Oliver Blake

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-04-04 (87 years old)

Deathday

1992-02-12

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.

Acting

1953

Julius Caesar

as Citizen of Rome

1951

The Lemon Drop Kid

as Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)

1945

Conflict

as Pawnbroker #1 (uncredited)

1947

The Guilty

as Jake, the janitor

1960

Bells Are Ringing

as Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)

1946

Blonde Alibi

as Pat Tenny

1945

The Horn Blows at Midnight

as Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)

1953

House of Wax

as Man Checking His Watch (uncredited)

1951

The Stooge

as Theater Manager (uncredited)

1958

Giant from the Unknown

as Cafe Proprietor

1955

The Cobweb

as Curly

1944

The Doughgirls

as Hotel porter

1954

Brigadoon

as Bartender (uncredited)

1949

Colorado Territory

as Wells Fargo Agent (uncredited)

1957

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Leading Citizen (uncredited)

1948

Moonrise

as Ed Conlon

1952

Face to Face

as Deacon

1953

So This Is Love

as Apartment Manager

1946

Wake Up and Dream

as Mr. Agrippa

1950

Let's Dance

as Man in Bowler Hat (uncredited)

1954

Casanova's Big Night

as Amadeo (uncredited)

1952

Son of Paleface

as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)

1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as Ellsmere, the Artist (uncredited)

1943

Casablanca

as Waiter at the Blue Parrot (uncredited)

1948

Cry of the City

as Mr. Masselli

1948

Shed No Tears

as Ray Belden's Landlord (Uncredited)

1945

A Medal for Benny

as Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)

1944

Up in Arms

as Draft Board Official (uncredited)

1944

Gypsy Wildcat

as Lieutenant

1944

1944

1952

Feudin' Fools

as Clem Smith

1942

Castle in the Desert

as The Hotel Manager

1957

Raintree County

as Jake - Bartender (uncredited)

1946

My Reputation

as Dave (uncredited)

1947

Merton of the Movies

as Mr. Purdie (uncredited)

1947

Out of the Past

as Tillotson (uncredited)

1954

Hell's Outpost

as Hotel Clerk

1946

Inside Job

as Herman

1952

Room for One More

as Mr. Tatum (uncredited)

1948

Summer Holiday

as Scorekeeper (uncredited)

1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Spectator (uncredited)

1954

Susan Slept Here

as Motel Manager (uncredited)

1942

Saboteur

as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

1948

The Pirate

as Official (uncredited)

1941

New York Town

as Bender

1942

Get Hep to Love

as Music Judge

1941

Design for Scandal

as Realtor (uncredited)

1950

Father of the Bride

as Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)

1943

1949

A Woman's Secret

as Mr. Pierson (Uncredited)

1948

Let's Live a Little

as Advertising Photographer

1943

Mission to Moscow

as Heckler (uncredited)

1952

The Iron Mistress

as Innkeeper

1959

Alias Jesse James

as Mortimer Hopelaw (uncredited)

1941

Shadow of the Thin Man

as Lawyer Fenster

1948

1947

Ginger

as City Treasurer Joseph Nash

1958

The Fearmakers

as Dr. Gregory Jessup

1950

Fancy Pants

as Mr. Andrews

1951

Rhubarb

as Cadaver Jones (uncredited)

1947

So You're Going to Be a Father

as Swami Fortune Teller (uncredited)

1942

Reunion in France

as Hypolite (uncredited)

1955

The Seven Little Foys

as Man Dressed as Santa Claus

1954

1947

Nightmare Alley

as Hobo (uncredited)

1951

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Reporter (uncredited)

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