Inspector Cyril "Blakey" Blake is one of the main characters in On the Buses and is the inspector for The Luxton & District Traction Company. He is played by Stephen Lewis. He is from Wapping.
He is the bane of Stan's life, often checking up on Stan and Jack and often threatening them with the sack for lateness. He has a toothbrush moustache and a long black mac style. After Stan left to go live up North, Blake moved in to the Butler household as a boarder. He was in love with a girl called Else in 1941 and has a tattoo which Jack and Stan see and ridicule him for it.
After retiring from the bus company, Blakey moved to Spain where he lived with his sister, Dorothy. This was the premise of the spin-off series Don't Drink the Water, which ran from 1974 to 1975.
He still wears a tie sometimes, and occasionally works as a railway guard on a steam train. He said then came back become chief inspector.
Catchphrases[]
- "I'll have you Butler!"
- "That's made my day, that has."
- "I 'ate you Butler!"
- "You're muckin' me about int ya?"
- "Get that bus out!"