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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 24, 1914
Died
May 25, 1982
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Larry Blake
- Joseph Vieira
Larry J. Blake
1.4 Popularity
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), Nurse from Brooklyn (1938), and The Jury's Secret (1938). With the outbreak of WWII, Blake joined the U.S. Navy serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific. He was mustered out and treated at a Naval hospital for his alcoholism. A Catholic priest helped Blake join Alcoholics Anonymous, and in 1946 he help start the first A.A. group for members of the motion picture industry. Blake returned to acting in 1946, working steadily in supporting and bit parts throughout the 1950s. He is best known for his roles in Sunset Blvd. (1950) and High Noon (1952). In Sunset Boulevard he played the first finance man who comes to repossess William Holden's car. In High Noon, Blake played Gillis, the owner of the saloon who is punched by Gary Cooper. As television's popularity began, Blake found plenty of work from westerns, crime dramas to comedies. He was a regular in The Pride of the Family (1953) television series, as well as the recurring part of the friendly jailer in Yancy Derringer (1958). His last role was as the museum security guard in Time After Time (1979), when he was forced to retire due to emphysema. Until his death in 1982, Blake continued helping others in the A.A. program. (IMDB)
Known For
6.8
Guard
Time After Time
1979
5.9
Cameron
Demon Seed
1977
4.3
Jailer
Search for the Gods
1975
6.1
Pete
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
6.1
Police Officer
Herbie Rides Again
1974
🎬
0.0
Police Chief
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
1974
7.0
Desk Lt.
Kojak
1973
6.2
Police Commissioner
The Stone Killer
1973
5.4
Poker Player with Glasses
Bonnie's Kids
1973
7.7
Dave Etling
Kung Fu
1972
Credits
Time After Time
as Guard
1979
6.8
Demon Seed
as Cameron
1977
5.9
Search for the Gods
as Jailer
1975
4.3
The Strongest Man in the World
as Pete
1975
6.1
Herbie Rides Again
as Police Officer
1974
6.1
🎬
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
as Police Chief
1974
0.0
Kojak
as Desk Lt.
1973
7.0
The Stone Killer
as Police Commissioner
1973
6.2
Bonnie's Kids
as Poker Player with Glasses
1973
5.4
Kung Fu
as Dave Etling
1972
7.7
Ghost Story
as Mr. Mobley
1972
7.1
Diamonds Are Forever
as Water Balloon Game Barker-Operator (uncredited)
1971
6.4
One More Train to Rob
as Barber (uncredited)
1971
5.4
Night Gallery
as Charles Crowley
1970
7.8
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Capt. Merriman
1969
6.5
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Urologist
1969
6.5
The Love Bug
as Track Timekeeper (uncredited)
1968
6.6
Here's Lucy
as Policeman
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Manager Drive-In Movie
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Man
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Fireman
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Sam
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Fire Chief
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Passerby
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Franklin
1968
6.7
Adam-12
as Booking Officer
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Officer Williams
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Officer Quinn
1968
7.0
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Salesman (uncredited)
1968
4.9
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as First Outspoken Man (uncredited)
1968
6.0
Hang 'em High
as Prisoner in Compound
1968
6.8
Carnival Nights
as Policeman
1968
0.0
The Second Hundred Years
as Thompson
1967
6.3
Ironside
as Auctioneer
1967
6.8
The Swinger
as Honest Hal (uncredited)
1966
5.2
Mission: Impossible
as Eckhart
1966
7.6
The Rare Breed
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
1966
6.1
That Darn Cat!
as Police Officer (uncredited)
1965
6.6
The F.B.I.
as Dispatcher
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as McKenzie
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Fingerprint Man
1965
5.4
Sex and the Single Girl
as Policeman (uncredited)
1964
6.4
The Munsters
as The Desk Sergeant (as Larry Blake)
1964
7.9
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Metcalf
1963
5.7
The Fugitive
as Charlie
1963
7.2
Arrest and Trial
as Barker
1963
7.7
Flashing Spikes
as 1st Reporter
1962
6.0
The Lucy Show
as Medicine Man
1962
7.0
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Cab Driver
1962
6.9
The Virginian
as Farnum
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Keel
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Barker
1962
6.4
Saints and Sinners
as Tom Parnell
1962
6.0
Hazel
as Murphy
1961
6.8
Portrait of a Mobster
as John Murphy
1961
0.0
Surfside 6
as Square Deal Brady
1960
5.0
My Three Sons
as Police Sergeant
1960
6.5
Checkmate
as The Clerk
1960
4.1
Coronado 9
as Harry Matthews
1960
6.0
Elmer Gantry
as Mac - Bartender (uncredited)
1960
7.3
Who Was That Lady?
