Acting
Sidney Blackmer
- Born
- Jul 12, 1895 · Aged 78
- Died
- Oct 6, 1973
- Place of birth
- Salisbury, North Carolina, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 126
- TV credits
- 40
Also known as (3)
- Sydney Blackmer
- S.A. Blackmer
- Sidney Alderman 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. 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…
