Acting

Arthur Blake

Born February 24, 1914

Died March 24, 1985 · aged 71

Arthur Blake (February 24, 1914 – March 24, 1985) was an American actor and nightclub entertainer who was famous for his female impersonations; particularly those of Bette Davis, Carmen Miranda, and Eleanor Roosevelt. He performed in nightclubs in cities throughout the United States and United Kingdom in the 1940s and the 1950s. Although he achieved fame for playing women, he impersonated men as w…

Known For

Gaslight

Gaslight · 1944

MovieThrillerDrama

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear · 1944

Ministry of Fear

MovieCrimeMystery

Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know to whom to turn.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac · 1950

Cyrano de Bergerac

MovieRomanceDrama

France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.

The Man in Half Moon Street

The Man in Half Moon Street · 1945

The Man in Half Moon Street

MovieDramaThriller

A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.

Diplomatic Courier

Diplomatic Courier · 1952

Diplomatic Courier

MovieMysteryThriller

During the Cold War, diplomatic courier Mike Kells must retrieve a dispatch containing top-secret intelligence. But when he arrives at the meeting point, a train station in Salzburg, his contact turns up dead, and the message is nowhere to be found. With no clear suspect in sight, Kells must sort through his uncertain relationships with two women, while sidestepping the pitfalls of subterfuge, sabotage and spies in his search for the documents.

Madame X

Madame X · 1937

An alcoholic woman is charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.

Port of New York

Port of New York · 1949

Port of New York

MovieCrimeDrama

Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.

Harem Girl

Harem Girl · 1952

MovieComedyRomance

The palace secretary to a princess foils a sheik's plot to grab royal oil.

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Gaslight

Gaslight · 1944

MovieThrillerDrama

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

Butler (uncredited)

Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear · 1944

Ministry of Fear

MovieCrimeMystery

Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know to whom to turn.

Man (uncredited)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac · 1950

Cyrano de Bergerac

MovieRomanceDrama

France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.

Montfleury

The Man in Half Moon Street

The Man in Half Moon Street · 1945

The Man in Half Moon Street

MovieDramaThriller

A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.

Man

Diplomatic Courier

Diplomatic Courier · 1952

Diplomatic Courier

MovieMysteryThriller

During the Cold War, diplomatic courier Mike Kells must retrieve a dispatch containing top-secret intelligence. But when he arrives at the meeting point, a train station in Salzburg, his contact turns up dead, and the message is nowhere to be found. With no clear suspect in sight, Kells must sort through his uncertain relationships with two women, while sidestepping the pitfalls of subterfuge, sabotage and spies in his search for the documents.

Maximilian

Madame X

Madame X · 1937

An alcoholic woman is charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.

Ferguson

Port of New York

Port of New York · 1949

Port of New York

MovieCrimeDrama

Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.

Dolly Carney

Harem Girl

Harem Girl · 1952

MovieComedyRomance

The palace secretary to a princess foils a sheik's plot to grab royal oil.

Abdul Nassib

The Lion Man

The Lion Man · 1936

A young British boy whose father was murdered by a treacherous Aran sheik finds himself in a position to exact revenge as an adult.

Fothergill

Fothergill · 1981

John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most celebrated Inn in England, catering to the brightest lights in London's literati.

Policeman