
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Strictly Modern | Heath Desmond | 1930-03-02 |
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | 1930-08-01 |
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Kismet | Wazir Mansur | 1930-10-30 |
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Sweethearts and Wives | Anthony Peel | 1930-06-15 |
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Mothers Cry | Mr. Gerald Hart | 1930-12-04 |
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The Bad Man | Morgan Pell | 1930-09-11 |
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A Most Immoral Lady | Humphrey Sergeant | 1929-09-22 |
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The Love Racket | 1929-12-08 | |
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Beating Back | 1914-04-11 |
