Acting

Oliver Blake

Born April 4, 1905 · Centralia, Illinois, USA

Died February 12, 1992 · aged 86

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…

Known For

Casablanca

Casablanca · 1943

MovieDramaRomance

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Out of the Past

Out of the Past · 1947

Out of the Past

MovieCrimeThriller

The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar · 1953

MovieDramaHistory

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth · 1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

MovieDramaRomance

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley · 1947

Nightmare Alley

MovieDramaThriller

A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride · 1950

Father of the Bride

MovieComedyRomance

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

The Pirate

The Pirate · 1948

MovieMusicRomance

A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.

Saboteur

Saboteur · 1942

MovieThrillerMystery

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.

Filmography

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Casablanca

Casablanca · 1943

MovieDramaRomance

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Waiter at the Blue Parrot (uncredited)

Out of the Past

Out of the Past · 1947

Out of the Past

MovieCrimeThriller

The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.

Tillotson (uncredited)

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar · 1953

MovieDramaHistory

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

Citizen of Rome

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth · 1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

MovieDramaRomance

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.

Spectator (uncredited)

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley · 1947

Nightmare Alley

MovieDramaThriller

A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.

Hobo (uncredited)

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride · 1950

Father of the Bride

MovieComedyRomance

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)

The Pirate

The Pirate · 1948

MovieMusicRomance

A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.

Official (uncredited)

Saboteur

Saboteur · 1942

MovieThrillerMystery

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.

Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

House of Wax

House of Wax · 1953

MovieHorrorCrime

A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.

Man Checking His Watch (uncredited)

Brigadoon

Brigadoon · 1954

MovieMusicFantasy

Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it's 100 years later. Tommy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, Fiona, and is torn between staying or going back to his hectic life in New York.

Bartender (uncredited)

Cry of the City

Cry of the City · 1948

Cry of the City

MovieCrimeDrama

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Mr. Masselli

The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer · 1954

The Long, Long Trailer

MovieComedyRomance

A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage.

Mr. Judlow

Alias Jesse James

Alias Jesse James · 1959

Alias Jesse James

MovieComedyWestern

Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.

Mortimer Hopelaw (uncredited)

Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man · 1941

Shadow of the Thin Man

MovieComedyCrime

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

Fenster (uncredited)

The Cobweb

The Cobweb · 1955

Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but drapes are the least of their problems.

Curly

Conflict

Conflict · 1945

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

Pawnbroker #1 (uncredited)

Colorado Territory

Colorado Territory · 1949

Colorado Territory

MovieWesternCrime

After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last heist.

Wells Fargo Agent (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home · 1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

MovieComedyMystery

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

Reporter (uncredited)

Casanova's Big Night

Casanova's Big Night · 1954

Casanova's Big Night

MovieComedyAdventure

Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.

Amadeo (uncredited)

Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village · 1944

Greenwich Village

MovieComedyMusic

In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.

Author

Bells Are Ringing

Bells Are Ringing · 1960

Bells Are Ringing

MovieComedyRomance

Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.

Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)

The Lemon Drop Kid

The Lemon Drop Kid · 1951

The Lemon Drop Kid

MovieComedyCrime

When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Creating a fake charity for "Apple Annie" Nellie Thursday, the Kid tricks his gang into donning Santa suits and "collecting dough for old dolls" like Nellie who have nowhere to live.

Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)

The Miracle of the Bells

The Miracle of the Bells · 1948

The Miracle of the Bells

The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three days after she was buried, but is told that this will cost a lot of money. The checks that he writes to the various churches all bounce, but it is the weekend and, in desperation, he prays that a miracle will happen before the banks reopen. It does, but not in the way he hoped.

Slenka

Raintree County

Raintree County · 1957

Raintree County

MovieRomanceDrama

In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.

Jake - Bartender (uncredited)

Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best · 1954

Father Knows Best

SeriesComedyFamily

Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.

Roy (uncredited)

Maverick

Maverick · 1957

SeriesComedyWestern

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.

Brimmer

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy · 1951

SeriesComedyFamily

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

Zeb Allen