Larry J. Blake

Acting • Born 1914-04-24 – Died 1982-05-25

Acting1Brooklyn, 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)

Filmography

168 credits

The Stone Killer

Movie • 1973

Police Commissioner

Call Northside 777

Movie • 1948

Police Photographic Technician (uncredited)

Bonnie's Kids

Movie • 1973

Poker Player with Glasses

Holiday Affair

Movie • 1949

Plainclothesman

Flamingo Road

Movie • 1949

Martin (uncredited)

Creature with the Atom Brain

Movie • 1955

Reporter #2

Dial Red O

Movie • 1955

Wayne - Waiter (uncredited)

While the City Sleeps

Movie • 1956

Tim

Iron Man

Movie • 1951

Ralph Crowley (uncredited)

Band of Angels

Movie • 1957

Auctioneer

Backlash

Movie • 1947

Detective Lieutenant Jerry McMullen

The Trap

Movie • 1946

Rick Daniels

The Hunted

Movie • 1948

Hollis Smith (as Larry Blake)

Beginning of the End

Movie • 1957

Roadblock Sergeant

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Movie • 1956

Motorcycle cop

Demon Seed

Movie • 1977

Cameron

Second Chance

Movie • 1947

Det. Sgt. Sharpe

The Man Is Armed

Movie • 1956

Ray Perkins

Teen-Age Crime Wave

Movie • 1955

Connors

Stop, You're Killing Me

Movie • 1952

Police Captain

I Died a Thousand Times

Movie • 1955

Healy (uncredited)

Escape from San Quentin

Movie • 1957

Hap's Lead Henchman

Elmer Gantry

Movie • 1960

Mac - Bartender (uncredited)

Diamonds Are Forever

Movie • 1971

Water Balloon Game Barker-Operator (uncredited)

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

Movie • 1951

In Old Amarillo

Movie • 1951

Stan Benson (uncredited)

Destination Big House

Movie • 1950

Pete Weiss

The Blue Gardenia

Movie • 1953

Music Shop Clerk (uncredited)

The Twinkle In God's Eye

Movie • 1955

Deputy sheriff

The Blonde Bandit

Movie • 1949

Capt. Ed Roberts

Portrait of a Mobster

Movie • 1961

John Murphy

Time After Time

Movie • 1979

Guard

Sex and the Single Girl

Movie • 1964

Policeman (uncredited)

Who Was That Lady?

Movie • 1960

Tenant (uncredited)

Search for the Gods

Movie • 1975

Jailer

Young Fugitives

Movie • 1938

Silent Sam (as Larry Blake)

Air Devils

Movie • 1938

John P. 'Horseshoe' Donovan

City of Fear

Movie • 1959

Never Wave at a WAC

Movie • 1953

Mr. Devlin (uncredited)

One Too Many

Movie • 1950

Walt Williams

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

Movie • 1968

First Outspoken Man (uncredited)

The Nurse from Brooklyn

Movie • 1938

Larry Craine

Outcasts of the City

Movie • 1958

Man of a Thousand Faces

Movie • 1957

David T. Stone (uncredited)

They Made Her a Spy

Movie • 1939

Ben Dawson

Two Thoroughbreds

Movie • 1939

Truck Driver

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Movie • 1947

Emcee (uncredited)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Movie • 1954

Drunk (uncredited)

Inside Detroit

Movie • 1955

Max Harkness (as Larry Blake)

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

Movie • 1968

Salesman (uncredited)

Trouble at Midnight

Movie • 1937

Tony Michaels (as Larry Blake)

High Noon

Movie • 1952

Gillis - Saloon Owner (uncredited)

Angel Face

Movie • 1953

Detective Lt. Ed Brady (uncredited)

The Werewolf

Movie • 1956

Hank Durgis

General Electric Theater: Into the Night

Movie • 1955

Patrolman

Sunset Boulevard

Movie • 1950

1st Finance Man

The Boys from Syracuse

Movie • 1940

Announcer

The Undercover Woman

Movie • 1946

Simon Gillette

That Darn Cat!

