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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 4, 1905
Died
February 12, 1992
Place of Birth
Centralia, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Oliver Prickett
Oliver Blake
0.3 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.3
Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)
Bells Are Ringing
1960
5.9
Mortimer Hopelaw (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James
1959
6.2
Dr. Gregory Jessup
The Fearmakers
1958
4.0
Cafe Proprietor
Giant from the Unknown
1958
6.4
Jake - Bartender (uncredited)
Raintree County
1957
5.3
Leading Citizen (uncredited)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
6.8
Brimmer
Maverick
1957
6.0
Man Dressed as Santa Claus
The Seven Little Foys
1955
5.8
Curly
The Cobweb
1955
6.8
Geoduck
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1955
Credits
Bells Are Ringing
as Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)
1960
6.3
Alias Jesse James
as Mortimer Hopelaw (uncredited)
1959
5.9
The Fearmakers
as Dr. Gregory Jessup
1958
6.2
Giant from the Unknown
as Cafe Proprietor
1958
4.0
Raintree County
as Jake - Bartender (uncredited)
1957
6.4
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Leading Citizen (uncredited)
1957
5.3
Maverick
as Brimmer
1957
6.8
The Seven Little Foys
as Man Dressed as Santa Claus
1955
6.0
The Cobweb
as Curly
1955
5.8
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
as Geoduck
1955
6.8
Hell's Outpost
as Hotel Clerk
1954
5.0
Drum Beat
1954
6.0
Brigadoon
as Bartender (uncredited)
1954
6.5
Susan Slept Here
as Motel Manager (uncredited)
1954
6.2
Casanova's Big Night
as Amadeo (uncredited)
1954
6.1
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
as Geoduck
1954
5.8
The Long, Long Trailer
as Mr. Judlow
1954
6.8
So This Is Love
as Apartment Manager
1953
4.5
Julius Caesar
as Citizen of Rome
1953
7.1
House of Wax
as Man Checking His Watch (uncredited)
1953
6.9
The Iron Mistress
as Innkeeper
1952
4.8
Face to Face
as Deacon
1952
5.7
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
as Geoduck
1952
7.2
Feudin' Fools
as Clem Smith
1952
4.0
Son of Paleface
as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
1952
6.3
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
as Geoduck
1952
5.9
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Spectator (uncredited)
1952
6.3
Room for One More
as Mr. Tatum (uncredited)
1952
6.3
The Stooge
as Theater Manager (uncredited)
1951
6.6
I Love Lucy
as Zeb Allen
1951
7.9
Rhubarb
as Cadaver Jones (uncredited)
1951
5.5
Chain of Circumstance
as Traeger
1951
0.0
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
as Geoduck
1951
6.3
The Lemon Drop Kid
as Racetrack Bettor on Iron Bar (uncredited)
1951
6.5
Let's Dance
as Man in Bowler Hat (uncredited)
1950
5.5
Fancy Pants
as Mr. Andrews
1950
5.6
Father of the Bride
as Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
1950
7.0
Colorado Territory
as Wells Fargo Agent (uncredited)
1949
6.9
A Woman's Secret
as Mr. Pierson (Uncredited)
1949
5.6
Let's Live a Little
as Advertising Photographer
1948
6.3
The Walls of Jericho
as Juror
1948
5.7
Moonrise
as Ed Conlon
1948
6.3
Cry of the City
as Mr. Masselli
1948
6.8
The Pirate
as Official (uncredited)
1948
6.4
Shed No Tears
as Ray Belden's Landlord (Uncredited)
1948
5.0
Summer Holiday
as Scorekeeper (uncredited)
1948
4.9
The Challenge
as Arno
1948
6.0
The Miracle of the Bells
as Slenka
1948
5.9
The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Indian
1947
5.4
Out of the Past
as Tillotson (uncredited)
1947
7.6
Merton of the Movies
as Mr. Purdie (uncredited)
1947
6.8
Nightmare Alley
as Hobo (uncredited)
1947
7.1
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So You're Going to Be a Father
as Swami Fortune Teller (uncredited)
1947
4.3
The Guilty
as Jake, the janitor
1947
5.3
Ginger
as City Treasurer Joseph Nash
1947
0.0
The Mighty McGurk
1947
6.4
Wake Up and Dream
as Mr. Agrippa
1946
6.5
Inside Job
as Herman
1946
5.6
Blonde Alibi
as Pat Tenny
1946
3.9
My Reputation
as Dave (uncredited)
1946
7.1
Conflict
as Pawnbroker #1 (uncredited)
1945
6.6
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)
1945
5.8
A Medal for Benny
as Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)
1945
4.5
The Doughgirls
as Hotel porter
1944
7.0
Greenwich Village
as Author
1944
6.0
Gypsy Wildcat
as Lieutenant
1944
5.5
Christmas Holiday
as Lawyer
1944
6.3
Up in Arms
as Draft Board Official (uncredited)
1944
6.0
Corvette K-225
as Cook
1943
6.1
Mission to Moscow
as Heckler (uncredited)
1943
5.3
Casablanca
as Waiter at the Blue Parrot (uncredited)
1943
8.2
Reunion in France
as Hypolite (uncredited)
1942
6.4
Get Hep to Love
as Music Judge
1942
4.0
Saboteur
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
1942
6.9
Castle in the Desert
as The Hotel Manager
1942
6.8
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Ellsmere, the Artist (uncredited)
1941
6.9
Design for Scandal
as Realtor (uncredited)
1941
5.2
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Lawyer Fenster
1941
7.0
New York Town
as Bender
1941
10.0