Lew Lake (born Louis Charles Polack; 10 January 1875 – 5 November 1939) was an English comic actor, writer, producer, and theatre manager.
[1][3][4] The sketch was filmed in 1912, by A. E. Coleby, as The Bloomsbury Burglars, and on stage Lake and Morris also performed a sequel, "My Pal Jerry".
[7] As a producer, he worked closely with the husband-and-wife team of Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane in the 1920s, devising several shows featuring the couple as "Old Mother Riley and Daughter".
He was buried at Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington, where his grave was restored by the Music Hall Guild in 2015.
[10] His son, Lewis Polack, known as Lew Lake Jr. (1901–1958), continued in the family tradition as a performer and manager of the Islington theatre until his death.