Oliver Blake

1905 - 1992

Character actor with a wildly distinctive face. Used real name Oliver Prickett for stage work, especially at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, where he was a longtime fixture and teacher and where his brother was managing director. Used stage name Oliver Blake for scores of small film and television roles. Brother-in-law of actress Maudie Prickett.

He died on 12 February 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Фильмы

Casablanca

Michael Curtiz

Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Casablanca

8.5 1942

США, драма

Out of the Past

Jacques Tourneur

Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer

Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.

Out of the Past

7.9 1947

США, криминал

Nightmare Alley

Edmund Goulding

Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell

Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.

Nightmare Alley

7.7 1947

США, криминал

Conflict

Curtis Bernhardt

Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

Conflict

7.2 1945

США, триллер

Room for One More

Norman Taurog

Cary Grant, Betsy Drake

Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.

Room for One More

7.2 ⚠️ 1952

США, комедия

Julius Caesar

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Marlon Brando, James Mason

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.

Julius Caesar

7.2 1953

США, драма

Shadow of the Thin Man

W.S. Van Dyke

William Powell, Myrna Loy

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

Shadow of the Thin Man

7.2 1941

США, комедия

Cry of the City

Robert Siodmak

Victor Mature, Richard Conte

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Cry of the City

7.2 ⚠️ 1948

США, криминал

Saboteur

Alfred Hitchcock

Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.

Saboteur

7.1 1942

США, триллер

Father of the Bride

Vincente Minnelli

Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

Father of the Bride

7.1 1950

США, комедия

The Long, Long Trailer

Vincente Minnelli

Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz

A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage.

The Long, Long Trailer

7.0 1954

США, комедия

My Reputation

Curtis Bernhardt

Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent

Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own children.

My Reputation

7.0 ⚠️ 1946

США, драма

The Lemon Drop Kid

Sidney Lanfield

Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell

When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Creating a fake charity for "Apple Annie" Nellie Thursday, the Kid tricks his gang into donning Santa suits and "collecting dough for old dolls" like Nellie who have nowhere to live.

The Lemon Drop Kid

7.0 ⚠️ 1951

США, комедия

House of Wax

André De Toth

Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy

A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.

House of Wax

7.0 1953