Larry J. Blake
Acting
Born 1914-04-24
Died 1982-05-25
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Larry J. Blake was born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, New York on April 24, 1914. At the age of 18, his talent at impersonations and dialects grew into a vaudeville act. Blake eventually became a headliner, playing the Orpheum circuit, as well as the Roxy Theatre and the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center.
In 1936, he signed to a contract with Universal studios, and his first job was in the serial Secret Agent X-9 (1937). Right after that, he was chosen for a featured role in James Whale's The Road Back (1937), a sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). He appeared in other films for Universal including a string of 1938 films, Trouble at Midnight (1937), Air Devils (1938), Nurse from Brooklyn (1938), and The Jury's Secret (1938).
With the outbreak of WWII, Blake joined the U.S. Navy serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific. He was mustered out and treated at a Naval hospital for his alcoholism. A Catholic priest helped Blake join Alcoholics Anonymous, and in 1946 he help start the first A.A. group for members of the motion picture industry.
Blake returned to acting in 1946, working steadily in supporting and bit parts throughout the 1950s. He is best known for his roles in Sunset Blvd. (1950) and High Noon (1952). In Sunset Boulevard he played the first finance man who comes to repossess William Holden's car. In High Noon, Blake played Gillis, the owner of the saloon who is punched by Gary Cooper.
As television's popularity began, Blake found plenty of work from westerns, crime dramas to comedies. He was a regular in The Pride of the Family (1953) television series, as well as the recurring part of the friendly jailer in Yancy Derringer (1958).
His last role was as the museum security guard in Time After Time (1979), when he was forced to retire due to emphysema. Until his death in 1982, Blake continued helping others in the A.A. program. (IMDB)
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Filmography
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Perry Mason
Ironside
The Fugitive
Wagon Train
The Virginian
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Twilight Zone
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Lucy Show
Adam-12
Rawhide
Mission: Impossible
The Beverly Hillbillies
My Three Sons
Gunsmoke
The F.B.I.
Lawman
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Tales of Wells Fargo
Four Star Playhouse
Adventures of Superman
Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Munsters
Here's Lucy
Night Gallery
The Jack Benny Program
Kojak
Surfside 6
Sugarfoot
The Lone Ranger
Sunset Boulevard
State Trooper
Hazel
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Checkmate
High Noon
Arrest and Trial
Ghost Story
Sex and the Single Girl
Diamonds Are Forever
Dangerous Assignment
Yancy Derringer
Broken Arrow
Boston Blackie
Lux Video Theatre
Hang 'em High
The Love Bug
The Wonderful World of Disney
Tightrope
The Second Hundred Years
Chevron Theatre
Hey, Jeannie!
Demon Seed
Saints and Sinners
Herbie Rides Again
The Pride of the Family
Coronado 9
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Holiday Affair
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
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