Movie • 1965

Police Officer (uncredited)

Strange Journey

Movie • 1946

Karl

The Strongest Man in the World

Movie • 1975

Pete

Remains to Be Seen

Movie • 1953

Minetti

Sudden Money

Movie • 1939

Interviewer

Herbie Rides Again

Movie • 1974

Police Officer

Cruisin' Down the River

Movie • 1953

Dave Singer

Secret Agent X-9

Movie • 1937

Chief FBI Agent Wheeler (as Larry Blake)

The Jury's Secret

Movie • 1938

Bill Sheldon

State Police

Movie • 1938

Trigger Magee

Magnificent Doll

Movie • 1946

Charles (uncredited)

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

Movie • 1954

Capt. Biff McGann (uncredited)

Hang 'em High

Movie • 1968

Prisoner in Compound

Rhubarb

Movie • 1951

Police Radio Voice (uncredited) (voice)

You Can't Run Away from It

Movie • 1956

Detective

The Lucky Stiff

Movie • 1949

Louie Perez (as Larry Blake)

Maisie Goes to Reno

Movie • 1944

Policeman (Uncredited)

French Leave

Movie • 1948

Schultyz (as Larry Blake)

The Road Back

Movie • 1937

Weil (as Larry Blake)

The Swinger

Movie • 1966

Honest Hal (uncredited)

The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton

Movie • 1974

Police Chief

One More Train to Rob

Movie • 1971

Barber (uncredited)

The Rare Breed

Movie • 1966

Auctioneer (uncredited)

Flashing Spikes

Movie • 1962

1st Reporter

Carnival Nights

Movie • 1968

Policeman

The Love Bug

Movie • 1968

Track Timekeeper (uncredited)

Saints and Sinners

TV • 1962

Tom Parnell

The Fugitive

TV • 1963

Charlie

Ghost Story

TV • 1972

Mr. Mobley

Yancy Derringer

TV • 1958

Jailer

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Shell

Adventures of Superman

TV • 1952

Rausch, the Henchman

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

TV • 1955

Mr. Kenton (uncredited)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

TV • 1955

Dusty Wilson

The Twilight Zone

TV • 1959

Freddie

My Three Sons

TV • 1960

TV • 1968

Passerby

The Munsters

TV • 1964

The Desk Sergeant (as Larry Blake)

Here's Lucy

TV • 1968

Franklin

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Plainsclothesman

Arrest and Trial

TV • 1963

Barker

Broken Arrow

TV • 1956

Dominick

Kojak

TV • 1973

Desk Lt.

Wagon Train

TV • 1957

Sheriff (uncredited)

The Virginian

TV • 1962

Farnum

Ironside

TV • 1967

Auctioneer

Lux Video Theatre

TV • 1950

Kilrain

The Pride of the Family

TV • 1953

Frank

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Man

Hazel

TV • 1961

Murphy

Wagon Train

TV • 1957

Booley Herbert

The Virginian

TV • 1962

Keel

Mission: Impossible

TV • 1966

Eckhart

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV • 1954

Drummer (uncredited)

Night Gallery

TV • 1970

Charles Crowley

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

Marcus Welby, M.D.

TV • 1969

Capt. Merriman

The Lone Ranger

TV • 1949

Lucky Kendal

Lawman

TV • 1958

Chuck Slade

The Beverly Hillbillies

TV • 1962

Cab Driver

Marcus Welby, M.D.

TV • 1969

Urologist

Surfside 6

TV • 1960

Square Deal Brady

The Virginian

TV • 1962

Barker

Tales of Wells Fargo

TV • 1957

Posse Leader

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Reporter Wells

Chevron Theatre

TV • 1952

The F.B.I.

TV • 1965

Dispatcher

Lux Video Theatre

TV • 1950

Valcourt

The F.B.I.

TV • 1965

TV • 1956

Harvey Steen

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

Bill Harmon

Boston Blackie

TV • 1951

Cauliflower Ear

Tightrope

TV • 1959

Casper

Sugarfoot

TV • 1957

Officer O'Brien

Rawhide

TV • 1959

Guard

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

TV • 1955

Saloonkeeper Collins

Yancy Derringer

TV • 1958

Jailer (uncredited)

Kung Fu

TV • 1972

Dave Etling

The F.B.I.

TV • 1965

Fingerprint Man

Coronado 9

TV • 1960

Harry Matthews

Checkmate

TV • 1960

The Clerk

The Second Hundred Years

TV • 1967

Thompson

Meet McGraw

TV • 1957

Police Lieutenant

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

TV • 1955

Stagecoach Passenger

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV • 1954

Officer Ed Mercer (uncredited)