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Arthur Lake (Arthur Silverlake Jr.) was born on 17 April, 1905 in Corbin, Kentucky, U.S., is an American actor. Discover Arthur Lake's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

Popular As Arthur Silverlake Jr.
Occupation Actor, Singer
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 17 April, 1905
Birthday 17 April
Birthplace Corbin, Kentucky, U.S.
Date of death 1987
Died Place Indian Wells, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Arthur Lake Height, Weight & Measurements

At 82 years old, Arthur Lake height is 6' (1.83 m) .

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Height 6' (1.83 m)
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Who Is Arthur Lake's Wife?

His wife is Patricia Lake (m. 1937)

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Wife Patricia Lake (m. 1937)
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Children 2

Arthur Lake Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Arthur Lake worth at the age of 82 years old? Arthur Lake’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Arthur Lake's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1888

His mother, Edith Goodwin (née Edith Blanche Fautch; 1888–1958) was an actress.

His parents later appeared in vaudeville in a skit "Family Affair", traveling throughout the South and Southwest United States.

1905

Arthur Lake (born Arthur William Silverlake Jr., 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.

Arthur William (Silverlake) Lake Jr. was born on April 17, 1905, in Corbin, Kentucky, when his father Arthur Adolph Silverlake (né Timberlake; 1882–1920) and uncle Archie Glenn Silverlake (né Timberlake; 1882–1963) were touring with a circus in an aerial act known as "The Flying Silverlakes".

1910

Arthur first appeared on stage as a baby in Uncle Tom's Cabin; his sister Florence and he became part of the act in 1910.

1917

Their mother took the children to Hollywood to get into films, and Arthur made his screen debut in the silent Jack and the Beanstalk (1917).

Florence became a successful actress achieving a degree of fame as one of the screen wives of comedian Edgar Kennedy.

Universal Pictures signed Lake to a contract where, as an adolescent, he played character parts in Westerns.

1928

He signed with RKO Radio Pictures shortly after it formed in 1928.

1929

There he made Dance Hall (1929), and Cheer Up and Smile (1930).

Moviegoers first heard Lake speak when he appeared as Harold Astor, the lead of the 1929 musical comedy On with the Show!, which is notable as the first all-talking feature film using the Vitaphone process, and as Warner Bros' first all-color film shot in two-color Technicolor.

1930

At age 19 he began starring in a long series of comedy shorts for Universal, which ran through 1930.

1931

In the early sound film era, Lake typically played light romantic roles, often with a comic "Mama's Boy" tone to them, such as 1931's Indiscreet, starring Gloria Swanson.

1937

He also had a substantial part as the bellhop in the 1937 film Topper.

Lake and Van Cleeve married at San Simeon in 1937.

Patricia Lake's parentage was the subject of much gossip and speculation.

However, at the time of her death, Patricia Lake reportedly admitted to being the daughter of Davies and Hearst.

In his book about the Black Dahlia murder case, author Donald H. Wolfe asserts that Arthur Lake was questioned by the Los Angeles Police Department as a suspect, having been acquainted with the victim through her volunteer work at the Hollywood Canteen.

No charges were filed and Lake was one of many persons of interest in a case that remains unsolved.

1938

Arthur Lake is best known for portraying Dagwood Bumstead, the husband of the title character of the Blondie comic strip, in 28 Blondie features produced by Columbia Pictures between 1938 and 1950, co-starring Penny Singleton as Blondie and Larry Simms as Baby Dumpling (later known as Alexander).

Lake also played Dagwood on the radio series, which ran concurrently with the film series from 1938 to 1950, earning Lake a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6646 Hollywood Blvd. (Many of the actors on the radio show noted Lake's commitment to the program, stating that on the day of the broadcast, Lake became Dagwood Bumstead.)

Far from feeling bitter about being typecast, Lake continued to embrace the role.

1943

In 1943 Columbia discontinued the Blondie series and dismissed Penny Singleton but retained Arthur Lake—leading men were hard to find during wartime.

Lake starred in comedy features for Columbia, Republic Pictures, and United Artists during this hiatus.

1945

He also lent his voice to a series of military cartoons produced by Warner Bros. for the U. S. Navy in 1945; Lake played "Mr. Hook," a hapless sailor learning the value of war bonds.

Popular demand caused Columbia to reinstate the Blondie pictures in 1945, reuniting Lake with Singleton until the series finally ended in 1950.

1948

Arthur Lake dabbled in film production in 1948, in partnership with independent filmmaker Irving Allen, who had won the Academy Award for his short subject Climbing the Matterhorn, released by Monogram Pictures.

Lake and Allen collaborated on a feature-length undersea adventure, 16 Fathoms Deep, starring Lloyd Bridges and Lon Chaney Jr., and featuring Arthur Lake in a comedy-relief role.

Monogram released the film and billed Lake as the star in its advertising.

The ambitious "Arthur Lake Production," filmed on location in Tarpon Springs, Florida, was photographed in color and received good reviews and reception, but it was Lake's only venture behind the cameras.

Lake became very friendly with newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst and his mistress Marion Davies.

He was a frequent guest at the beach house of Davies, where he met her niece (daughter?), Patricia Van Cleeve.

1957

He played Dagwood in a short-lived 1957 Blondie TV series, and often gave speeches to Rotary clubs and other civic organizations (eagerly posing for pictures with a Dagwood sandwich), well into the 1960s and beyond.

1987

He died in 1987.

Lake died of a heart attack in Indian Wells, California, on January 9, 1987, and is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, in the Douras family mausoleum, along with actress Marion Davies and her husband, Horace G. Brown.

1993

Lake's widow Patricia was interred there upon her death in 1993.