Acting
Sidney Blackmer
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.
Filmography
Revenge Is My Destiny
Film · 1971
Do You Take This Stranger?
Film · 1971
Rosemary's Baby
Film · 1968
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
A Covenant with Death
Film · 1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Series · 1966
How to Murder Your Wife
Film · 1965
Joy in the Morning
Film · 1965
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
Profiles in Courage
Series · 1964
The Outer Limits
Series · 1963
Stampede at Bitter Creek
Film · 1962
Cain's Hundred
Series · 1961
Target: The Corruptors!
Series · 1961
Ben Casey
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
Thriller
Series · 1960
What Makes Sammy Run?
Film · 1959
Strange Witness
Film · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
The Rifleman
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
The Rifleman
Series · 1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Series · 1958
Tammy and the Bachelor
Film · 1957
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Film · 1956
High Society
Film · 1956
Accused of Murder
Film · 1956
The Little Foxes
Film · 1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
The View from Pompey's Head
Film · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Matinee Theater
Series · 1955
The Star and the Story
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
The High and the Mighty
Film · 1954
Johnny Dark
Film · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Washington Story
Film · 1952
The San Francisco Story
Film · 1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Series · 1952
People Will Talk
Film · 1951
Saturday's Hero
Film · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Tales of Tomorrow
Series · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Farewell to Yesterday
Film · 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Series · 1950
Suspense
Series · 1949
Lights Out
Series · 1949
Suspense
Series · 1949
My Girl Tisa
Film · 1948
A Song Is Born
Film · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
Duel in the Sun
Film · 1946
Broadway Rhythm
Film · 1944
Wilson
Film · 1944
The Lady and the Monster
Film · 1944
Buffalo Bill
Film · 1944
Quiet Please, Murder
Film · 1943
Murder in Times Square
Film · 1943
I Escaped from the Gestapo
Film · 1943
In Old Oklahoma
Film · 1943
Nazi Agent
Film · 1942
The Panther's Claw
Film · 1942
Always in My Heart
Film · 1942
Sabotage Squad
Film · 1942
Obliging Young Lady
Film · 1942
Gallant Lady
Film · 1942
March On, America!
Film · 1942
Love Crazy
Film · 1941
The Great Swindle
Film · 1941
The Officer and the Lady
Film · 1941
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Film · 1941
The Feminine Touch
Film · 1941
Murder Among Friends
Film · 1941
Down Mexico Way
Film · 1941
Angels with Broken Wings
Film · 1941
Rookies on Parade
Film · 1941
Cheers for Miss Bishop
Film · 1941
Third Finger, Left Hand
Film · 1940
Framed
Film · 1940
Maryland
Film · 1940
I Want a Divorce
Film · 1940
Teddy the Rough Rider
Film · 1940
Dance, Girl, Dance
Film · 1940
Trapped in the Sky
Film · 1939
Within the Law
Film · 1939
It's a Wonderful World
Film · 1939
Convict's Code
Film · 1939
The Monroe Doctrine
Film · 1939
Hotel for Women
Film · 1939
Land of Liberty
Film · 1939
Fast and Loose
Film · 1939
Unmarried
Film · 1939
Law of the Pampas
Film · 1939
In Old Chicago
Film · 1938
While New York Sleeps
Film · 1938
Trade Winds
Film · 1938
Suez
Film · 1938
Sharpshooters
Film · 1938
Straight, Place and Show
Film · 1938
Speed to Burn
Film · 1938
Down on the Farm
Film · 1938
The Last Gangster
Film · 1937
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Film · 1937
Thank You, Mr. Moto
Film · 1937
The Women Men Marry
Film · 1937
John Meade's Woman
Film · 1937
Heidi
Film · 1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Film · 1937
This Is My Affair
Film · 1937
A Doctor's Diary
Film · 1937
Girl Overboard
Film · 1937
Michael O'Halloran
Film · 1937
Heart of the West
Film · 1936
The House of Secrets
Film · 1936
Missing Girls
Film · 1936
The President's Mystery
Film · 1936
Woman Trap
Film · 1936
Early to Bed
Film · 1936
Florida Special
Film · 1936
Behind the Green Lights
Film · 1935
False Pretenses
Film · 1935
Shadows of the Orient
Film · 1935
The Fire-Trap
Film · 1935
Great God Gold
Film · 1935
A Notorious Gentleman
Film · 1935
The Girl Who Came Back
Film · 1935
Streamline Express
Film · 1935
Forced Landing
Film · 1935
Smart Girl
Film · 1935
The Little Colonel
Film · 1935
The Count of Monte Cristo
Film · 1934
This Man Is Mine
Film · 1934
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Film · 1934
Down to Their Last Yacht
Film · 1934
The President Vanishes
Film · 1934
Cocktail Hour
Film · 1933
Good-bye Love
Film · 1933
From Hell to Heaven
Film · 1933
Deluge
Film · 1933
The Wrecker
Film · 1933
Little Caesar
Film · 1931
The Lady Who Dared
Film · 1931
It's a Wise Child
Film · 1931
Woman Hungry
Film · 1931
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Film · 1930
Kismet
Film · 1930
Mothers Cry
Film · 1930
The Bad Man
Film · 1930
Strictly Modern
Film · 1930
Sweethearts and Wives
Film · 1930
The Love Racket
Film · 1929
A Most Immoral Lady
Film · 1929
Beating Back
Film · 1914