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Blackie Dammett

Blackie Dammett was an American actor and television actor whose life spanned 1939 to 2021. Born in Grand Rapids on December 7, 1939, he built his professional identity around screen performance, with television forming a specific part of his work. Dammett’s biography is best told without turning a concise record into something larger than the facts support. He was an actor, and he worked in television—a straightforward description that places him among the many performers whose careers helped populate the screen across generations. While no particular role is represented on Please Rewind yet, his place on the Talent Wall recognizes a life connected to acting and the continuing interest that performers can inspire long after their work first appeared. For viewers encountering his name, the essential outline remains clear: a Grand Rapids-born American performer, born in 1939, whose occupation included both acting and television acting. Dammett died in 2021.