Larry J. Blake

Acting

Born April 24, 1914, 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)

Filmography

• 1979Time After Time — Guard
• 1977Demon Seed — Cameron
• 1975Search for the Gods — Jailer
• 1975The Strongest Man in the World — Pete
• 1974Herbie Rides Again — Police Officer
• 1974The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton — Police Chief
• 1973Bonnie's Kids — Poker Player with Glasses
• Kojak — Desk Lt.
• 1973The Stone Killer — Police Commissioner
• Ghost Story — Mr. Mobley
• Kung Fu — Dave Etling
• 1971Diamonds Are Forever — Water Balloon Game Barker-Operator (uncredited)
• 1971One More Train to Rob — Barber (uncredited)
• Night Gallery — Charles Crowley
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Capt. Merriman, Urologist
• Adam-12 — Booking Officer, Officer Williams, Officer Quinn
• 1968Carnival Nights — Policeman
• 1968Hang 'em High — Prisoner in Compound
• Here's Lucy — Manager Drive-In Movie, Policeman, Fireman, Fire Chief, Sam, Passerby, Franklin
• 1968The Love Bug — Track Timekeeper (uncredited)
• 1968The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band — First Outspoken Man (uncredited)
• 1968Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? — Salesman (uncredited)
• Ironside — Auctioneer
• The Second Hundred Years — Thompson
• Mission: Impossible — Eckhart
• 1966The Rare Breed — Auctioneer (uncredited)
• 1966The Swinger — Honest Hal (uncredited)
• 1965That Darn Cat! — Police Officer (uncredited)
• 1965That Funny Feeling — Policeman
• The F.B.I. — Dispatcher, McKenzie, Fingerprint Man
• 1964Sex and the Single Girl — Policeman (uncredited)
• The Munsters — The Desk Sergeant (as Larry Blake)
• Arrest and Trial — Barker
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Metcalf
• The Fugitive — Charlie
• 1962Flashing Spikes — 1st Reporter
• Saints and Sinners — Tom Parnell
• The Beverly Hillbillies — Cab Driver
• The Lucy Show — Medicine Man
• The Virginian — Farnum, Keel, Barker
• Hazel — Murphy
• 1961Portrait of a Mobster — John Murphy
• Checkmate — The Clerk
• Coronado 9 — Harry Matthews
• 1960Elmer Gantry — Mac - Bartender (uncredited)
• My Three Sons — Police Sergeant
• Surfside 6 — Square Deal Brady
• 1960Who Was That Lady? — Tenant (uncredited)
• 1959City of Fear
• Rawhide — Guard
• The Twilight Zone — Freddie
• Tightrope — Casper
• Lawman — Chuck Slade, Jess Brubaker (voice) (uncredited), Mr. Parker
• 1958Outcasts of the City
• Yancy Derringer — Jailer, Jailer (uncredited)
• 1957Band of Angels — Auctioneer
• 1957Beginning of the End — Roadblock Sergeant
• 1957Escape from San Quentin — Hap's Lead Henchman
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Deputy
• 1957Man of a Thousand Faces — David T. Stone (uncredited)
• Meet McGraw — Officer Vines, Police Lieutenant
• Perry Mason — Plainsclothesman, Officer
• Sugarfoot — Officer O'Brien
• Tales of Wells Fargo — Posse Leader
• Wagon Train — Sheriff (uncredited), Booley Herbert, Chief White Cloud
• Broken Arrow — Dominick
• 1956Earth vs. the Flying Saucers — Motorcycle cop
• Hey, Jeannie! — Charlie Martin
• State Trooper — Harvey Steen
• 1956The Man Is Armed — Ray Perkins
• 1956The Werewolf — Hank Durgis
• 1956While the City Sleeps — Tim
• 1956You Can't Run Away from It — Detective
• 1955Creature with the Atom Brain — Reporter #2
• 1955Dial Red O — Wayne - Waiter (uncredited)
• 1955General Electric Theater: Into the Night — Patrolman
• Gunsmoke — Shell, Man
• 1955I Died a Thousand Times — Healy (uncredited)
• 1955Inside Detroit — Max Harkness (as Larry Blake)
• 1955Teen-Age Crime Wave — Connors
• The 20th Century Fox Hour
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Dusty Wilson, Mr. Kenton (uncredited), Saloonkeeper Collins, Stagecoach Passenger
• 1955The Twinkle In God's Eye — Deputy sheriff
• 1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers — Drunk (uncredited)
• 1954So You Want to Know Your Relatives — Capt. Biff McGann (uncredited)
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Police Chief, Drummer (uncredited), Officer Ed Mercer (uncredited)
• 1953Angel Face — Detective Lt. Ed Brady (uncredited)
• 1953Cruisin' Down the River — Dave Singer
• General Electric Theater — Reporter Wells
• 1953Never Wave at a WAC — Mr. Devlin (uncredited)
• 1953Remains to Be Seen — Minetti
• 1953The Blue Gardenia — Music Shop Clerk (uncredited)
• The Pride of the Family — Frank
• Adventures of Superman — Rausch, the Henchman, Steve Martin
• Chevron Theatre
• Dangerous Assignment — August
• Four Star Playhouse — 1st Reporter, Milkman
• 1952High Noon — Gillis - Saloon Owner (uncredited)
• 1952Stop, You're Killing Me — Police Captain
• Boston Blackie — Cauliflower Ear
• 1951In Old Amarillo — Stan Benson (uncredited)
• 1951Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
• 1951Iron Man — Ralph Crowley (uncredited)
• 1951Rhubarb — Police Radio Voice (uncredited) (voice)
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Bill Harmon
• 1950Destination Big House — Pete Weiss
• Lux Video Theatre — Kilrain, Valcourt
• 1950One Too Many — Walt Williams
• 1950Sunset Boulevard — Finance Man #1
• The Jack Benny Program — Convict
• 1949Flamingo Road — Martin (uncredited)
• 1949Holiday Affair — Plainclothesman
• 1949The Blonde Bandit — Capt. Ed Roberts
• The Lone Ranger — Bert Dillon, Lucky Kendal
• 1949The Lucky Stiff — Louie Perez (as Larry Blake)
• 1948Call Northside 777 — Police Photographic Technician (uncredited)
• 1948French Leave — Schultyz (as Larry Blake)
• 1948The Hunted — Hollis Smith (as Larry Blake)
• 1947Backlash — Detective Lieutenant Jerry McMullen
• 1947Second Chance — Det. Sgt. Sharpe
• 1947Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman — Emcee (uncredited)
• 1946Magnificent Doll — Charles (uncredited)
• 1946Strange Journey — Karl
• 1946The Trap — Rick Daniels
• 1946The Undercover Woman — Simon Gillette
• 1944Maisie Goes to Reno — Policeman (Uncredited)
• 1940The Boys from Syracuse — Announcer
• 1939Sudden Money — Interviewer
• 1939They Made Her a Spy — Ben Dawson
• 1939Two Thoroughbreds — Truck Driver
• 1938Air Devils — John P. 'Horseshoe' Donovan
• 1938State Police — Trigger Magee
• 1938The Jury's Secret — Bill Sheldon
• 1938The Nurse from Brooklyn — Larry Craine
• 1938Young Fugitives — Silent Sam
• 1937Secret Agent X-9 — Chief FBI Agent Wheeler (as Larry Blake)
• 1937The Road Back — Weil (as Larry Blake)
• 1937Trouble at Midnight — Tony Michaels (as Larry Blake)