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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High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigatin...
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In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with un...
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Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neigh...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Bells Are Ringing (1960) | Ludwig Smiley (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 2 | The Cobweb (1955) | Curly | 4 | |
| 3 | Brigadoon (1954) | Bartender (uncredited) | 6.3 | |
| 4 | Julius Caesar (1953) | Citizen of Rome | 8 | |
| 5 | House of Wax (1953) | Man Checking His Watch (uncredited) | 7.2 | |
| 6 | The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) | Spectator (uncredited) | 4 | |
| 7 | Face to Face (1952) | Deacon | 4 | |
| 8 | Son of Paleface (1952) | Telegraph Clerk (uncredited) | 1 | |
| 9 | Father of the Bride (1950) | Engagement Party Guest (uncredited) | 8 | |
| 10 | Colorado Territory (1949) | Wells Fargo Agent (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 11 | A Woman's Secret (1949) | Mr. Pierson (Uncredited) | 5 | |
| 12 | Summer Holiday (1948) | Scorekeeper (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 13 | The Pirate (1948) | Official (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 14 | Cry of the City (1948) | Mr. Masselli | 5 | |
| 15 | Shed No Tears (1948) | Ray Belden's Landlord (Uncredited) | 5 | |
| 16 | Moonrise (1948) | Ed Conlon | 5 | |
| 17 | Out of the Past (1947) | Tillotson (uncredited) | 6.3 | |
| 18 | Nightmare Alley (1947) | Hobo (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 19 | The Guilty (1947) | Jake, the janitor | 4 | |
| 20 | My Reputation (1946) | Dave (uncredited) | 2.5 | |
| 21 | Inside Job (1946) | Herman | 6 | |
| 22 | A Medal for Benny (1945) | Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited) | - | - |
| 23 | Conflict (1945) | Pawnbroker #1 (uncredited) | 4 | |
| 24 | The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) | Reporter (uncredited) | 9 | |
| 25 | Christmas Holiday (1944) | Defense Attorney (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 26 | Up in Arms (1944) | Draft Board Official (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 27 | Casablanca (1943) | Waiter at the Blue Parrot (uncredited) | 8.1 | |
| 28 | Saboteur (1942) | Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 29 | Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) | Fenster (uncredited) | 9 |

