Arthur Lake (actor)
infobox actor
name = Arthur Lake
caption =
birthname =
birthdate = birth date|1905|04|17
birthplace =Corbin, Kentucky , U.S.A.
deathdate = death date and age|1987|01|09|1905|04|17
deathplace =Indian Wells, California , U.S.A.
occupation =actor
yearsactive =Arthur Lake (b. Arthur Silverlake,
April 17 ,1905 ,Corbin, Kentucky - d.January 9 ,1987 ,Indian Wells, California ) was an American actor known best for bringingDagwood Bumstead , the stumbling husband of "Blondie" to life infilm ,radio , andtelevision .Lake appeared in films starting in the late 1920s, beginning as an adolescent character actor. By the sound era he was playing light romantic roles, usually with a comic "Mama's Boy" tone to them, in films such as "Indiscreet" with
Gloria Swanson . He is best known for portraying the "Blondie"comic strip character ofDagwood Bumstead in the long-running series of "Blondie"film s produced byColumbia Pictures from 1938 until 1950. During virtually the same length of time, aradio version was broadcast with Lake in the Dagwood role. He also portrayed the character in the 1957 "Blondie"television series , even though he was old enough by that time to be a grandfather. His work in the popular "Blondie" radio show earned him a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame at 6646 Hollywood Blvd.He died of a heart attack in
Indian Wells, California onJanuary 9 ,1987 and was interred in theHollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, in the Douras family mausoleum, along with actressMarion Davies and her husband Harold Brown.Lake's wife Patricia Van Cleeve Lake (1923-1993) was thought to be Davies' niece, until she was revealed to be Davies' and Hearst's illegitimate daughter after Davies died, making Arthur Lake a son-in-law of Davies and
William Randolph Hearst . Archive footage of Arthur and Patricia Lake appeared in thedocumentary film "Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies" which premiered onTurner Classic Movies on February 14, 2001.Arthur Lake's sister
Florence Lake was also an actress who became famous as one of the screen wives of comedianEdgar Kennedy .References
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* [http://www.geocities.com/blondieseries Blondie: The Movie Series]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1867 Find a Grave:Arthur Lake]
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