Arthur Blake (7 November 1929, Washington, Tyne and Wear – 27 November 2001, Kensington, London, England) was an English actor who appeared in British television and film from the 1950s through the 1990s.
Filmography
Film
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Quatermass 2'' (1957)
*''Girl Stroke Boy'' (1971)
*''Male Bait'' (1971)
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The Cherry Picker
''The Cherry Picker'' (also known as ''The Quiet Life''), is a 1972 British drama film directed by Peter Curran (director), Peter Curran and starring Lulu (singer), Lulu, Bob Sherman (actor), Bob Sherman, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Spike Milligan, Pat ...
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Little Dorrit
''Little Dorrit'' is a novel by English author Charles Dickens, originally published in Serial (literature), serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea pris ...
'' (1987)
Television
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Saturday Playhouse
''Saturday Playhouse'' was a 60-minute UK anthology television series produced by and airing on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from 4 January 1958 until 1 April 1961. There were sixty-eight episodes, among them adaptations of the pla ...
'' (1959)
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No Hiding Place
''No Hiding Place'' is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV (TV network), ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967.
It was the sequel to the series ''Murder Bag'' ...
'' (1959-1961)
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ITV Television Playhouse'' (1961)
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Z-Cars
''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police and CID detectives in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by ...
'' (1962)
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The Dickie Henderson Show'' (1963-1965)
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Crane'' (1965)
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Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...
'' (1965)
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Frontier
A frontier is a political and geographical term referring to areas near or beyond a boundary.
Australia
The term "frontier" was frequently used in colonial Australia in the meaning of country that borders the unknown or uncivilised, th ...
'' (1968)
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Crime Buster'' (1968)
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Theatre Date'' (1969)
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World in Ferment'' (1969)
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Budgie'' (1971)
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ITV Sunday Night Theatre
''ITV Sunday Night Theatre'', originally titled ''ITV Saturday Night Theatre'' and often shortened to simply ''Sunday Night Theatre'' or ''Saturday Night Theatre'', is a British television anthology series screened on ITV, whose episodes were co ...
'' (1971)
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Hine'' (1971)
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Bel Ami
''Bel-Ami'' (, "Dear Friend") is the second novel by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885; an English translation titled ''Bel Ami, or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel'' first appeared in 1903.
The story chronicles journalist ...
'' (1971)
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War and Peace
''War and Peace'' (; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the work comprises both a fictional narrative and chapters in which Tolstoy discusses history and philosophy. An ...
'' (1972)
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The Edwardians'' (1972)
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Heil Caesar!'' (1973)
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Thursday's Child'' (1973)
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The Stars Look Down
''The Stars Look Down'' is a 1935 novel by A. J. Cronin which chronicles various injustices in an English coal mining community. A film version was released in 1940, and television adaptations include both Italian (1971) and British (1975) v ...
'' (1975)
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Red Letter Day'' (1976)
*''Striker'' (1976)
*''Headmaster'' (1977)
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Armchair Thriller'' (1978)
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The Professionals'' (1978)
*''Born and Bred'' (1980)
*''Strangers'' (1980)
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When the Boat Comes In
''When the Boat Comes In'' is a British television period drama produced by the BBC between 8 January 1976 and 21 April 1981. Across the whole series, events are set in the time period from 1919 to 1937. The series stars James Bolam as Jack Fo ...
'' (1981)
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BBC2 Playhouse
''BBC2 Playhouse'' is a British anthology television series of one-hour episodes produced by the BBC. Among its many performers were Helen Mirren, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Liam Neeson, Paul Scofield, Deborah Kerr, Ben Kingsley, Donald ...
'' (1981)
*''Funny Man'' (1981)
*''Holding the Fort'' (1982)
*''The Agatha Christie Hour'' (1982)
*''The World About Us '' (1982)
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Rumpole of the Bailey
''Rumpole of the Bailey'' is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, a middle-aged London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, ...
'' (1983-1988)
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Mr. Palfrey of Westminster'' (1984)
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Bergerac'' (1985)
*''Murder of a Moderate Man'' (1985)
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Sorry!'' (1986)
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First Among Equals
is a Latin phrase meaning first among equals. It is typically used as an honorary title for someone who is formally equal to other members of their group but is accorded unofficial respect, traditionally owing to their seniority in office.
H ...
'' (1986)
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The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...
'' (1986-1989)
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A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery'' (1987)
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Don't Wait Up'' (1988)
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Double First
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'' (1988)
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Star Trap'' (1988)
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London's Burning'' (1989)
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Campion'' (1990)
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Unnatural Causes'' (1993)
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Under the Hammer'' (1994)
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No Bananas'' (1996)
References
External links
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1929 births
2001 deaths
English male film actors
English male television actors
People from Washington, Tyne and Wear
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