Secrets Of TV’s The Rifleman: More Than Just Guns And Good Times

Judge Hanavan (Sidney Blackmer)

Sidney Blackmer appeared in three episodes of The Rifleman as Judge Hanavan. He starred in the pilot episode, “The Sharpshooter,” as well as “The Safe Guard” (episode 8) and “The Photographer” (episode 18). He launched his acting career during the silent film era in a career and co-starred with The Rifleman actor Paul Fix in The High and The Mighty (1954). His most famous role was as Roman Castevet in Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby (1968). He also played President Theodore Roosevelt seven times in films and teleplays. He won a Tony Award as Best Actor in a dramatic role for the Broadway production of Come Back, Little Sheba in 1950.