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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

9

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-02-24

Deathday

1985-03-24 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

-

Also Known As

  • Arthur Blakely Clark

Arthur Blake

Biography

Arthur Blake (February 24, 1914 – March 24, 1985) was an American actor and nightclub entertainer who was famous for his female impersonations; particularly those of Bette Davis, Carmen Miranda, and Eleanor Roosevelt. He performed in nightclubs in cities throughout the United States and United Kingdom in the 1940s and the 1950s. Although he achieved fame for playing women, he impersonated men as well in his act.

Also a film actor, he is best remembered for the films Port of New York (1949, as Dolly Carney), Cyrano de Bergerac (1950, as Montfleury), Harem Girl (1952, as Abdul Nassib), and Diplomatic Courier (1952, as Max Ralli). In the latter film, his impersonations of Davis and Miranda were featured. In the 1960s and 1970s he was the headliner at the LGBTQ nightclub Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Known For

Gaslight
7.5%

Gaslight

May 4, 1944

Cyrano de Bergerac
6.9%

Cyrano de Bergerac

Nov 16, 1950

Diplomatic Courier
6.0%

Diplomatic Courier

Jun 13, 1952

Port of New York
4.7%

Port of New York

Nov 28, 1949

Madame X
6.2%

Madame X

Oct 1, 1937

The Lion Man
4.8%

The Lion Man

Aug 12, 1936

Harem Girl
5.0%

Harem Girl

Jan 22, 1952

Fothergill
0.0%

Fothergill

Jan 8, 1981

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Acting

1981
Fothergill as Policeman
1952
Diplomatic Courier as Maximilian
1952
Harem Girl as Abdul Nassib
1950
Cyrano de Bergerac as Montfleury
1949
Port of New York as Dolly Carney
1945
The Man in Half Moon Street as Man
1944
Gaslight as Butler (uncredited)
1937
Madame X as Ferguson
1936
The Lion Man
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