Larry J. Blake

Known for

Acting

Born

April 24, 1914

Birthplace

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died

May 25, 1982 (aged 68)

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), N...

Best known work

Sunset Boulevard

1950

Diamonds Are Forever

1971

High Noon

1952

The Twilight Zone

1959

Hang 'em High

1968

The Love Bug

1968

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954

The Munsters

1964

Herbie Rides Again

1974

Time After Time

1979

Filmography

1979
Time After Time
as Guard
1977
Demon Seed
as Cameron
1975
Search for the Gods
as Jailer
1975
The Strongest Man in the World
as Pete
1974
Herbie Rides Again
as Police Officer
1974
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
as Police Chief
1973
KojakTV
as Desk Lt. (1 episode)
1973
The Stone Killer
as Police Commissioner
1973
Bonnie's Kids
as Poker Player with Glasses
1972
Kung FuTV
as Dave Etling (1 episode)
1972
Ghost StoryTV
as Mr. Mobley (1 episode)
1971
Diamonds Are Forever
as Water Balloon Game Barker-Operator (uncredited)
1971
One More Train to Rob
as Barber (uncredited)
1970
Night GalleryTV
as Charles Crowley (1 episode)
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.TV
as Capt. Merriman (1 episode), as Urologist (1 episode)
1968
The Love Bug
as Track Timekeeper (uncredited)
1968
Here's LucyTV
as Policeman (1 episode), as Manager Drive-In Movie (1 episode), as Man (1 episode), as Fireman (1 episode), as Sam (1 episode), as Fire Chief (1 episode), as Passerby (1 episode), as Franklin (1 episode)
1968
Adam-12TV
as Booking Officer (1 episode), as Officer Williams (1 episode), as Officer Quinn (1 episode)
1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Salesman (uncredited)
1968
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as First Outspoken Man (uncredited)
1968
Hang 'em High
as Prisoner in Compound
1968
Carnival Nights
as Policeman
1967
The Second Hundred YearsTV
as Thompson (1 episode)
1967
IronsideTV
as Auctioneer (1 episode)
1966
The Swinger
as Honest Hal (uncredited)