Cast & creator
Sidney Blackmer
Best known for Climax!, Climax!, The Rifleman
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.
Also known as: Sydney Blackmer, S.A. Blackmer, Sidney Alderman Blackmer
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1914–1971 · acting roles
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Filmography (166)
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Climax!
Prrof. Watson
1954Climax!
Frank Bellason
1954
The Rifleman
1958The Rifleman
Judge Hanavan
1958
Matinee Theater
1955
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Carleton Lantzinge
1961Dr. Kildare
Dr. Andrew Bennett
1961
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
Vardis Ward
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
Julian Prescott
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
Marvin Platt
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Ben Casey
1961
Daniel Boone
Jasper Ledbedder
1964
The Name of the Game
Roman Stepanak
1968The Name of the Game
Clarence Dunhill
1968
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Judge Cooper
1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Judge Hanavan
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Thriller
Edward Stapleton
1960
The Outer Limits
William Lyons Selby
1963
The Ford Television Theatre
Wade Anthony
1952
The Texan
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Frank Partridge
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Otis Jones
1955
Suspense
Dr. Steven Archer
1949Suspense
1949
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Woodson
1958
Lights Out
1949
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Rosemary's Baby
Roman Castevet
1968
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Cain's Hundred
Joseph Callan
1961
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Professor Antrum
1966Profiles in Courage
Oscar W. Underwood
1964
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Ben
1951
High Society
Seth Lord
1956
The Star and the Story
1955
General Electric Theater
Christopher
1953
Duel in the Sun
The Lover
1946
The High and the Mighty
Humphrey Agnew
1954
How to Murder Your Wife
Judge Blackstone
1965
In Old Oklahoma
Teddy Roosevelt
1943
Tammy and the Bachelor
Professor Brent
1957
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Austin Spencer
1956
A Doctor's Diary
Dr. Anson Ludlow
1937
Little Caesar
Big Boy
1931
The Count of Monte Cristo
Mondego
1934
A Song Is Born
Adams
1948
It's a Wonderful World
Al Mallon
1939
In Old Chicago
General Phil Sheridan
1938
Heidi
Sesemann
1937
Love Crazy
Lawyer George Renny
1941
Dance, Girl, Dance
Puss in Boots
1940
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Victor Karnoff
1937
The Little Colonel
Swazey
1935
Unmarried
Cash Enright
1939
Third Finger, Left Hand
Hughie Wheeler
1940
The Lady and the Monster
Eugene Fulton
1944
Joy in the Morning
Dean James Darwent
1965
Missing Girls
Dan Collins
1936
The San Francisco Story
Andrew Cain
1952
Woman Trap
Riley Ferguson
1936
Cheers for Miss Bishop
John Stevens
1941
From Hell to Heaven
Cliff Billings
1933
Thank You, Mr. Moto
Herr Eric Koeger
1937
The President's Mystery
George Sartos
1936
Straight, Place and Show
'Lucky' Braddock
1938
The View from Pompey's Head
Garvin Wales
1955
People Will Talk
Arthur Higgins
1951
Always in My Heart
Philip Ames
1942
The Lady Who Dared
Charles Townsend
1931
Down to Their Last Yacht
Barry Forbes
1934
I Want a Divorce
Erskine Brandon
1940
It's a Wise Child
Steve
1931
This Man Is Mine
Mort Holmes
1934
Down on the Farm
Political Boss
1938
Teddy the Rough Rider
Theodore Roosevelt
1940
Gallant Lady
Steve Carey
1942
Stampede at Bitter Creek
Sam Underwood
1962
Murder in Times Square
George Nevins
1943
Obliging Young Lady
Henry - George's Attorney
1942
The Women Men Marry
Walter Wiley
1937
While New York Sleeps
Ralph Simmons
1938
The Officer and the Lady
Blake Standish
1941
Heart of the West
Big John Trumbull
1936
I Escaped from the Gestapo
Bergen
1943
Good-bye Love
Chester Hamilton
1933
The House of Secrets
Tom Starr
1936
Buffalo Bill
Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited)
1944
False Pretenses
Kenneth Alden
1935
The Girl Who Came Back
Bill Rhodes
1935
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Anthony Rhodes
1941
Land of Liberty
Theodore Roosevelt (edited from 'Teddy the Rough Rider')
1939
A Covenant with Death
Col. Oates
1967
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Dr. Gordon Therberg
1937
Law of the Pampas
Ralph Merritt
1939
This Is My Affair
President Theodore Roosevelt
1937
Wilson
Josephus Daniels
1944
Deluge
Martin Webster
1933
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Lee Lother
1934
Girl Overboard
Alex LeMaire
1937
Shadows of the Orient
King Moss
1935
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
1930
The President Vanishes
D.L. Voorman
1934
Angels with Broken Wings
Guy Barton
1941
The Last Gangster
San Francisco Editor
1937
Suez
Marquis Du Brey
1938
Fast and Loose
"Lucky" Nolan
1939
Nazi Agent
Arnold Milbar
1942
What Makes Sammy Run?
H.L. Harrington
1959
Do You Take This Stranger?
G.R. Jarvis
1971
Accused of Murder
Frank Hobart
1956
Johnny Dark
James Fielding
1954
The Feminine Touch
Freddie Bond
1941
John Meade's Woman
Rodney
1937
Saturday's Hero
T.C. McCabe
1951Revenge Is My Destiny
Gregory Mann
1971
My Girl Tisa
Theodore Roosevelt
1948
Behind the Green Lights
Raymond Cortell
1935
A Most Immoral Lady
Humphrey Sergeant
1929
Trapped in the Sky
Mann
1939
Broadway Rhythm
Press Agent
1944
Trade Winds
Thomas Bruhme II
1938
Within the Law
George Demarest
1939
Maryland
Spencer Danfield
1940
The Panther's Claw
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
1942
Smart Girl
Harry Courtland
1935
Convict's Code
Gregory Warren
1939
Kismet
Wazir Mansur
1930
Early to Bed
Rex Daniels
1936
Quiet Please, Murder
Martin Cleaver
1943
Washington Story
Philip Emery
1952
Florida Special
Jack Macklyn
1936
The Great Swindle
Dave Lennox
1941
Down Mexico Way
Ellery Gibson
1941Sweethearts and Wives
Anthony Peel
1930
The Bad Man
Morgan Pell
1930
Cocktail Hour
Lawton
1933
The Monroe Doctrine
Theodore Roosevelt
1939
March On, America!
Theodore Roosevelt (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942
Sharpshooters
Baron Orloff
1938
Speed to Burn
Hastings
1938
Michael O'Halloran
Jim Mintum
1937
Strange Witness
Christopher
1958
Murder Among Friends
Mr. Wheeler
1941
Great God Gold
John Hart
1935
Hotel for Women
McNeil
1939
Forced Landing
Tony Bernardi
1935
Rookies on Parade
Augustus Moody
1941
Sabotage Squad
Carlyle Harrison
1942
A Notorious Gentleman
Clayton Bradford
1935
Farewell to Yesterday
Self - Narrator(voice)
1950
Framed
Tony Bowman
1940The Fire-Trap
Cedric McIntyre
1935
Streamline Express
Gilbert Landon
1935
Woman Hungry
Geoffrey Brand
1931
The Love Racket
1929
The Little Foxes
Ben
1956
The Wrecker
Tom Cummings
1933
Mothers Cry
Mr. Gerald Hart
1930
Strictly Modern
Heath Desmond
1930