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Oliver Blake

Oliver Blake

Actor · Died February 12, 1992, aged 86 · Centralia, Illinois, USA

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 4, 1905
Died
February 12, 1992 (aged 86)
From
Centralia, Illinois, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
58 on MovieCove · 82 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 7% in 30 days

What are Oliver Blake's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
40%
Bonds
24%
Power
12%
Survival
11%
Self
7%
Ideas
3%
Society
3%
Deception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 8 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 4 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Warm
3
Joyful
3
Thrilling
3
Cold
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Fun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Oliver Blake's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 58 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Oliver Blake's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

82 credits, 58 with a MovieCove page.

  • Bells Are Ringing(1960)

    as Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Alias Jesse James(1959)

    as Mortimer Hopelaw (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Fearmakers(1958)

    as Dr. Gregory Jessup

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Giant from the Unknown(1958)

    as Cafe Proprietor

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Raintree County(1957)

    as Jake - Bartender (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Pied Piper of Hamelin(1957)

    as Leading Citizen (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Maverick(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Brimmer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The Seven Little Foys(1955)

    as Man Dressed as Santa Claus

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Cobweb(1955)

    as Curly

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Geoduck

  • Hell's Outpost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Hotel Clerk

  • Drum Beat(1954)

    as Minister (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Father Knows Best(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Roy (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Brigadoon(1954)

    as Bartender (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Susan Slept Here(1954)

    as Motel Manager (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Casanova's Big Night(1954)

    as Amadeo (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Ma and Pa Kettle at Home(1954)

    as Geoduck

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Long, Long Trailer(1954)

    as Mr. Judlow

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • So This Is Love(1953)

    as Apartment Manager

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Julius Caesar(1953)

    as Citizen of Rome

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • House of Wax(1953)

    as Man Checking His Watch (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Iron Mistress(1952)

    as Innkeeper

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Face to Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Deacon

  • Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Geoduck

  • Feudin' Fools (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Clem Smith

  • Son of Paleface(1952)

    as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair(1952)

    as Geoduck

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Greatest Show on Earth(1952)

    as Spectator (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Room for One More(1952)

    as Mr. Tatum (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Stooge(1951)

    as Theater Manager (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Come Fill the Cup(1951)

    as Al - Bartender at Blue Pencil(uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • I Love Lucy(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Zeb Allen

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Rhubarb(1951)

    as Cadaver Jones (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Chain of Circumstance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Traeger

  • Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Geoduck

  • The Lemon Drop Kid(1951)

    as Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Let's Dance(1950)

    as Man in Bowler Hat (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Fancy Pants(1950)

    as Mr. Andrews (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Father of the Bride(1950)

    as Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Colorado Territory(1949)

    as Wells Fargo Agent (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • A Woman's Secret(1949)

    as Mr. Pierson (Uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Let's Live a Little(1948)

    as Advertising Photographer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Walls of Jericho(1948)

    as Juror

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Moonrise(1948)

    as Ed Conlon

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Cry of the City(1948)

    as Mr. Masselli

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Pirate(1948)

    as Official (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Shed No Tears(1948)

    as Ray Belden's Landlord (Uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Summer Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Scorekeeper (uncredited)

  • The Challenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Arno

  • The Miracle of the Bells(1948)

    as Slenka

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Senator Was Indiscreet(1947)

    as Indian

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Out of the Past(1947)

    as Tillotson (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Merton of the Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Mr. Purdie (uncredited)

  • Nightmare Alley(1947)

    as Hobo (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • So You're Going to Be a Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Swami Fortune Teller (uncredited)

  • The Guilty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Jake, the janitor

  • Ginger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as City Treasurer Joseph Nash

  • The Mighty McGurk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Actor

  • Wake Up and Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Mr. Agrippa

  • Inside Job (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Herman

  • Blonde Alibi(1946)

    as Pat Tenny

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • My Reputation(1946)

    as Dave (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Conflict(1945)

    as Pawnbroker #1 (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Horn Blows at Midnight(1945)

    as Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • A Medal for Benny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)

  • The Thin Man Goes Home(1944)

    as Reporter (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Doughgirls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Hotel porter

  • Greenwich Village(1944)

    as Author

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Gypsy Wildcat(1944)

    as Lieutenant

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Christmas Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

  • Up in Arms(1944)

    as Draft Board Official (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Corvette K-225(1943)

    as Cook

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Mission to Moscow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Heckler (uncredited)

  • Casablanca(1942)

    as Waiter at the Blue Parrot (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Reunion in France(1942)

    as Hypolite (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Get Hep to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Music Judge

  • Saboteur(1942)

    as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Castle in the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as The Hotel Manager

  • H.M. Pulham, Esq.(1941)

    as Ellsmere, the Artist (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Design for Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Realtor (uncredited)

  • Shadow of the Thin Man(1941)

    as Fenster (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • New York Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Bender

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 82 titles from 1941 to 1960.

Highest rated

The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

Midcredits 80th

Film career

  • 1941Screen debut· Shadow of the Thin Man

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting82 of 82: 82 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

By decade

1940s43 · acting1950s38 · acting1960s1 · acting

Billing

usually 15th · top billed in 0% of 25 roles
414651

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Oliver Blake's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 55; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 58 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up23
  • 50th to 74th23
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

43 of their 58 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser43
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Blonde Alibi (1946)

55th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Casablanca (1942)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Oliver Blake work with?

People who share at least 2 of Oliver Blake's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Marjorie Main shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors