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Oliver Blake(1905-1992)

  • Actor
  • Producer
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Oliver Blake
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.
BornApril 4, 1905
DiedFebruary 12, 1992(86)
BornApril 4, 1905
DiedFebruary 12, 1992(86)
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Known for

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
6.8
  • Geoduck
  • 1951
Percy Kilbride, Marjorie Main, Lori Nelson, and Byron Palmer in Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
6.4
  • Geoduck
  • 1955
James Best, Oliver Blake, Zachary Charles, Percy Kilbride, Marjorie Main, Lori Nelson, and Emory Parnell in Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
6.7
  • Geoduck
  • 1952
So Big (1953)
So Big
6.7
  • Adam Ooms
  • 1953

Credits

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Actor



  • Dean Martin, Judy Holliday, and Jean Stapleton in Bells Are Ringing (1960)
    Bells Are Ringing
    6.9
    • Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Guy Williams in Zorro (1957)
    Zorro
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Tomas Gregorio
    • 1959
  • Father Knows Best (1954)
    Father Knows Best
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Roy the poker plaer
    • Roy (uncredited)
    • 1954–1959
  • Bob Hope and Rhonda Fleming in Alias Jesse James (1959)
    Alias Jesse James
    6.4
    • Mortimer Hopelaw (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Lee Aaker, James Brown, and Rin Tin Tin II in The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
    The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Seth Pillajohn
    • Seth Pillijohn
    • 1958–1959
  • Alcoa Theatre (1957)
    Alcoa Theatre
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Roy Morgan
    • 1958
  • Felicia Farr, Andy Griffith, and Erin O'Brien in Onionhead (1958)
    Onionhead
    5.9
    • Lester Pierce (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Dana Andrews, Marilee Earle, and Mel Tormé in The Fearmakers (1958)
    The Fearmakers
    6.2
    • Dr. Gregory Jessup
    • 1958
  • Buddy Baer in Giant from the Unknown (1958)
    Giant from the Unknown
    4.5
    • Cafe Proprietor
    • 1958
  • Jim Backus, Claude Rains, Van Johnson, and Lori Nelson in The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
    The Pied Piper of Hamelin
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • Leading Citizen (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • James Garner and Jack Kelly in Maverick (1957)
    Maverick
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Brimmer
    • 1957
  • Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Eva Marie Saint in Raintree County (1957)
    Raintree County
    6.3
    • Jake - Bartender (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Preston Foster in Cavalcade of America (1952)
    Cavalcade of America
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Detwiler
    • 1956
  • The Box Brothers (1956)
    The Box Brothers
    TV Series
    • Carl Dorf
    • Dorf
    • 1956
  • Producers' Showcase (1954)
    Producers' Showcase
    7.1
    TV Series
    • 1956

Producer



  • The Man Who Shot the Devil
    Short
    • executive producer (as Oliver B. Prickett)
    • 1955

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Broken Head in Credits
  • Born
    • April 4, 1905
    • Centralia, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • February 12, 1992
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)

Did you know

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    He is best remembered as Geoduck, Pa Kettle's Native American friend, in five Ma and Pa Kettle movies: Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951), Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952), Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955), Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952), and Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954). The role had been played by John Berkes in The Egg and I (1947) and Lester Allen in the first two movies.

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