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Arthur Lake (I) (1906–1987)

Actor | Soundtrack | Producer

His parents were circus acrobats and he became part of their act. When they changed to vaudeville and wound up in California, he got a job in the movies. The founder of Universal Pictures, Carl Laemmle changed his name to Lake. In silent films he played somewhat dimwitted youngsters, The long-running part of Dagwood in the "Blondie" series pretty much continued the the pattern into adult life... See full bio »

Born:

Arthur William Lake
in Corbin, Kentucky, USA

Died:

(age 80) in Indian Wells, California, USA
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1957 Blondie (TV series)
Dagwood Bumstead
– Howdy, Neighbor (1957) … Dagwood Bumstead
– The Party (1957) … Dagwood Bumstead
– Follow That Man (1957) … Dagwood Bumstead
– The Tramp (1957) … Dagwood Bumstead
– Cupid's Question Column (1957) … Dagwood Bumstead
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1952 Gang Busters (TV series)
Arthur Lake
– The Dennis Case (1952) … Arthur Lake
 
1950 Beware of Blondie
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1950 Blondie's Hero
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1949 Blondie Hits the Jackpot
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1949 Blondie's Big Deal
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1948 Blondie's Secret
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1948 16 Fathoms Deep
Pete
 
1948 Blondie's Reward
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1947 Blondie's Anniversary
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1947 Blondie in the Dough
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1947 Blondie's Holiday
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1947 Blondie's Big Moment
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1946 Blondie Knows Best
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1946 Blondie's Lucky Day
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1945 Life with Blondie
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1945 Leave It to Blondie
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1945 The Big Show-Off
Sanford 'Sandy'Elliott, Shy Pianist
 
1945 The Good Egg (short)
Mr. Hook (voice) (uncredited)
 
1945 Tokyo Woes (short)
Mr. Hook (voice) (uncredited)
 
1945 The Return of Mr. Hook (short)
Mr. Hook (voice) (uncredited)
 
1944 Three Is a Family
Archie Whittaker
 
1944 Sailor's Holiday
'Marblehead' Tomkins
 
1944 The Ghost That Walks Alone
Eddie Grant
 
1943 Footlight Glamour
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1943 It's a Great Life
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1942 Blondie for Victory
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1942 Blondie's Blessed Event
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1942 Blondie Goes to College
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1941 Blondie in Society
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1941 Blondie Goes Latin
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1940 Gallant Sons
Ben - the friend with glasses (uncredited)
 
1940 Blondie Plays Cupid
Dagwood
 
1940 Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Dagwood
 
1940 Blondie on a Budget
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1939 Blondie Brings Up Baby
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1939 Blondie Takes a Vacation
Dagwood Bumstead
 
1939 Blondie Meets the Boss
Dagwood
 
1938 Blondie
Dagwood
 
1938 There Goes My Heart
Flash Fisher
 
1938 Double Danger
Roy West
 
1938 Everybody's Doing It
Waldo
 
1937 True Confession
Attendant (uncredited)
 
1937 Exiled to Shanghai
Bud
 
1937 Annapolis Salute
Tex Clemens
 
1937 Topper
Elevator Boy
 
1937 23 1/2 Hours Leave
Sgt. Turner
 
1936 I Cover Chinatown
Insurance Agent
 
1936 New Shoes (short)
The Boy
 
1935 Orchids to You
Joe
 
1935 Women Must Dress
Janet's Friend
 
1934 The Silver Streak
Crawford
 
1934 Girl o' My Dreams
Bobby Barnes
 
1934 The Winnah! (short)
Arthur
 
1933 Midshipman Jack
Allen S. Williams
 
1931 Hollywood Halfbacks (short)
 
1931 Indiscreet
Buster Collins
 
1930 She's My Weakness
Tommy Mills
 
1930 Cheer Up and Smile
Eddie Fripp
 
1930 Peek-A-Boo (short)
The Bellhop
 
1930 The Beauty Parade (short)
 
1930 Her Bashful Beau (short)
 
1930 Follow Me (short)
 
1930 Some Show (short)
 
1929 His Girl's Wedding (short)
 
1929 Dance Hall
Tommy Flynn
 
1929 Doing His Stuff (short)
 
1929 Tanned Legs
Bill
 
1929 Night Owls (short)
Horace
 
1929 Stepping High (short)
Horace
 
1929 Double Trouble (short)
Horace
 
1929 Society Circus (short)
Horace
 
1929 On with the Show!
Harold
 
1929 Cleaning Up (short)
Horace
 
1929 The Knight Watch (short)
Horace
 
1929 Love and Sand (short)
Horace
 
1929 At the Front (short)
Horace
 
1929 Whose Baby? (short)
Horace
 
1929 Sitting Pretty (short)
 
1928 Sleeping Through (short)
Horace
 
1928 Leaping Through (short)
 
1928 A Woman's Man (short)
Horace
 
1928 Fun in the Clouds (short)
Horace
 
1928 Come on Horace (short)
Horace
 
1928 The Air Circus
Speed Doolittle
 
1928 Hollywood or Bust (short)
Horace
 
1928 The King of Shebas (short)
Arthur
 
1928 Lilac Time
The Unlucky One
 
1928 Sandwiches and Tea (short)
Arthur
 
1928 The Speed Sheik (short)
Arthur
 
1928 Summer Knights (short)
Arthur
 
1928 Harold Teen
Harold Teen
 
1928 One Every Minute (short)
Arthur
 
1928 Ringside Romeos (short)
Arthur
 
1928 Stop That Man
Tommy O'Brien
 
1928 The Count of Ten
The brother
 
1928 Back to Nature (short)
Arthur
 
1928 By Correspondence (short)
 
1928 Some Pets (short)
Arthur
 
1928/II Heart Trouble
 
1927 Swell Clothes (short)
Arthur
 
1927 The Love Wallop (short)
 
1927 The Irresistible Lover
Jack Kennedy
 
1927 Saxophobia (short)
 
1927 Sodas and Shebas (short)
Arthur
 
1927 A Run for His Money (short)
 
1927 The Cradle Snatchers
Oscar
 
1927 The Midnight Bum (short)
 
1927/II In Again, Out Again (short)
 
1927 Jailhouse Blues (short)
 
1927 Meet the Husband (short)
 
1927 Hop Along (short)
 
1927 The Honeymoon Quickstep (short)
 
1926 Switching Sleepers (short)
 
1926 Business Worries (short)
Arthur
 
1926 Too Much Sleep (short)
 
1926 Wanted a Bride (short)
 
1926 Tiddly-Winks (short)
 
1926 Don't Be a Dummy (short)
Arthur
 
1926 Oprey House Tonight (short)
 
1926 The Village Cut-Up (short)
 
1926 Papa's Mama (short)
Arthur Brown
 
1926 Hearts for Rent (short)
 
1926 Separated Sweethearts (short)
 
1926 A Swell Affair (short)
Arthur
 
1926 Skinner's Dress Suit
Tommy
 
1926 A Bedtime Story (short)
 
1926 Mortgaged Again (short)
 
1926 A Dumb Friend (short)
 
1926 Hot Dog (short)
Arthur
 
1926 Prep School (short)
 
1925 Love My Dog (short)
 
1925 The Understudy (short)
 
1925 Sporting Life
Peggy's Admirer in Audience (uncredited)
 
1925 A Free Ride (short)
 
1925 Half Fare (short)
 
1925 The Green-Eyed Monster (short)
 
1925 California Straight Ahead
Camper (uncredited)
 
1925 The Party (short)
 
1925 Where Was I?
Jimmy
 
1925 His New Suit (short)
 
1925 Short Pants (short)
 
1925 Discord in 'A' Flat (short)
 
1925 Heart Trouble (short)
 
1925 Dog Biscuits (short)
 
1925 Ice Cold (short)
 
1925 Love Sick (short)
 
1925 Nobody Wins (short)
 
1925 Here's Your Hat (short)
 
1925 Locked Out (short)
 
1925 No Place to Go (short)
 
1925 Putting on Airs (short)
 
1925 Smoked Out (short)
 
1925 The Girl Problem (short)
 
1925 My Baby Doll (short)
 
1925 Financially Embarrassed (short)
 
1925 Smouldering Fires
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1924 Alone at Last
Jack
 
1924 Harem Follies (short)
 
1924 The Girl Hater (short)
 
1924 When Love Is Young (short)
 
1917 Jack and the Beanstalk
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (5 titles)
1948 Blondie's Secret (performer: "Oh Susanna" 1846 - uncredited)
 
1941 Blondie Goes Latin (performer: "You Don't Play a Drum, You Beat It", "You Can Cry On My Shoulder", "Brazilian Cotillion")
 
1938 There Goes My Heart (performer: "John Brown's Body" 1859)
 
1929 Tanned Legs (performer: "With You, With Me" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 On with the Show! (performer: "Don't It Mean a Thing to You?" - uncredited, "Wedding Day" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1948 16 Fathoms Deep (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1935 It's a Great Life (story)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
1976 It's Showtime (documentary)
Himself (uncredited) (also archive footage)
 
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Irene Ryan (1971) … Himself
 
1960 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Ken Murray (1960) … Himself
 
1950 TV Club (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.11 (1950) … Himself
 
1950 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.9 (1950) … Himself
 
1945 Peeks at Hollywood (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1941 Meet the Stars #4: Variety Reel #2 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1939 Hollywood Hobbies (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1935 Starlit Days at the Lido (short)
Himself
 
1932 Running Hollywood (short)
Himself - Chief of Police
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 12 (short)
Himself
 
1929 The Voice of Hollywood No. 1 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1931 The Voice of Hollywood No. 26 (short)
Himself
 

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According to author Donald H. Wolfe, Lake was questioned by investigators regarding the famous "Black Dahlia" murder of Elizabeth Short, though charges were never filed. Lake had allegedly met Short when she was volunteering at the Hollywood Canteen. See more »

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