Larry J. Blake
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)
137 acting credits
Acting · 137
Perry Mason
1957
The Fugitive
1963
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966
Wagon Train
1957
Adam-12
1968
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Virginian
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
My Three Sons
1960
The F.B.I.
1965
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Lawman
1958
Rawhide
1959
The Lucy Show
1962
Night Gallery
1970
Kojak
1973
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Here's Lucy
1968
The Lone Ranger
1949
Gunsmoke
1955
The Munsters
1964
Hazel
1961
Surfside 6
1960
Sugarfoot
1957
The Jack Benny Program
1950
Checkmate
1960
Adventures of Superman
1952
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Arrest and Trial
1963
Ghost Story
1972
State Trooper
1956
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Sunset Boulevard
1950
Yancy Derringer
1958
Tightrope
1959
Boston Blackie
1951
Broken Arrow
1956
Chevron Theatre
1952
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
Dangerous Assignment
1952
The Second Hundred Years
1967
Coronado 9
1960
Saints and Sinners
1962
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
High Noon
1952
Hang 'em High
1968
Herbie Rides Again
1974
Meet McGraw
1957
General Electric Theater
1953
Sex and the Single Girl
1964
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Demon Seed
1977
The Love Bug
1968
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
Elmer Gantry
1960
The Pride of the Family
1953
Time After Time
1979
Angel Face
1953
One More Train to Rob
1971
The Stone Killer
1973
The Rare Breed
1966
That Darn Cat!
1965
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
Call Northside 777
1948
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
Kung Fu
1972
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
Band of Angels
1957
The Blue Gardenia
1953
The Man Is Armed
1956
The Swinger
1966
Who Was That Lady?
1960
While the City Sleeps
1956
Holiday Affair
1949
Rhubarb
1951
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
1974
Search for the Gods
1975
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
Magnificent Doll
1946
Flamingo Road
1949
Iron Man
1951
Bonnie's Kids
1973
Backlash
1947
Creature with the Atom Brain
1955
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947
State Police
1938
Inside Detroit
1955
Flashing Spikes
1962
The Werewolf
1956
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
Beginning of the End
1957
City of Fear
1959
Young Fugitives
1938
The Road Back
1937
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
The Jury's Secret
1938
The Trap
1946
Portrait of a Mobster
1961
The Boys from Syracuse
1940
The Lucky Stiff
1949
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951
French Leave
1948
The Hunted
1948
Strange Journey
1946
They Made Her a Spy
1939
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944
Air Devils
1938
The Nurse from Brooklyn
1938
Cruisin' Down the River
1953
In Old Amarillo
1951
Escape from San Quentin
1957
Sudden Money
1939
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952
Outcasts of the City
1958
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
Carnival Nights
1968
General Electric Theater: Into the Night
1955
Second Chance
1947
Trouble at Midnight
1937
Remains to Be Seen
1953
Secret Agent X-9
1937
Teen-Age Crime Wave
1955
The Undercover Woman
1946
Dial Red O
1955
Two Thoroughbreds
1939
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954
The Blonde Bandit
1949
One Too Many
1950
Destination Big House
1950