Arthur Lake

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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.

Most Popular Arthur Lake Trailers

Total trailers found: 88

It's a Great Life Trailer (1943)

27 May 1943

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 Plays Cupid Trailer (1940)

31 October 1940

The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie, an eloping couple needing her help.

Blondie Takes a Vacation Trailer (1939)

20 July 1939

Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings.

Where Was I? Trailer (1925)

24 August 1925

A young man gets engaged to a business competitor's daughter.

The Silver Streak Trailer (1934)

21 December 1934

A high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to transport an iron lung to a needy patient.

3 Is a Family Trailer (1944)

23 November 1944

Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace.

Sporting Life Trailer (1925)

29 November 1925

A young British nobleman, impoverished and desperate, clings to the hope that either a prizefighter or a racehorse in which he holds interests can save his fortunes.

Blondie Brings Up Baby Trailer (1939)

08 November 1939

Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school.

The Winnah! Trailer (1934)

20 July 1934

State College is a coeducational school where the athletics are more important than academics. All there are preparing for a big multi-sport match with arch rival Dale College.

Double Danger Trailer (1938)

28 January 1938

A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds". Director Lew Landers' 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald Meek, Samuel S.

Blondie's Blessed Event Trailer (1942)

09 April 1942

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 Meets the Boss Trailer (1939)

08 March 1939

Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr.

Footlight Glamour Trailer (1943)

30 September 1943

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.

Blondie in the Dough Trailer (1947)

16 October 1947

BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer that is difficult to refuse.

Hollywood Halfbacks Trailer (1931)

23 December 1931

Johnny Harron is watching the Hollywood fire department football team playing a game and decides that he can round up some Hollywood actors that could beat the firemen.

I Cover Chinatown Trailer (1936)

01 October 1936

A tour guide in Chinatown and his girlfriend get mixed up with jewel thieves and murder.

Midshipman Jack Trailer (1933)

22 September 1933

Director Christy Cabanne's 1933 film dramatizes one year in the lives of four midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy.

There Goes My Heart Trailer (1938)

14 October 1938

An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.

Leave It to Blondie Trailer (1945)

22 February 1945

Older but no wiser, Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead enter a songwriting contest. It's all part of a plan to cover charity checks that they've signed separately but can't cover.

Blondie Trailer (1938)

30 November 1938

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.

Blondie on a Budget Trailer (1940)

29 February 1940

Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.

Harold Teen Trailer (1928)

28 April 1928

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.

Blondie Has Servant Trouble Trailer (1940)

25 July 1940

Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr.

Blondie Knows Best Trailer (1946)

17 October 1946

Dagwood Bumstead poses as his boss Mr. Dithers so that a big business deal can be consummated while Dithers avoids nearsighted process server Jim Gray.

Blondie Hits the Jackpot Trailer (1949)

08 September 1949

Fired for messing up an important contract, Dagwood takes a job as a manual laborer for a construction firm while trying to get his old job back.

Blondie's Big Deal Trailer (1949)

04 March 1949

Dagwood accidentally discovers a non-flammable paint. Bad guys Dillon and Stack steal it before he can give it to his boss Radcliffe.

Blondie's Lucky Day Trailer (1946)

04 April 1946

Not only must Blondie put on a brave face when her husband Dagwood is fired for the umpteenth time by Mr.

Blondie's Holiday Trailer (1947)

10 April 1947

Dagwood gets a raise due to a new contract with a bank manager. Blondie misunderstanding the amount of the raise pledges more than they can afford to Dagwood's high school reunion organizer who was also Dagwood's high school sweetheart.

Blondie's Anniversary Trailer (1947)

18 December 1947

Blondie finds a valuable watch that has been hidden by hubby Dagwood. She assumes that it's a surprise wedding gift, but the truth is that Dagwood has been guarding the watch on behalf of a client who bought the gift for his own wife, which soon leads to trouble with his boss, a loan shark, and crooked building contractors.

Beware of Blondie Trailer (1950)

13 April 1950

Mr. Dithers leaves Dagwood in charge of the office for a short period. Poor old Dagwood manages to gum things up when he falls for a confidence scam engineered by the duplicitous Toby Clifton.

The Movie Orgy Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.

