Died at 1056 West 50th Street, Los Angeles, California. He death was discovered by former wife Blanche E. O'Conner. (née Cole)
Lake performed in vaudeville with [[Oscar Gahan]]whom he met while living in a boarding house in Niagra, NY. Other boarders included Oscar's cousin [[Walter Huston]] and Walter's wife Nan Sunderland.
Lake Performed in the Pilgrimage plays.c.1940s
Lake performed in the stage play "Abie's Irish Rose" with Elena Verdugo.
Performed in Medicine Shows selling snake oil to work his way across the United States to California.
In the 1940s Lake was a newspaper vendor in downtown Los Angeles.
Lake is buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
