Portrait of Oliver Blake

Oliver Blake

Acting

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.

Born: April 4, 1905

Place of Birth: Centralia, Illinois, USA

Filmography

1960
Bells Are Ringing

as Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)

1959
Alias Jesse James

as Mortimer Hopelaw (uncredited)

1958
The Fearmakers

as Dr. Gregory Jessup

1958
Giant from the Unknown

as Cafe Proprietor

1957
Raintree County

as Jake - Bartender (uncredited)

1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Leading Citizen (uncredited)

1957
Maverick

as Brimmer

1955
The Seven Little Foys

as Man Dressed as Santa Claus

1955
The Cobweb

as Curly

1954
Hell's Outpost

as Hotel Clerk

1954
Drum Beat

as Minister (uncredited)

1954
Brigadoon

as Bartender (uncredited)

1954
Susan Slept Here

as Motel Manager (uncredited)

1954
Casanova's Big Night

as Amadeo (uncredited)

1954
1953
So This Is Love

as Apartment Manager

1953
Julius Caesar

as Citizen of Rome

1953
House of Wax

as Man Checking His Watch (uncredited)

1952
The Iron Mistress

as Innkeeper

1952
Face to Face

as Deacon

1952
Feudin' Fools

as Clem Smith

1952
Son of Paleface

as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)

1952
The Greatest Show on Earth

as Spectator (uncredited)

1952
Room for One More

as Mr. Tatum (uncredited)

1951
The Stooge

as Theater Manager (uncredited)

1951
Come Fill the Cup

as Al - Bartender at Blue Pencil(uncredited)

1951
I Love Lucy

as Zeb Allen

1951
Rhubarb

as Cadaver Jones (uncredited)

1951
1951
The Lemon Drop Kid

as Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)

1950
Let's Dance

as Man in Bowler Hat (uncredited)

1950
Fancy Pants

as Mr. Andrews

1950
Father of the Bride

as Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)

1949
Colorado Territory

as Wells Fargo Agent (uncredited)

1949
A Woman's Secret

as Mr. Pierson (Uncredited)

1948
Let's Live a Little

as Advertising Photographer

1948
Moonrise

as Ed Conlon

1948
Cry of the City

as Mr. Masselli

1948
The Pirate

as Official (uncredited)

1948
Shed No Tears

as Ray Belden's Landlord (Uncredited)

1948
Summer Holiday

as Scorekeeper (uncredited)

1948
1947
Out of the Past

as Tillotson (uncredited)

1947
Merton of the Movies

as Mr. Purdie (uncredited)

1947
Nightmare Alley

as Hobo (uncredited)

1947
The Guilty

as Jake, the janitor

1947
Ginger

as City Treasurer Joseph Nash

1946
Wake Up and Dream

as Mr. Agrippa

1946
Inside Job

as Herman

1946
Blonde Alibi

as Pat Tenny

1946
My Reputation

as Dave (uncredited)

1945
Conflict

as Pawnbroker #1 (uncredited)

1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight

as Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)

1945
A Medal for Benny

as Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)

1944
The Thin Man Goes Home

as Reporter (uncredited)

1944
The Doughgirls

as Hotel porter

1944
1944
Gypsy Wildcat

as Lieutenant

1944
1944
Up in Arms

as Draft Board Official (uncredited)

1943
1943
Mission to Moscow

as Heckler (uncredited)

1943
Casablanca

as Waiter at the Blue Parrot (uncredited)

1942
Reunion in France

as Hypolite (uncredited)

1942
Get Hep to Love

as Music Judge

1942
Saboteur

as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

1942
Castle in the Desert

as The Hotel Manager

1941
H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as Ellsmere, the Artist (uncredited)

1941
Design for Scandal

as Realtor (uncredited)

1941
Shadow of the Thin Man

as Lawyer Fenster

1941
New York Town

as Bender