Blondie's Big Moment Trailer (1947)

09 January 1947

Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry in the long-running domestic comedy series.

Indiscreet Trailer (1931)

25 April 1931

A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.

It's Showtime Trailer (1976)

31 March 1976

A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.

Blondie's Reward Trailer (1948)

03 June 1948

After bungling a real-estate transaction, Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) is demoted to office boy by his flustered boss Radcliffe (Jerome Cowan).

Sailor's Holiday Trailer (1944)

24 February 1944

In this comedy, three merchant marines get into all kinds of trouble. Two of the salts have just broken off their engagements after meeting other, more desirable women.

Cheer Up and Smile Trailer (1930)

22 June 1930

When a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college boy fills in for him.

Running Hollywood Trailer (1932)

27 January 1932

Running Hollywood is a comedy short.

23 1/2 Hours Leave Trailer (1937)

21 March 1937

Army training Sgt. Gray makes a bet that he can get himself invited to breakfast with his commanding officer, General Markley.

Topper Trailer (1937)

16 July 1937

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper.

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga Trailer (1939)

02 September 1939

Two starstruck visitors to Hollywood sneak into the famous nightclub and end up in a Conga contest and get more than they expected.

Starlit Days at the Lido Trailer (1935)

28 September 1935

Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon with an orchestra playing, all sorts of stars and would-be stars sitting at tables near the pool alongside paying customers, and bathing beauties parading and diving.

Cradle Snatchers Trailer (1927)

28 May 1927

To cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives-- Susan Martin, Ethel Drake, and Kitty Ladd-- arrange with three college boys-- Henry Winton, Oscar, and Joe Valley-- to flirt with them at a house party.

Women Must Dress Trailer (1935)

01 February 1935

A divorced woman finds success as a fashion designer.

Sunday Night at the Trocadero Trailer (1937)

02 October 1937

A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters.

The Big Show-Off Trailer (1945)

22 January 1945

A shy songwriter (Arthur Lake) pretends to be a championship wrestler known as "The Devil" in order to impress a pretty nightclub singer (Dale Evans).

Lilac Time Trailer (1928)

18 October 1928

In France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good spirits as best as she can.

Life with Blondie Trailer (1945)

13 December 1945

Daisy, the Bumstead's mischievous mutt, makes the family a little extra cash when she wins a contest to become a model for the Navy.

California Straight Ahead Trailer (1925)

12 September 1925

Wealthy racing driver Tom Hayden loses his inheritance and his fiancé due to a wacky mishap on his wedding day.

Tokyo Woes Trailer (1945)

15 November 1945

Created for the US Navy in World War II. The Mr. Hook character was created by Hank Ketcham while at Walter Lantz Studios, where the first- and only color- Mr.

Blondie Goes to College Trailer (1942)

15 January 1942

Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Company.

Girl o' My Dreams Trailer (1934)

16 November 1934

A conceited college track star, used to being "big man on campus", gets a jolt when he loses an election to see who is the most popular man in the school.

Blondie's Secret Trailer (1948)

23 December 1948

Dagwood prepares for a long-delayed vacation with the family. His boss Mr. Radcliffe has promised the Bumsteads that there'll be no more postponements for their holiday.

Hop Along Trailer (1927)

24 January 1927

Part of Universal's series of one-reel Bluebird Comedies, this one stars Arthur Lake as a student who's confined to his dorm room to study on the night of a big costume party.

Skinner's Dress Suit Trailer (1926)

18 April 1926

Honey Skinner is proud of her successful husband. When he tells her he's going to ask for a raise, she knows he'll get it.

Everybody's Doing It Trailer (1938)

14 January 1938

Gangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national newspapers picture puzzles contest craze.

Night Owls Trailer (1929)

25 September 1929

The story is about a rebellious rich daughter who, instead of buckling down in school, is man-crazy for Horace (Arthur Lake of the "Blondie and Dagwood" films).

A Free Ride Trailer (1925)

16 November 1925

Arthur and Eddie make a bluff at buying a car and get the auto salesman to take their girls for a ride, pretending to the girls that he is a hired chauffeur.

New Shoes Trailer (1936)

05 September 1936

A love affair blossoms between two pairs of shoes after a couple purchases the shoes.

True Confession Trailer (1937)

24 December 1937

A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney.