Arthur Lake
Acting
Biography
Arthur Lake (April 17, 1905 – January 9, 1987) was an American actor known best for bringing Dagwood Bumstead, the bumbling husband of Blondie, to life in film, radio and television.
Born: April 16, 1905
Place of Birth: Corbin, Kentucky, USA
Known For
Footlight Glamour
Mr. Dithers is trying to encourage a businessman to build a war-time manufacturing plant on land he owns while Dagwood tries to prevent the businessman from learning his daughter is involved in a local theatre production.
It's a Great Life
Dagwood Bumstead, intending to buy a house, buys a horse instead. However, Dagwood quickly gets mixed up in a fox hunt, and Blondie must save the day.
Blondie in Society
Dagwood brings home a pedigreed Great Dane which an important company client wants and which Blondie enters in the big dog show.
Blondie for Victory
Blondie organizes Housewives of America to perform home-front wartime duties, including guarding the local dam... Blondie for Victory was twelfth in Columbia's series of comedy films based on Chic Young's popular comic strip Blondie. Anxious to do her bit for the war effort, Blondie joins the Housewives of America, a home defense league. Husband Dagwood soon finds that Blondie is neglecting her responsibilities at home in favor of her war work; also disgruntled are Dagwood's chauvinistic boss Mr. Dithers and a newlywed husband whose wife is never home thanks to the defense league.
Blondie's Blessed Event
Cookie is born, producing unmitigated joy in the Bumstead household. Adding to the chaos a new baby always creates is the appearance of Hans Conried as a cynical author who becomes caught up in the Bumstead lifestyle.
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr. Dithers, so that she can afford to hire a maid. But Dithers has no time for any salary disputes: his construction firm is currently stuck with an unsaleable old mansion that is rumored to be haunted. To disprove this theory, Dithers asks the Bumstead family to spend a night in the crumbling old house, throwing a retinue of servants into the bargain.
There Goes My Heart
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Blondie
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.
Harold Teen
Farmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his spirited nature causing much excitement on the campus. He joins a fraternity, goes out for football, and directs his class theatrical effort. Instead of a school play, Harold suggests doing a western motion picture. Part of the plot requires them to blow up the dam that has cut off the water supply to Harold's homestead in the country. After the explosion Harold runs away because he is afraid of being arrested, but he returns just in time to win a football game for his team.
It's Showtime
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Dagwood (archive footage)
as Dagwood Bumstead
as Self
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Pete
as Self
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Mr. Hook
as Mr. Hook (voice) (uncredited)
as Mr. Hook
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Sanford "Sandy" Elliott
as Archie Whittaker
as 'Marblehead' Tomkins
as Eddie Grant
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Himself (uncredited)
as Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead
as Dagwood Bumstead
as Dagwood
as Flash Fisher
as Roy West
as Waldo
as Attendant (uncredited)
as Bud
as Arthur Lake
as Cuthbert "Tex" Clemens
as Elevator Boy
as Sgt. Turner
as Insurance Agent
as The Boy (uncredited)
as Self
as Joe
as Janet's Friend
as Crawford
as Bobby Barnes
as Allen S. Williams
as Buster Collins
as Tommy Mills
as Eddie Fripp
as Tommy Flynn
as Bill
as Harold
as The Unlucky One
as Speed Doolittle
as Harold Teen
as Betty's Brother
as Jack Kennedy
as Oscar
as Tommy
as Peggy's Admirer in Audience (uncredited)
as Camper
as Jimmy
as Boy Throwing Roses (uncredited)