Sidney Blackmer

Actor

About

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Also Known As

Sidney Blackmer Jr.

Birth Place

Salisbury, North Carolina, USA

Born

July 13, 1895

Died

October 05, 1973

Cause of Death

Cancer

Biography

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Prolific, distinguished character player from the stage who began his film career in 1914. A matinee idol in the 1920s, Blackmer portrayed Teddy Roosevelt more than a dozen times on film and stage and later specialized in unctuous heavies; he is probably best known as the suave devil-worshipper Roman Castevet in "Rosemary's Baby" (1968)....

Filmography

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Game Change (2012)

Revenge Is My Destiny (1971)

Do You Take This Stranger? (1971)

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

A Covenant With Death (1967)

Photos & Videos

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Straight Place And Show (1938) -- (Movie Clip) A Horse, Not A Convict!

Fast And Loose (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Do They Play For Keeps Here?

Family & Companions

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Lenore Ulric

Wife

Actor. Married in 1928; separated in October 1932; divorced in September 1933.

Suzanne Kaaren

Wife

Actor. Married from June 13, 1942 until his death.

Biography

Prolific, distinguished character player from the stage who began his film career in 1914. A matinee idol in the 1920s, Blackmer portrayed Teddy Roosevelt more than a dozen times on film and stage and later specialized in unctuous heavies; he is probably best known as the suave devil-worshipper Roman Castevet in "Rosemary's Baby" (1968).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Game Change (2012)

Revenge Is My Destiny (1971)

Do You Take This Stranger? (1971)

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

A Covenant With Death (1967)

Joy in the Morning (1965)

Dean James Darwent

How To Murder Your Wife (1965)

Judge Blackstone

Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)

Professor Brent

High Society (1956)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

Accused of Murder (1956)

The View from Pompey's Head (1955)

Johnny Dark (1954)

The High and the Mighty (1954)

The San Francisco Story (1952)

Washington Story (1952)

People Will Talk (1951)

Saturday's Hero (1951)

Farewell to Yesterday (1950)

My Girl Tisa (1948)

Theodore Roosevelt

A Song Is Born (1948)

Duel in the Sun (1947)

Josephus Daniels

The Lady and the Monster (1944)

Buffalo Bill (1944)

Theodore Roosevelt

Broadway Rhythm (1944)

Murder in Times Square (1943)

In Old Oklahoma (1943)

Teddy Roosevelt

I Escaped From the Gestapo (1943)

Quiet Please Murder (1943)

Nazi Agent (1942)

Arnold Milbar [also known as Frederick Williams]

Always in My Heart (1942)

Gallant Lady (1942)

The Panther's Claw (1942)

Sabotage Squad (1942)

[Dr.] Carlysle Harrison

Obliging Young Lady (1942)

Angels with Broken Wings (1941)

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941)

Rookies on Parade (1941)

The Feminine Touch (1941)

The Great Swindle (1941)

Love Crazy (1941)

Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)

Murder Among Friends (1941)

Down Mexico Way (1941)

The Officer and the Lady (1941)

Blake Standish, also known as Dr. Madison

I Want a Divorce (1940)

Erskine Brandon

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)

Maryland (1940)

Spencer Danfield

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women (1939)

Fast and Loose (1939)

Within the Law (1939)

George Demarest

It's a Wonderful World (1939)

While New York Sleeps (1939)

Trapped in the Sky (1939)

Unmarried (1939)

Law of the Pampas (1939)

[Ralph] Merritt

Convict's Code (1939)

In Old Chicago (1938)

General Phil Sheridan

Marquis Du Brey

Sharpshooters (1938)

Orphans of the Street (1938)

Speed to Burn (1938)

[W. R.] Hastings

Straight Place and Show (1938)

Trade Winds (1938)

Thomas Bruhm II

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1938)

Down on the Farm (1938)

This Is My Affair (1937)

President Theodore Roosevelt

The Last Gangster (1937)

John Meade's Woman (1937)

A Doctor's Diary (1937)

Dr. Anson Ludlow

Girl Overboard (1937)

Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)

Herr [Eric] Koerger

Michael O'Halloran (1937)

Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)

The Fire Trap (1937)

Cedric McIntyre

Women Men Marry (1937)

Shadows of the Orient (1937)

Florida Special (1936)

Woman Trap (1936)

[Riley] Ferguson

Early to Bed (1936)

The President's Mystery (1936)

Missing Girls (1936)

Heart of the West (1936)

The House of Secrets (1936)

The President Vanishes (1935)

Streamline Express (1935)

Smart Girl (1935)

Harry Courtland

The Little Colonel (1935)

A Notorious Gentleman (1935)

Clayton Bradford

False Pretenses (1935)

The Girl Who Came Back (1935)

Great God Gold (1935)

"Lucky" John Hart

Forced Landing (1935)

Behind the Green Lights (1935)

Raymond Cortell

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)

This Man Is Mine (1934)

Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)

The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

[Count Fernande de] Mondego

From Hell to Heaven (1933)

Martin [Webster]

Cocktail Hour (1933)

[William] Lawton

Goodbye Love (1933)

Chester Hamilton

The Wrecker (1933)

It's a Wise Child (1931)

The Lady Who Dared (1931)

Charles Townsend

Woman Hungry (1931)

Little Caesar (1931)

The Bad Man (1930)

Mother's Cry (1930)

Strictly Modern (1930)

Sweethearts and Wives (1930)

The Love Racket (1929)

A Most Immoral Lady (1929)

Humphrey Sargeant

Cast (Special)

The Sharpshooter (1958)

Judge Hanovan (Guest)

The Little Foxes (1956)

Benjamin Hubbard

Cast (Short)

Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)

The Monroe Doctrine (1939)

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930)

Life Events

1914

First film as actor in "The Perils of Pauline"

1917

Stage acting debut

1919

First stage production as star, "39 East"

1950

Starred opposite Shirley Booth in Broadway production of "Come Back, Little Sheba"

1968

Played Roman Castavet in "Rosemary's Baby"

Videos

Straight Place And Show (1938) -- (Movie Clip) A Horse, Not A Convict! Straight Place And Show (1938) — (Movie Clip) A Horse, Not A Convict!

