Larry J. Blake

Acting · 0.9 popularity

Age

112

Movies

Born: April 24, 1914 – May 25, 1982
From: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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)

Works

85 films

Sunset Boulevard

19508.3

High Noon

19527.7

Diamonds Are Forever

19716.4

Sex and the Single Girl

19646.6

Hang 'em High

19686.9

The Love Bug

19686.6

Demon Seed

19775.9

Herbie Rides Again

19746.2

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

19547.1

The Strongest Man in the World

19756.2

Time After Time

19796.8

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

19566.1

The Rare Breed

19666.2

Elmer Gantry

19607.3

That Darn Cat!

19656.6

Angel Face

19537.1

Holiday Affair

19496.9

You Can't Run Away from It

19565.1

The Stone Killer

19736.3

Call Northside 777

19486.7

While the City Sleeps

19566.9

Strange Journey

19468.0

Man of a Thousand Faces

19576.8

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

19686.1

The Blue Gardenia

19536.5

I Died a Thousand Times

19556.2

The Trap

19466.8

Creature with the Atom Brain

19555.1

One More Train to Rob

19715.4

Portrait of a Mobster

19619.0

Search for the Gods

19755.5

Band of Angels

19576.3

Iron Man

19516.2

Flamingo Road

19497.0

Beginning of the End

19574.0

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

19685.3

Who Was That Lady?

19606.4

Destination Big House

19508.0

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

19476.4

That Funny Feeling

19656.3

The Swinger

19665.3

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

19516.6

They Made Her a Spy

19396.8

The Werewolf

19565.6

The Jury's Secret

19385.0

City of Fear

19596.3

Never Wave at a WAC

19535.0

Maisie Goes to Reno

19446.6

Second Chance

19476.5

Bonnie's Kids

19735.3

The Boys from Syracuse

19406.4

Remains to Be Seen

19536.0

Two Thoroughbreds

19395.0

The Twinkle In God's Eye

19557.5

Backlash

19474.8

Inside Detroit

19556.5

Outcasts of the City

195810.0

Rhubarb

19515.8

The Hunted

19485.6

Magnificent Doll

19466.1

Trouble at Midnight

19376.5

Sudden Money

19397.0

Cruisin' Down the River

19538.0

The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton

197410.0

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

195410.0

The Man Is Armed

19565.2

Flashing Spikes

19626.8

State Police

19388.0

Dial Red O

19555.2

The Lucky Stiff

19495.8

Young Fugitives

19383.7

Stop, You're Killing Me

19527.7

In Old Amarillo

19518.0

French Leave

19487.0

The Road Back

19376.7

One Too Many

19508.0

The Blonde Bandit

19496.2

Air Devils

19384.3

Secret Agent X-9

19377.3

Carnival Nights

19687.0

Escape from San Quentin

19576.3

General Electric Theater: Into the Night

1955

Teen-Age Crime Wave

19554.9

The Nurse from Brooklyn

19386.5

The Undercover Woman

19463.3