Larry J. Blake
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 24, 1914, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- May 25, 1982
- Movies
- 85
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1979 | Time After Time | Guard |
| 1977 | Demon Seed | Cameron |
| 1975 | Search for the Gods | Jailer |
| 1975 | The Strongest Man in the World | Pete |
| 1974 | Herbie Rides Again | Police Officer |
| 1974 | The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton | Police Chief |
| 1973 | The Stone Killer | Police Commissioner |
| 1973 | Bonnie's Kids | Poker Player with Glasses |
| 1971 | Diamonds Are Forever | Water Balloon Game Barker-Operator (uncredited) |
| 1971 | One More Train to Rob | Barber (uncredited) |
| 1968 | The Love Bug | Track Timekeeper (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Salesman (uncredited) |
| 1968 | The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band | First Outspoken Man (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Hang 'em High | Prisoner in Compound |
| 1968 | Carnival Nights | Policeman |
| 1966 | The Swinger | Honest Hal (uncredited) |
| 1966 | The Rare Breed | Auctioneer (uncredited) |
| 1965 | That Darn Cat! | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 1965 | That Funny Feeling | Policeman |
| 1964 | Sex and the Single Girl | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Flashing Spikes | 1st Reporter |
| 1961 | Portrait of a Mobster | John Murphy |
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Mac - Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? | Tenant (uncredited) |
| 1959 | City of Fear | |
| 1958 | Outcasts of the City | |
| 1957 | Escape from San Quentin | Hap's Lead Henchman |
| 1957 | Man of a Thousand Faces | David T. Stone (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Band of Angels | Auctioneer |
| 1957 | Beginning of the End | Roadblock Sergeant |
| 1956 | You Can't Run Away from It | Detective |
| 1956 | The Man Is Armed | Ray Perkins |
| 1956 | The Werewolf | Hank Durgis |
| 1956 | Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Motorcycle cop |
| 1956 | While the City Sleeps | Tim |
| 1955 | Inside Detroit | Max Harkness (as Larry Blake) |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times | Healy (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Teen-Age Crime Wave | Connors |
| 1955 | The Twinkle In God's Eye | Deputy sheriff |
| 1955 | Creature with the Atom Brain | Reporter #2 |
| 1955 | General Electric Theater: Into the Night | Patrolman |
| 1955 | Dial Red O | Wayne - Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1954 | So You Want to Know Your Relatives | Capt. Biff McGann (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Drunk (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Cruisin' Down the River | Dave Singer |
| 1953 | Remains to Be Seen | Minetti |
| 1953 | The Blue Gardenia | Music Shop Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC | Mr. Devlin (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Angel Face | Detective Lt. Ed Brady (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Stop, You're Killing Me | Police Captain |
| 1952 | High Noon | Gillis - Saloon Owner (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Iron Man | Ralph Crowley (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Rhubarb | Police Radio Voice (uncredited) (voice) |
| 1951 | Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison | |
| 1951 | In Old Amarillo | Stan Benson (uncredited) |
| 1950 | One Too Many | Walt Williams |
| 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Finance Man #1 |
| 1950 | Destination Big House | Pete Weiss |
| 1949 | The Blonde Bandit | Capt. Ed Roberts |
| 1949 | Holiday Affair | Plainclothesman |
| 1949 | The Lucky Stiff | Louie Perez (as Larry Blake) |
| 1949 | Flamingo Road | Martin (uncredited) |
| 1948 | French Leave | Schultyz (as Larry Blake) |
| 1948 | The Hunted | Hollis Smith (as Larry Blake) |
| 1948 | Call Northside 777 | Police Photographic Technician (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Second Chance | Det. Sgt. Sharpe |
| 1947 | Backlash | Detective Lieutenant Jerry McMullen |
| 1947 | Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman | Emcee (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | Charles (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Trap | Rick Daniels |
| 1946 | Strange Journey | Karl |
| 1946 | The Undercover Woman | Simon Gillette |
| 1944 | Maisie Goes to Reno | Policeman (Uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Boys from Syracuse | Announcer |
| 1939 | Two Thoroughbreds | Truck Driver |
| 1939 | They Made Her a Spy | Ben Dawson |
| 1939 | Sudden Money | Interviewer |
| 1938 | Young Fugitives | Silent Sam |
| 1938 | Air Devils | John P. 'Horseshoe' Donovan |
| 1938 | The Nurse from Brooklyn | Larry Craine |
| 1938 | State Police | Trigger Magee |
| 1938 | The Jury's Secret | Bill Sheldon |
| 1937 | Trouble at Midnight | Tony Michaels (as Larry Blake) |
| 1937 | The Road Back | Weil (as Larry Blake) |
| 1937 | Secret Agent X-9 | Chief FBI Agent Wheeler (as Larry Blake) |
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