Character actor with a wildly distinctive face. Used real name Oliver  Prickett for stage work, especially at the Pasadena Community Playhouse,  where he was a longtime fixture and teacher and where his brother was  managing director. Used stage name Oliver Blake for scores of small film  and television roles. Brother-in-law of actress Maudie Prickett.

He died on  12 February  1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.