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Gene Blakely(1921-1987)

  • Actor
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Gene Blakely in Hazel (1961)
Gene Blakely was born on 8 June 1921 in Osceola, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Used Cars (1980), Everything's Ducky (1961) and That Darn Cat! (1965). He died on 23 November 1987 in Creston, Iowa, USA.
BornJune 8, 1921
DiedNovember 23, 1987(66)
BornJune 8, 1921
DiedNovember 23, 1987(66)
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Known for

Used Cars (1980)
Used Cars
6.7
  • Mr. Books
  • 1980
Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Elizabeth MacRae, and Joanie Sommers in Everything's Ducky (1961)
Everything's Ducky
4.3
  • Lt. Cmdr. Bernard Kemp
  • 1961
Roddy McDowall, Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, and Syn Cat in That Darn Cat! (1965)
That Darn Cat!
6.8
  • Cahill
  • 1965
Bea Arthur in Maude (1972)
Maude
7.3
TV Series
  • Reporter
  • Wise Man #1
  • Ned McIlhaney
  • Harry Ornitz
  • Judge Fletcher
  • Psychiatrist
  • John Vogel
  • Man

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  • Not Quite Human (1987)
    Not Quite Human
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Principal Gutman
    • 1987
  • Sally Field in Murphy's Romance (1985)
    Murphy's Romance
    7.0
    • Lucien Holt
    • 1985
  • September Gun (1983)
    September Gun
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • Merchant
    • 1983
  • Bea Arthur in Amanda's (1983)
    Amanda's
    5.1
    TV Series
    • Judge Peterson
    • 1983
  • Used Cars (1980)
    Used Cars
    6.7
    • Mr. Books
    • 1980
  • Phyl & Mikhy
    TV Series
    • Judge
    • 1980
  • This Is the Life (1952)
    This Is the Life
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Albert
    • 1978
  • Another Day (1978)
    Another Day
    4.2
    TV Series
    • 1978
  • Bea Arthur in Maude (1972)
    Maude
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Reporter
    • Wise Man #1
    • Ned McIlhaney ...
    • 1974–1978
  • Richard Crenna and Bernadette Peters in All's Fair (1976)
    All's Fair
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Newsman One
    • 1977
  • Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Carroll O'Connor, and Jean Stapleton in All in the Family (1971)
    All in the Family
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Dr. Seymour Shapiro
    • 1975
  • The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
    The Streets of San Francisco
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Dr. Graber
    • 1975
  • The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
    The Prisoner of Second Avenue
    6.7
    • Charlie
    • 1975
  • Bob Crane and Patricia Harty in The Bob Crane Show (1975)
    The Bob Crane Show
    5.7
    TV Series
    • The Professor
    • 1975
  • The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
    The Bob Newhart Show
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Dr. Tetzi
    • Dr. Ralph Tetzi
    • 1973–1974

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Gene Blakeley
  • Born
    • June 8, 1921
    • Osceola, Iowa, USA
  • Died
    • November 23, 1987
    • Creston, Iowa, USA(bone cancer)
  • Other works
    He acted in Jay Allen's translation of Pierre Barillet and Jean Pierre Gredy's play, "Forty Carats," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Barbara Rush, Scott McKay, Stephen Collins, Eileen Letchworth, Imogene Bliss, Sylvia Grand, Art Barnett, Doris Ingraham, William Cox, and Audrey Christie in the cast. Will Steven Armstrong was set designer. Sara Brook was costume designer. Abe Burrows was director. David Merrick was producer.

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    Perhaps best remembered as Darrin Stephens' rambling, inattentive confidant on the hit comedy series Bewitched (1964).

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