Sam Sidman

thumb|{{center|Sam Sidman}} '''Sam Sidman''' (1871 – 3 January 1948) was an American actor. Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he appeared in films such as ''The Daring Years'' (a lost film released in 1923), ''The Show Girl'' (1927),<ref>"[http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=722&recCount=50&recPointer=0&bibId=114386 Show girl (Motion picture : 1927)]", UCLA Film & Television Archive.</ref> and ''Better Days'' (1927). Sidman was also a well-known comedian, imitated by Eddie Cantor for example.<ref>Goldman, Herbert. ''Banjo eyes: Eddie Cantor and the Birth of Modern Stardom'', p. 21 (Oxford University Press, 1997).</ref><ref>Cantor, Eddie and Ardmore, Jane. ''Take My life'', p. 21 (Doubleday, 1957).</ref>

At the time of his death in Pinewald, New Jersey, he was a resident of the Actors' Fund home in Englewood, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary - Sam Sidman|date=January 4, 1948|work=The New York Times|page=52|quote=Sam Sidman, a retired actor, died yesterday in...Pinewald, N.J., at the age of 77...Born in Austria-Hungary...Mr. Sidman resided in the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J. }}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''The Show Girl'' (1927)

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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0796628|Sam Sidman}} *{{IBDB name|60034}} *{{Commons category-inline}}

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