as Tenant (uncredited)
1960
6.3
The Twilight Zone
as Freddie
1959
8.5
Tightrope
as Casper
1959
5.5
City of Fear
1959
6.3
Rawhide
as Guard
1959
7.2
Lawman
as Chuck Slade
1958
5.6
Lawman
as Jess Brubaker (voice) (uncredited)
1958
5.6
Lawman
as Mr. Parker
1958
5.6
Yancy Derringer
as Jailer
1958
6.0
Yancy Derringer
as Jailer (uncredited)
1958
6.0
Outcasts of the City
1958
0.0
Perry Mason
as Plainsclothesman
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Officer
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Booley Herbert
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Chief White Cloud
1957
6.6
Sugarfoot
as Officer O'Brien
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Deputy
1957
7.3
Escape from San Quentin
as Hap's Lead Henchman
1957
6.0
Man of a Thousand Faces
as David T. Stone (uncredited)
1957
6.6
Band of Angels
as Auctioneer
1957
6.2
Beginning of the End
as Roadblock Sergeant
1957
3.8
Meet McGraw
as Officer Vines
1957
5.0
Meet McGraw
as Police Lieutenant
1957
5.0
Tales of Wells Fargo
as Posse Leader
1957
6.9
You Can't Run Away from It
as Detective
1956
4.7
The Man Is Armed
as Ray Perkins
1956
4.8
🎬
State Trooper
as Harvey Steen
1956
5.0
🎬
Broken Arrow
as Dominick
1956
5.0
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Charlie Martin
1956
6.0
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
as Motorcycle cop
1956
6.1
The Werewolf
as Hank Durgis
1956
5.5
While the City Sleeps
as Tim
1956
6.9
Inside Detroit
as Max Harkness (as Larry Blake)
1956
6.0
I Died a Thousand Times
as Healy (uncredited)
1955
6.1
Teen-Age Crime Wave
as Connors
1955
4.6
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Deputy sheriff
1955
7.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
Gunsmoke
as Shell
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Man
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Mr. Kenton (uncredited)
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Dusty Wilson
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Saloonkeeper Collins
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Stagecoach Passenger
1955
6.8
Creature with the Atom Brain
as Reporter #2
1955
5.0
General Electric Theater: Into the Night
as Patrolman
1955
0.0
Dial Red O
as Wayne - Waiter (uncredited)
1955
5.3
🎬
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Capt. Biff McGann (uncredited)
1954
0.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Police Chief
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Drummer (uncredited)
1954
7.8
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Drunk (uncredited)
1954
7.1
The Pride of the Family
as Frank
1953
5.0
Cruisin' Down the River
as Dave Singer
1953
0.0
Remains to Be Seen
as Minetti
1953
5.7
The Blue Gardenia
as Music Shop Clerk (uncredited)
1953
6.5
General Electric Theater
as Reporter Wells
1953
6.4
Never Wave at a WAC
as Mr. Devlin (uncredited)
1953
4.6
Angel Face
as Detective Lt. Ed Brady (uncredited)
1953
7.1
Stop, You're Killing Me
as Police Captain
1952
5.0
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as 1st Reporter
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Milkman
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
as Rausch, the Henchman
1952
6.6
Adventures of Superman
as Steve Martin
1952
6.6
High Noon
as Gillis - Saloon Owner (uncredited)
1952
7.7
🎬
Chevron Theatre
1952
10.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Bill Harmon
1951
7.2
Iron Man
as Ralph Crowley (uncredited)
1951
6.1
Boston Blackie
as Cauliflower Ear
1951
4.0
Rhubarb
as Police Radio Voice (uncredited) (voice)
1951
5.3
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951
6.4
In Old Amarillo
as Stan Benson (uncredited)
1951
6.0
One Too Many
as Walt Williams
1950
0.0
The Jack Benny Program
as Convict
1950
7.8
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Kilrain
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Valcourt
1950
6.3
Sunset Boulevard
as 1st Finance Man
1950
8.3
Destination Big House
as Pete Weiss
1950
0.0
The Blonde Bandit
as Capt. Ed Roberts
1949
5.8
Holiday Affair
as Plainclothesman
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
as Bert Dillon
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
as Lucky Kendal
1949
6.8
The Lucky Stiff
as Louie Perez (as Larry Blake)
1949
4.8
Flamingo Road
as Martin (uncredited)
1949
7.0
French Leave
as Schultyz (as Larry Blake)
1948
0.0
The Hunted
as Hollis Smith (as Larry Blake)
1948
5.2
Call Northside 777
as Police Photographic Technician (uncredited)
1948
6.7
Second Chance
as Det. Sgt. Sharpe
1947
5.0
Backlash
as Detective Lieutenant Jerry McMullen
1947
4.7
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Emcee (uncredited)
1947
6.1
Magnificent Doll
as Charles (uncredited)
1946
5.9
The Trap
as Rick Daniels
1946
6.7
Strange Journey
as Karl
1946
6.0
The Undercover Woman
as Simon Gillette
1946
1.7
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Policeman (Uncredited)
1944
6.2
The Boys from Syracuse
as Announcer
1940
5.8
Two Thoroughbreds
as Truck Driver
1939
2.0
They Made Her a Spy
as Ben Dawson
1939
5.7
Sudden Money
as Interviewer
1939
5.0
Young Fugitives
as Silent Sam (as Larry Blake)
1938
1.0
Air Devils
as John P. 'Horseshoe' Donovan
1938
2.3
The Nurse from Brooklyn
as Larry Craine
1938
6.0
State Police
as Trigger Magee
1938
6.0
The Jury's Secret
as Bill Sheldon
1938
4.0
Trouble at Midnight
as Tony Michaels (as Larry Blake)
1937
6.0
The Road Back
as Weil (as Larry Blake)
1937
5.7
Secret Agent X-9
as Chief FBI Agent Wheeler (as Larry Blake)
1937
6.7