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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

7

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-12-10

Day of Death

2011-05-30 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Also Known As

Sonny Blake

Paul Jonathan Blake

Jon Blake

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

Early Frost

1982

Early Frost

as

Peter Meadows

Freedom

1982

Freedom

as

Ron

The Lighthorsemen

1987

The Lighthorsemen

as

Scotty

Cool Change

1986

Cool Change

as

Steve Mitchell

Anzacs

Anzacs

as

Robert Flanagan

Production

Crew

Directing