Larry J. Blake

Larry J. Blake

Birthday: 1914-04-24

Deathday: 1982-05-25

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: Larry Blake, Joseph Vieira

imdb_id: nm0086627

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)

Played in movies:

Sunset Boulevard

Score: 8.3

High Noon

Score: 7.7

Elmer Gantry

Score: 7.3

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Score: 7.1

Angel Face

Score: 7.1

The Twinkle In God's Eye

Score: 7.0

Flamingo Road

Score: 7.0

While the City Sleeps

Score: 6.9

Hang 'em High

Score: 6.8

Time After Time

Score: 6.8

Holiday Affair

Score: 6.8

Secret Agent X-9

Score: 6.7

Man of a Thousand Faces

Score: 6.7

The Trap

Score: 6.7

Call Northside 777

Score: 6.6

The Blue Gardenia

Score: 6.6

That Darn Cat!

Score: 6.6

Sex and the Single Girl

Score: 6.5

Diamonds Are Forever

Score: 6.4

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

Score: 6.4

The Road Back

Score: 6.3

City of Fear

Score: 6.3

Band of Angels

Score: 6.2

Maisie Goes to Reno

Score: 6.2

Who Was That Lady?

Score: 6.2

The Stone Killer

Score: 6.2

I Died a Thousand Times

Score: 6.1

Herbie Rides Again

Score: 6.1

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Score: 6.1

Iron Man

Score: 6.1

The Strongest Man in the World

Score: 6.1

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

Score: 6.0

The Rare Breed

Score: 6.0

State Police

Score: 6.0

Strange Journey

Score: 6.0

Trouble at Midnight

Score: 6.0

Inside Detroit

Score: 6.0

The Nurse from Brooklyn

Score: 6.0

In Old Amarillo

Score: 6.0

Escape from San Quentin

Score: 6.0

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Score: 6.0

Magnificent Doll

Score: 5.9

Demon Seed

Score: 5.9

The Boys from Syracuse

Score: 5.8

The Blonde Bandit

Score: 5.8

Remains to Be Seen

Score: 5.7

They Made Her a Spy

Score: 5.7

The Werewolf

Score: 5.6

Bonnie's Kids

Score: 5.5

One More Train to Rob

Score: 5.5

The Swinger

Score: 5.5

Rhubarb

Score: 5.3

Flashing Spikes

Score: 5.3

Dial Red O

Score: 5.2

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

Score: 5.2

The Hunted

Score: 5.2

Creature with the Atom Brain

Score: 5.1

Sudden Money

Score: 5.0

Stop, You're Killing Me

Score: 5.0

Second Chance

Score: 5.0

Never Wave at a WAC

Score: 4.9

Backlash

Score: 4.9

The Lucky Stiff

Score: 4.8

The Man Is Armed

Score: 4.8

You Can't Run Away from It

Score: 4.7

Teen-Age Crime Wave

Score: 4.6

The Jury's Secret

Score: 4.5

Search for the Gods

Score: 4.3

Beginning of the End

Score: 3.8

Air Devils

Score: 2.3

The Undercover Woman

Score: 2.0

Two Thoroughbreds

Score: 2.0

Young Fugitives

Score: 1.0

Carnival Nights

Score: 0.0

The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton

Score: 0.0

French Leave

Score: 0.0

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

Score: 0.0

Cruisin' Down the River

Score: 0.0

General Electric Theater: Into the Night

Score: 0.0

Outcasts of the City

Score: 0.0

One Too Many

Score: 0.0

Portrait of a Mobster

Score: 0.0

Destination Big House

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Chevron Theatre

Score: 10.0

The Twilight Zone

Score: 8.5

The Munsters

Score: 7.9

The Jack Benny Program

Score: 7.8

The Wonderful World of Disney

Score: 7.8

The Wonderful World of Disney

Score: 7.8

Night Gallery

Score: 7.8

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Kung Fu

Score: 7.7

Arrest and Trial

Score: 7.7

Mission: Impossible

Score: 7.6

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

The Fugitive

Score: 7.2

Rawhide

Score: 7.1

Ghost Story

Score: 7.1

Kojak

Score: 7.0

The Lucy Show

Score: 7.0

Adam-12

Score: 6.9

Adam-12

Score: 6.9

Adam-12

Score: 6.9

The Beverly Hillbillies

Score: 6.9

Ironside

Score: 6.8

Hazel

Score: 6.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Score: 6.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Score: 6.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Score: 6.8

Adventures of Superman

Score: 6.7

Adventures of Superman

Score: 6.7

Here's Lucy

Score: 6.7

Here's Lucy

Score: 6.7

Here's Lucy

Score: 6.7

Here's Lucy

Score: 6.7

Here's Lucy

Score: 6.7

Here's Lucy

Score: 6.7

Here's Lucy

Score: 6.7

Here's Lucy

Score: 6.7

The Lone Ranger

Score: 6.7

The Lone Ranger

Score: 6.7

Tales of Wells Fargo

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Score: 6.5

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Score: 6.5

My Three Sons

Score: 6.4

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

Coronado 9

Score: 6.0

Saints and Sinners

Score: 6.0

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Score: 5.7

Yancy Derringer

Score: 5.6

Lawman

Score: 5.6

Lawman

Score: 5.6

Lawman

Score: 5.6

Yancy Derringer

Score: 5.6

Tightrope

Score: 5.5

Hey, Jeannie!

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Score: 5.4

State Trooper

Score: 5.0

Meet McGraw

Score: 5.0

Surfside 6

Score: 5.0

The Pride of the Family

Score: 5.0

Broken Arrow

Score: 5.0

Sugarfoot

Score: 4.8

Boston Blackie

Score: 4.0