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Larry J. Blake

Larry J. Blake

Actor · 1914 – 1982 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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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  • Movie8.3

    Sunset Boulevard

    1950 · 3K votes

  • Movie6.5

    Sex and the Single Girl

    1964 · 84 votes

  • Movie7.7

    High Noon

    1952 · 1.6K votes

  • Movie6.4

    Diamonds Are Forever

    1971 · 2.4K votes

  • Movie6.9

    Hang 'em High

    1968 · 887 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Love Bug

    1968 · 664 votes

  • Movie7.1
  • Movie5.9

    Demon Seed

    1977 · 279 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Time After Time

    1979 · 400 votes

  • Movie6.6

    That Darn Cat!

    1965 · 199 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Herbie Rides Again

    1974 · 452 votes

  • Movie6.2
  • Movie6.2

    The Rare Breed

    1966 · 82 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Who Was That Lady?

    1960 · 31 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Elmer Gantry

    1960 · 206 votes

  • Movie6.1
  • Movie6.5

    The Blue Gardenia

    1953 · 104 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Flamingo Road

    1949 · 60 votes

  • Movie6.2

    I Died a Thousand Times

    1955 · 32 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Man of a Thousand Faces

    1957 · 45 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Angel Face

    1953 · 193 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Call Northside 777

    1948 · 181 votes

  • Movie6.9

    While the City Sleeps

    1956 · 150 votes

  • Movie5.3

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  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV6.8

    Ironside

    1967 · 71 votes

  • TV7.1

    Adam-12

    1968 · 48 votes

  • TV7.3

    The Fugitive

    1963 · 63 votes

  • TV7.6

    Mission: Impossible

    1966 · 320 votes

  • TV6.6

    Wagon Train

    1957 · 31 votes

  • TV7.3

    Have Gun, Will Travel

    1957 · 44 votes

  • TV8.5

    The Twilight Zone

    1959 · 1.1K votes

  • TV5.6

    The F.B.I.

    1965 · 25 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Virginian

    1962 · 35 votes

  • TV6.8

    Four Star Playhouse

    1952 · 11 votes

  • TV6.6

    My Three Sons

    1960 · 41 votes

  • TV5.9
  • TV6.9

    The Beverly Hillbillies

    1962 · 139 votes

  • TV6.8
  • TV7.2

    Rawhide

    1959 · 49 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Lucy Show

    1962 · 53 votes

  • TV6.6

    Marcus Welby, M.D.

    1969 · 20 votes

  • TV6.2

    Yancy Derringer

    1958 · 11 votes

  • TV7.3

    Kojak

    1973 · 154 votes

  • TV6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes

  • TV6.0

    Lawman

    1958 · 13 votes

  • TV7.8

    Night Gallery

    1970 · 112 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Lone Ranger

    1949 · 36 votes