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),^[1] and Better Days (1927). Sidman was also a well-known comedian, imitated by Eddie Cantor for example.^[2]^[3]

At the time of his death in Pinewald, New Jersey, he was a resident of the Actors' Fund home in Englewood, New Jersey.^[4]

The Show Girl (1927)

[1]
"Show girl (Motion picture : 1927)", UCLA Film & Television Archive.
[2]
Goldman, Herbert. Banjo eyes: Eddie Cantor and the Birth of Modern Stardom, p. 21 (Oxford University Press, 1997).
[3]
Cantor, Eddie and Ardmore, Jane. Take My life, p. 21 (Doubleday, 1957).
[4]
"Obituary - Sam Sidman". The New York Times. January 4, 1948. p. 52. 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.