Arthur Lake

50Movies

7.7 Best Rating

Biography

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.

Top Rated Movies

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Footlight Glamour — Mr. Dithers is trying to encourage a businessman to build a war-time manufacturing plant on land he owns while Dagwood t

Footlight Glamour

1943•Comedy

★7.5

★7.5

It's a Great Life — Dagwood Bumstead, intending to buy a house, buys a horse instead. However, Dagwood quickly gets mixed up in a fox hunt,

It's a Great Life

1943•Comedy

★7.4

★7.4

Blondie in Society — Dagwood brings home a pedigreed Great Dane which an important company client wants and which Blondie enters in the big d

Blondie in Society

1941•Comedy

★7.3

★7.3

Blondie for Victory — Blondie organizes Housewives of America to perform home-front wartime duties, including guarding the local dam... Blond

Blondie for Victory

1942•Comedy

★7.3

Blondie's Blessed Event (1942) movie poster

★7.3

Blondie's Blessed Event — Cookie is born, producing unmitigated joy in the Bumstead household. Adding to the chaos a new baby always creates is th

Blondie's Blessed Event

1942•Comedy

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

Year	Movie	Character	Rating	Verdict
1976	It's Showtime	Self (archive footage)	★ 7.0	HIT
1968	The Movie Orgy	Dagwood (archive footage)	★ 6.3	FLOP
1950	Beware of Blondie	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 5.3	FLOP
1950	Blondie's Hero	Dagwood Bumstead	★ 6.3	FLOP
1949	Blondie Hits the Jackpot	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.5	HIT
1949	Blondie's Big Deal	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.2	FLOP
1948	Blondie's Secret	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.5	HIT
1948	Blondie's Reward	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.5	HIT
1947	Blondie's Anniversary	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 5.6	FLOP
1947	Blondie in the Dough	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.5	HIT
1947	Blondie's Holiday	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.0	FLOP
1946	Blondie Knows Best	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.4	FLOP
1946	Blondie's Lucky Day	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.4	FLOP
1945	Life with Blondie	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.0	FLOP
1945	The Return of Mr. Hook	Mr. Hook	★ 5.8	FLOP
1945	The Good Egg	Mr. Hook (voice) (uncredited)	★ 5.7	FLOP
1945	Leave It to Blondie	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.0	FLOP
1943	Footlight Glamour	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 7.7	HIT
1943	It's a Great Life	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 7.5	HIT
1942	Blondie for Victory	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 7.3	HIT
1942	Blondie's Blessed Event	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 7.3	HIT
1942	Blondie Goes to College	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.4	FLOP
1941	Blondie in Society	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 7.4	HIT
1941	Blondie Goes Latin	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.2	FLOP
1940	Blondie Plays Cupid	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.7	HIT
1940	Blondie Has Servant Trouble	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 7.2	HIT
1940	Blondie on a Budget	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.0	FLOP
1939	Blondie Brings Up Baby	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.5	HIT
1939	Blondie Takes a Vacation	Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead	★ 6.2	FLOP
1939	Blondie Meets the Boss	Dagwood Bumstead	★ 5.8	FLOP
1938	Blondie	Dagwood	★ 7.1	HIT
1938	There Goes My Heart	Flash Fisher	★ 7.1	HIT
1938	Double Danger	Roy West	★ 6.5	HIT
1937	True Confession	Attendant (uncredited)	★ 5.8	FLOP
1937	Annapolis Salute	Cuthbert "Tex" Clemens	★ 6.0	FLOP
1937	Topper	Elevator Boy	★ 6.7	HIT
1937	23 1/2 Hours Leave	Sgt. Turner	★ 5.0	FLOP
1936	I Cover Chinatown	Insurance Agent	★ 5.0	FLOP
1936	New Shoes	The Boy (uncredited)	★ 6.0	FLOP
1934	The Silver Streak	Crawford	★ 6.8	HIT
1933	Midshipman Jack	Allen S. Williams	★ 6.0	FLOP
1931	Indiscreet	Buster Collins	★ 6.0	FLOP
1930	She's My Weakness	Tommy Mills	★ 5.0	FLOP
1929	On With the Show!	Harold	★ 5.2	FLOP
1929	Whose Baby?	Horace	★ 7.0	HIT
1928	Lilac Time	The Unlucky One	★ 6.2	FLOP
1928	Harold Teen	Harold Teen	★ 7.0	HIT
1926	Skinner's Dress Suit	Tommy	★ 6.7	HIT
1925	A Free Ride	-	★ 5.5	FLOP
1925	California Straight Ahead	Camper	★ 7.0	HIT