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