Sidney Blackmer

Personal Info

Birthday

July 12, 1895

Day of Death

1973-10-06

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Salisbury, North Carolina, USA

Also Known As

Sydney Blackmer

S.A. Blackmer

Sidney Alderman Blackmer

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.

Known For

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Rifleman

Climax!

Dr. Kildare

The Philco Television Playhouse

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Daniel Boone

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Filmography

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