Arthur Blake (February 24, 1914 – March 24, 1985[1]) was an American actor and nightclub entertainer who was famous for his female impersonations; particularly those of Bette Davis, Carmen Miranda, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Blake's nightclub act included impersonations of multiple famous women; including Tallulah Bankhead, Katharine Hepburn, Hedda Hopper, Beatrice Lillie, Edna Mae Oliver, Louella Parsons, Zazu Pitts, Barbara Stanwyck, Gloria Swanson and Sophie Tucker.

Although he achieved fame for playing women, his nightclub act also included impersonations of male celebrities such as Lionel Barrymore, Raymond Burr, Peter Lorre, Frank Morgan, Jimmy Stewart, Clifton Webb, and Orson Welles.

[2] Blake appeared in mostly minor character roles in several classical Hollywood films; including Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936, as Party Guest[7]), Lloyd's of London (1936, as Jonathan's Syndicate[8]), The Lion Man (1936[8]), Souls at Sea (1937, as Prime Minister[9]), Madame X (1937, as Ferguson[8]), Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942, as Crosbie[10]), Now, Voyager (1941[4][1]), The Purple V (1943, as British General[11]), Gaslight (1944, as the Butler[8]), National Velvet (1944[8]), The Man in Half Moon Street (1945[8]), Ministry of Fear (1944[8]), Down to Earth (1947, as Nathaniel Somerset[12]), Unconquered (1947[13]), and All About Eve (1950[4][1]).

He had more substantial parts in Port of New York (1949, as Dolly Carney[14]), Cyrano de Bergerac (1950, as Montfleury[15]), Harem Girl (1952, as Abdul Nassib[16]), and Diplomatic Courier (1952, as Max Ralli[3]).