Fast And Loose (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Do They Play For Keeps Here? Part of the point in the casino scene has to be Roz Russell’s outfit, as Garda Sloane with her book-dealer amateur-sleuth husband Joel (Robert Montgomery) quipping their way into the joint run by Sidney Blackmer as Nolan, Joan Marsh his conspiring moll, in the MGM semi-programmer Fast And Loose, 1939.

Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Execution Meant to be chilling opening from director Fritz Lang, writer Garrett (Dana Andrews) and editor Spencer (Sidney Blackmer) witnessing an execution, in Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, 1956.

Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Get The Chair Writer Garrett (Dana Andrews) and ex-boss/future father-in-law Spencer (Sidney Blackmer) discussing how to prove capital punishment unjust, in Fritz Lang's Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, 1956.

Feminine Touch, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) I Adore Difficult Women At a New York literary party, Julie (Rosalind Russell) is turning heads, approached by Sidney Blackmer, Henry Daniell and Van Heflin as publisher and host Morgan, who’s considering a book about jealousy, offered by her ex-professor husband John (Don Ameche), in The Feminine Touch, 1941.

Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956) -- (Movie Clip) He Can't Be Dead! Lawyer Wilson (Shepperd Strudwick) brings news to Garrett (Dana Andrews) that the guy helping him pose as a murder suspect has died, fianceè Susan (Joan Fontaine) helping in aftermath, in Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, 1956.

People Will Talk (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Unusual Man Of Science Dr. Praetorius (Cary Grant) and constant companion Shunderson (Finlay Currie), visiting Higgins (Sidney Blackmer), father of student Deborah (Jeanne Crain), keeping her self-inflicted wound secret, Beelzebub is the dog, in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's People Will Talk, 1951.

Trade Winds (1938) -- (Movie Clip) When She Wants A Light From producer Walter Wanger, lots of pace introducing Joan Bennett as socialite and pianist Kaye, going after playboy Sidney Blackmer, who caused the death of her sister, screenplay credits including Dorothy Parker and husband Alan Campbell, Tay Garnett directing, opening Trade Winds, 1938.

How To Murder Your Wife (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Sober As A Judge At the derailed bachelor party for jilted Tobey (Max Showalter), marriage-averse Stanley (Jack Lemmon) encounters Judge Blackstone (Sidney Blackmer) then a girl in a cake (Virna Lisi), his manservant (Terry-Thomas) telepathically connected, in How To Murder Your Wife, 1965.

Women Men Marry (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Possible Morals Charges Introducing Jerry (Cliff Edwards) and newsroom pals Jane (Josephine Hutchinson) and Bill (George Murphy), who visits editor Walter (Sidney Blackmer) about a story, in Women Men Marry, 1937.

Washington Story -- (Movie Clip) Open, Wide-Eyed Patricia Neal (as reporter Alice) meets columnist Nunnally (Philip Ober), with location shooting by John Alton, in the opening to MGM's love letter to Congress, Washington Story, 1952, also staring Van Johnson.

Last Gangster, The - (Original Trailer) When a notorious gangster (Edward G. Robinson) gets out of prison, he vows revenge on the wife who left him. Also starring James Stewart.

High Society - (Trailer) High Society, 1956 Original theatrical trailer for High Society, 1956, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm, featuring original songs by Cole Porter.

High Society promotional - (Original Trailer) Ed Sullivan and Bing Crosby introduce a special promotional trailer for the musical comedy.

Rosemary's Baby - (Original Trailer) A young woman (Mia Farrow) fears the baby she's carrying is the son of Satan in Rosemary's Baby (1968), directed by Roman Polanski and based on the bestseller by Ira Levin.

High and the Mighty, The -- (Original Trailer) The passengers and crew of an imperiled airliner reflect on their lives in William Wellman's The High and the Mighty (1954), Starring John Wayne.

Third Finger, Left Hand - (Original Trailer) A man-shy fashion editor (Myrna Loy) pretends to be married, until a suitor claims to be her husband in Third Finger, Left Hand (1940).

Fast and Loose -- (Original Trailer) Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell turn from bookstore owners to detectives after a book collector is murdered in Fast and Loose (1939).

Feminine Touch, The -- (Original Trailer) Humorous poet Ogden Nash co-wrote The Feminine Touch (1941) with Don Ameche as an expert on jealousy who has his theories tested when his publisher goes after his wife.

Within The Law - (Original Trailer) Ruth Hussey is a wrongly convicted woman who studies law and seeks her revenge Within The Law (1939).

Nazi Agent - (Original Trailer) Conrad Veidt has an evil twin and he's a Nazi Agent (1942) in the first feature directed by Jules Dassin.

People Will Talk - (Original Trailer) A controversial doctor (Cary Grant) gets mixed up with an unwed mother in People Will Talk (1951).

Beyond A Reasonable Doubt -- (Original Trailer) Director Fritz Lang's last American movie, Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956), concerns a novelist (Dana Andrews) who frames himself for murder.

Family

William Brewster

Son

Mother, Suzanne Kaaren.

Jonathan Cole Cole

Son

Mother, Suzanne Kaaren.

Companions

Lenore Ulric

Wife

Actor. Married in 1928; separated in October 1932; divorced in September 1933.

Suzanne Kaaren

Wife

Actor. Married from June 13, 1942 until his death.

Bibliography

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