Sidney Blackmer

Sidney Blackmer

Infobox actor
name = Sidney Blackmer


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birthdate = birth date|1895|7|13
birthplace = city-state|Salisbury|North Carolina
deathdate = death date and age|1973|10|6|1895|7|13
deathplace = city-state|New York City|New York

Sidney Blackmer (July 13, 1895October 6, 1973) was an American actor.

Blackmer was born and raised in Salisbury, North Carolina. As a young man in his late teens, he went to New York City looking for acting work in the theater. While there, he took jobs at various film studios at the then motion picture capital, Fort Lee, New Jersey, including a bit part in the highly popular 1914 serial, "The Perils of Pauline".

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 neighbour.

A humanitarian, Blackmer served as the national vice president of the United States Muscular Dystrophy Association. On his passing in 1973, Blackmer was interred in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery in his hometown of Salisbury, North Carolina. 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.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Sidney Blackmer has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1625 Vine Street.

Partial filmography

* "The Perils of Pauline" (1914)
* "A Most Immoral Lady" (1929)
* "The Little Colonel" (1935)
* "False Pretenses" (1935)
* "The President's Mystery" (1936)
* "Heidi" (1937) Shirley Temple
* "In Old Chicago" (1937) Alice Brady
* "Trade Winds" (1938)
* "Teddy, the Rough Rider" (1940)
* "Third Finger, Left Hand" (1940)
* "Cheers for Miss Bishop" (1941)
* "Nazi Agent" (1942)
* "In Old Oklahoma" (1943)
* "Duel in the Sun" (1946)
* "The San Francisco Story" (1952)
* "The High and the Mighty" (1954)
* "High Society" (1955)
* "Tammy and the Bachelor" (1957)
* "How to Murder Your Wife" (1965)
* "Rosemary's Baby" (1968)

External links

*imdb|085782
*amg name|2:6471
* [http://riflemanconnors.com/cactor13.htm Sidney Blackmer]

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NAME= Blackmer, Sidney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= July 13, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH= Salisbury, North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH= October 6, 1973
PLACE OF DEATH= New York City, New York


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