[1] According to The Times it was in "the showy part of an effeminate soclalite" in Basil Dean's production of Frederick Lonsdale's Spring Cleaning (1925) that Blakelock made his name.
Despite his continuing success as an actor Blakelock grew disenchanted with the theatre, and in 1954 he abandoned the part of Firs, the old major domo, during rehearsals of John Gielgud's production of The Cherry Orchard.
With a Foreword by Paul Scofield, it was reviewed as "An intensely personal autobiography that also throws much light on London theatrical life in the twenties and thirties."
He dedicated the book to Eleanor Farjeon (who encouraged him to write poetry), and was instrumental in her conversion to Catholicism in her late adulthood.
In its obituary The Times commented, "It seems sad that a man whose acting, especially in comedy, gave so much pleasure should himself have found so little satisfaction in it.