About Sam Sidman
Lived 1871 – 1948 (aged 76–77). Sam Sidman was an American actor and film actor.
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, and Better Days (1927). Sidman was also a well-known comedian, imitated by Eddie Cantor for example.
At the time of his death in Pinewald, New Jersey, he was a resident of the Actors' Fund home in Englewood, New Jersey.
Selected filmography The Show Girl (1927)
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Who was Sam Sidman?
American actor (1871-1948)
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Sam Sidman was born in 1871.
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Sam Sidman died on 3 January 1948.
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Sam Sidman was an actor and film actor.
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Sam Sidman was American.
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