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Blondie based on the popular comic strip aired on CBS from January 1957 until September 1957.

The first of 2 short-running adaptations of Chic Young's long-running comic stip. Pamela Britton played Blondie and Arthur Lake played her bumbling husband Dagwood ( Lake had also played him in the popular movie series which ran from 1938 until 1950), an architech. Rounding out the family were the Bumpstead's children Alexander and Cookie ( Stuffy Singer, Ann Barnes) and of course their dog Daisy. The stories were all familiar to regular readers of the strip with Dagwood getting into misunderstandings both at home and at work with Mr. Dithers ( Florenz Ames), his boss.

To read Pamela Britton's Obituary go to http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0gcqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9CgEAAAAIBAJ&dq=pamela%20britton&pg=7137%2C4320331

Here is Arthur Lake's Obituary.

'Dagwood' of Movies, Arthur Lake, Is Dead
AP
Published: Sunday, January 11, 1987

Arthur Lake, who portrayed the comic strip character Dagwood Bumstead and called for help with a high-pitched ''Blonnndie!'' in more than two dozen films, has died at the age of 81.

Mr. Lake, born Arthur Silverlake, died of a heart attack Friday at his desert home. He was best known as the bumbling husband of Blondie, played by Penny Singleton, in the series of movies that ran from 1939 to 1950.

Columbia Pictures was struggling financially when it cast Mr. Lake and Miss Singleton in the first ''Blondie'' film, which cost a mere $85,000.

The picture grossed $9 million and led to a successful string of sequels like ''Blondie Meets the Boss'' and ''Blondie Brings Up Baby.''

Mr. Lake and Miss Singleton also played the parts for the first seven years that ''Blondie'' ran on the radio.

Don Miller, a film expert, called the signing of Mr. Lake as Dagwood ''the greatest piece of casting in the history of movies.'' The actor ''made Dagwood a bit more dumb than he was in the funnies and etched the characterization more broadly,'' Mr. Miller said. ''He was Dagwood Bumstead.'' Mr. Lake was born April 17, 1905, in Corbin, Ky. His father and uncle were touring with a circus as an aerial act called ''The Flying Silverlakes.''

He moved to Hollywood with his mother when he was 12 years old and made his debut as a child actor in ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' in 1917.

Mr. Lake and his wife, Patricia, co-starred in a television series, ''Meet the Family,'' in the 1950's.

Also surviving Mr. Lake is his son, Arthur Jr.

For more on Blondie go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_%281957_TV_series%29

To read some articles on Blondie (1957) go to http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5lQtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GtoFAAAAIBAJ&dq=blondie%20arthur%20lake&pg=789%2C920594 and http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-FQtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GtoFAAAAIBAJ&dq=blondie%20arthur%20lake&pg=2544%2C4154812

For an episode guide go to http://ctva.biz/US/Comedy/Blondie_1957.htm

For more on the movie series of Blondie go to http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/rainbowcountry/blondie.html

For the official Blondie website go to www.blondie.com/