Sidney Blackmer

Highest Rated: 100% Love Crazy (1941)

Lowest Rated: 0% Joy in the Morning (1965)

Birthday: Jul 13, 1895

Birthplace: Not Available

Sidney Blackmer had planned to study law at the University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill, but football and amateur theatricals held more interest for him. Heading east to make his fortune as an actor, Blackmer accepted day work at various film studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey, reportedly appearing in the pioneering Pearl White serial The Perils of Pauline (1914). After making his Broadway bow in 1917, Blackmer served as a lieutenant in World War I. His starmaking stage role was the title character in 1921's The Mountain Man. Eager to have a go at all branches of entertainment, Blackmer sang on radio in the 1920s, and participated in the first experimental dramatic presentations of the Allen B. DuMont television series. In films, Blackmer was usually cast as a smooth society villain, e.g. "The Big Boy" in the 1931 gangster flick Little Caesar. He appeared in both sinister and sympathetic roles in a handful of Shirley Temple pictures, and also starred as pulp-novel detective Thatcher Colt in the 1943 programmer The Panther's Claw. Blackmer is best remembered for his portrayals of President Theodore Roosevelt in over a dozen films, including This is My Affair (1937) and My Girl Tisa (1947). In 1950, Blackmer won the Tony award for his portrayal of the drink-sodden "Doc" in the William Inge play Come Back Little Sheba; he later created the role of Boss Finley in Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth. For several years, Blackmer served as the national vice president of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Sidney Blackmer was married twice, to actresses Lenore Ulric and Suzanne Kaaren.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Revenge Is My Destiny	Gregory Mann	—	1971
96%	Rosemary's Baby	Roman Castevet	—	1968
No Score Yet	A Covenant with Death	Col. Oates	—	1966
0%	Joy in the Morning	Dean James Darwent	—	1965
64%	How to Murder Your Wife	Judge Blackstone	—	1965
No Score Yet	Tammy and the Bachelor	Prof. Brent	—	1957
68%	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	Austin Spencer	—	1956
83%	High Society	Seth Lord	—	1956
No Score Yet	Accused of Murder	Hobart	—	1956
No Score Yet	Johnny Dark	James Fielding	—	1954
40%	The High and the Mighty	Humphrey Agnew	—	1954
No Score Yet	Washington Story, (Target for Scandal)	Philip Emery, Lobbyist	—	1952
No Score Yet	The San Francisco Story	Andrew Cain	—	1952
No Score Yet	Saturday's Hero	T.C. McCabe	—	1951
88%	People Will Talk	Arthur Higgins	—	1951
50%	A Song Is Born	Adams	—	1948
No Score Yet	My Girl Tisa	Theodore Roosevelt	—	1948
78%	Duel in the Sun	The Lover	—	1946
89%	Wilson	Josephus Daniels	—	1944
No Score Yet	The Lady And The Monster	Eugene Fulton	—	1944
No Score Yet	Buffalo Bill	Theodore Roosevelt	—	1944
No Score Yet	Broadway Rhythm	Actor	—	1944
No Score Yet	In Old Oklahoma (War of the Wildcats)	Theodore Roosevelt	—	1943
No Score Yet	Always in My Heart	Philip Ames	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Panther's Claw	Thatcher Colt	—	1942
No Score Yet	Nazi Agent (Salute to Courage)	Arnold Milbar	—	1942
No Score Yet	Quiet Please: Murder	Martin Cleaver	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Feminine Touch	Freddie Bond	—	1941
100%	Love Crazy	George Hennie	—	1941
No Score Yet	Cheers for Miss Bishop	John Stevens	—	1941
No Score Yet	Down Mexico Way	Gibson	—	1941
No Score Yet	Third Finger, Left Hand	Hughie Wheeler	—	1940
83%	Dance, Girl, Dance	Puss In Boots	—	1940
No Score Yet	Maryland	Spencer Danfield	—	1940
75%	I Want a Divorce	Erskine Brandon	—	1940
No Score Yet	It's a Wonderful World	Al Mallon	—	1939
No Score Yet	Fast and Loose	Lucky Nolan	—	1939
No Score Yet	Law of the Pampas	Ralph Merritt	—	1939
No Score Yet	Land of Liberty	Actor	—	1939
No Score Yet	Hotel for Women	McNeil	—	1939
No Score Yet	Trade Winds	Thomas Bruhm II	—	1938
No Score Yet	Suez	DuBrey	—	1938
No Score Yet	Straight, Place and Show	Braddock	—	1938
No Score Yet	Down on the Farm	Political Boss	—	1938
No Score Yet	Thank You, Mr. Moto	Eric Koerger	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Last Gangster	San Francisco Editor	—	1937
100%	Heidi	Herr Sesemann	—	1937
No Score Yet	This Is My Affair	Theodore Roosevelt	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Fire Trap	Actor	—	1937
67%	In Old Chicago	Gen. Phil Sheridan	—	1937
No Score Yet	Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo	Karnoff	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Women Men Marry	Walter Wiley	—	1937
No Score Yet	Girl Overboard	Alex LeMaire	—	1937
No Score Yet	Wife, Doctor and Nurse	Dr. Therberg	—	1937
No Score Yet	House of Secrets	Tom Stan	—	1936
No Score Yet	The President's Mystery	Sartes	—	1936
No Score Yet	Missing Girls	Dan Collins	—	1936
No Score Yet	Heart of the West	Big John Trumbull	—	1936
No Score Yet	Florida Special	Jack Macklyn	—	1936
No Score Yet	False Pretenses	Kenneth Alden	—	1935
No Score Yet	Streamline Express	Gilbert Landon	—	1935
No Score Yet	Shadows of the Orient	King Moss	—	1935
No Score Yet	Great God Gold	John Hart	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Little Colonel	Swazey	—	1935
86%	The Count of Monte Cristo	Mondego	—	1934
No Score Yet	Down to Their Last Yacht	Michael Forbes	—	1934
No Score Yet	The President Vanishes	D.L. Voorman	—	1934
No Score Yet	This Man Is Mine	Mort Holmes	—	1934
No Score Yet	Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round	Lee Lothar	—	1934
No Score Yet	Goodbye Love	Chester Hamilton	—	1933
No Score Yet	Deluge	Martin	—	1933
No Score Yet	Cocktail Hour	Lawton	—	1933
No Score Yet	From Hell to Heaven	Cliff Billings	—	1933
92%	Little Caesar	Big Boy	—	1931
No Score Yet	One Heavenly Night	Actor	—	1931
No Score Yet	Mother's Cry	Gerald Hart	—	1930
85%	Kismet	Wazir Mansur	—	1930
No Score Yet	The Perils of Pauline	Actor	—	1914

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Endicott Maj. Cayley	1968 1961 1960
No Score Yet	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-1962	Frank Partridge Rev. Otis Jones	1962 1955

Quotes from Sidney Blackmer's Characters

Roman Castevet:	Rock him.
Rosemary Woodhouse:	You're trying to get me to be his mother.
Roman Castevet:	Aren't you his mother?

Rosemary Woodhouse:	What have you done to it?! What have you done to its eyes?!
Roman Castevet:	He has his father's eyes.
Rosemary Woodhouse:	What are you talking about? Guy's eyes are normal. What have you done to him, you maniacs?!
Roman Castevet:	Satan is his father, not Guy!

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