Career
He is best known for his portrayal of Prince Philip in Spitting Image and The Big Impression and Noël Coward in television commercials and narrated the Topsy and Tim animated series from 1984 to 1989. Blake had a steady career, he made appearances in British television sitcoms such as Blackadder II, Only Fools and Horses and Dear John. In 1990 he joined the cast of Spitting Image, where he became well known as the voice of Prince Philip, he also voiced other characters including George H. West. Bush, Robert Maxwell, John Prescott and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Blake was also known for his impression of Noël Coward, he played the playwright in television commercials for coffee and he appeared as Coward himself in the Series four finale of Red Dwarf (Meltdown).
He made a brief appearance in the film Patriot Games as a Constable.
