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Arthur Lake (born Arthur William Silverlake, 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.
Over the years, Dagwood has appeared not only in daily newspapers, but also in comic books, Big Little Books, Whitman novels for children and other print materials, as well as radio, film, and television. Arthur Lake played Dagwood in the Blondie film series (1938–50), radio series and the short-lived 1957 TV series.
Penny Singleton (born Mariana Dorothy McNulty, September 15, 1908 [1] – November 12, 2003) was an American actress and labor leader. During her six decade career on stage, screen, radio and television, Singleton appeared as the comic-strip heroine Blondie Bumstead in a series of 28 motion pictures from 1938 until 1950 and the popular Blondie radio program from 1939 until 1950.
Arthur Lake (bishop) (1569–1626), English bishop of Bath and Wells Arthur Lake (MP) (1598–1633), English member of House of Commons from 1624 to 1626 Arthur Lake (actor) (1905–1987), American actor known as Dagwood Bumstead, bumbling husband of Blondie
Blondie is the first of two television series based on the comic strip by Chic Young.The show first aired on January 4, 1957 on NBC and ran for one season. Pamela Britton starred in the title role and Arthur Lake played Blondie's husband Dagwood Bumstead, reprising his role from the Blondie film series.
The series featured Penny Singleton as Blondie Bumstead and Arthur Lake as Dagwood Bumstead. Concurrently the film adventures were continued, with the same cast reprising their roles, in the Blondie radio series. [1] Columbia Pictures produced the films from 1938 to 1943, and popular demand brought them back in 1945. [2]
In October 1949, Patricia Lake, the real life wife of Arthur Lake took the role. [4] Alice White was also heard as radio's Blondie. [5] [6] [7] In its final season, the series was on ABC as a sustaining program from October 6, 1949, to July 6, 1950, first airing Thursdays at 8 p.m. and then (from May) 8:30 p.m.
Blondie's Holiday is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Abby Berlin and starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. The film is based on the comic strip of the same name . The screenplay was written by Chic Young and Connie Lee .