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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-04-04 (120 years old)

Place of Birth

Centralia, Illinois, USA

Oliver Blake

Biography:

Character actor with a wildly distinctive face. Used real name Oliver Prickett for stage work, especially at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, where he was a longtime fixture and teacher and where his brother was managing director. Used stage name Oliver Blake for scores of small film and television roles. Brother-in-law of actress Maudie Prickett.

He died on 12 February 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Known For

Acting

1960

Bells Are Ringing as Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)

1959

Alias Jesse James as Mortimer Hopelaw (uncredited)

1958

Giant from the Unknown as Cafe Proprietor
The Fearmakers as Dr. Gregory Jessup

1957

The Pied Piper of Hamelin as Leading Citizen (uncredited)
Raintree County as Jake - Bartender (uncredited)
Maverick as Brimmer

1955

The Cobweb as Curly
The Seven Little Foys as Man Dressed as Santa Claus

1954

Brigadoon as Bartender (uncredited)
Casanova's Big Night as Amadeo (uncredited)
Hell's Outpost as Hotel Clerk
Susan Slept Here as Motel Manager (uncredited)

1953

Julius Caesar as Citizen of Rome
House of Wax as Man Checking His Watch (uncredited)
So This Is Love as Apartment Manager

1952

Face to Face as Deacon
Son of Paleface as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Feudin' Fools as Clem Smith
Room for One More as Mr. Tatum (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth as Spectator (uncredited)
The Iron Mistress as Innkeeper

1951

The Lemon Drop Kid as Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)
The Stooge as Theater Manager (uncredited)
Rhubarb as Cadaver Jones (uncredited)
I Love Lucy as Zeb Allen

1950

Let's Dance as Man in Bowler Hat (uncredited)
Father of the Bride as Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
Fancy Pants as Mr. Andrews

1949

Colorado Territory as Wells Fargo Agent (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret as Mr. Pierson (Uncredited)

1948

Moonrise as Ed Conlon
Cry of the City as Mr. Masselli
Shed No Tears as Ray Belden's Landlord (Uncredited)
Summer Holiday as Scorekeeper (uncredited)
The Pirate as Official (uncredited)
Let's Live a Little as Advertising Photographer

1947

The Guilty as Jake, the janitor
Merton of the Movies as Mr. Purdie (uncredited)
Out of the Past as Tillotson (uncredited)
Ginger as City Treasurer Joseph Nash
So You're Going to Be a Father as Swami Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Nightmare Alley as Hobo (uncredited)

1946

Blonde Alibi as Pat Tenny
Wake Up and Dream as Mr. Agrippa
My Reputation as Dave (uncredited)
Inside Job as Herman

1945

Conflict as Pawnbroker #1 (uncredited)
The Horn Blows at Midnight as Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny as Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)

1944

The Doughgirls as Hotel porter
Up in Arms as Draft Board Official (uncredited)
Gypsy Wildcat as Lieutenant

1943

Casablanca as Waiter at the Blue Parrot (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow as Heckler (uncredited)

1942

Castle in the Desert as The Hotel Manager
Saboteur as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Get Hep to Love as Music Judge
Reunion in France as Hypolite (uncredited)

1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq. as Ellsmere, the Artist (uncredited)
New York Town as Bender
Design for Scandal as Realtor (uncredited)
Shadow of the Thin Man as Lawyer Fenster