Jon Blake

Jon Blake

An Australian actor who was primarily active in the 1980s. He appeared in several TV shows and films, including a leading role in Scott Hicks's Freedom (1982), before a car accident in 1986 left him severely disabled. On 1 December 1986, Blake was badly injured in a car accident while driving home after the last day of filming The Lighthorsemen in the South Australian desert. An oncoming car appeared in his path and he swerved to avoid it, crashing into a car which was parked on the side of the road. Blake was not expected to survive the accident. His only external injuries were a slight graze on his cheekbone and a cut to his temple, but he sustained permanent brain damage in the accident and was left paralysed and unable to speak. Blake died on 30 May 2011, aged 52, from complications from pneumonia.

  • Popularity : 2.078
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1958-12-10
  • Place of Birth : Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Jon Blake Movies

  • 1987
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    Running from the Guns
    Running from the Guns

    4.5 1987 HD

    Dave (Jon Blake) and his buddy Peter (Mark Hembrow) are chased by a gang of thugs when they pick up the wrong box from a Melbourne warehouse in this...

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  • 1982
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    Early Frost
    Early Frost

    3 1982 HD

    Private Detective Mike Hayes (Guy Doleman), is working on a divorce case, when he stumbles upon a series of cover-ups that leads to a corpse. His...

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  • 1982
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    Freedom
    Freedom

    5 1982 HD

    Ron, a young man in his late teens or early 20s, but emotionally younger, has no visible, employable assets, yet rails at his status in life --...

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  • 1987
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    The Lighthorsemen
    The Lighthorsemen

    6.1 1987 HD

    In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse...

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  • 1986
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    Cool Change
    Cool Change

    1 1986 HD

    Park ranger Steve Mitchell is torn between Lee, a beautiful sly political aide from Melbourne who supports the government's decision to turn the...

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  • 1984
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    The Boy in the Bush
    The Boy in the Bush

    1 1984 HD

    n the 1880s, Jack Grant, a young Englishman, has been sent by his parents to make a new life in the pioneering colony of Western Australia. When he...

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  • 1985
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    Anzacs
    Anzacs

    6.5 1985 HD

    Anzacs was a 1985 5-part Australian miniseries set in World War I. The series follows the lives of a group of young Australian men who enlist in the...

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