He continued to act through the 1980s and 1990s, mostly in television, in such roles as Jimmy Hoffa in the miniseries "Blood Feud" (1983) and as John List in the murder drama "" (1993), which earned him a third Emmy nomination. Blake starred in the 1985 television series "Hell Town", playing a priest working in a tough neighborhood. He also had character parts in the theatrical movies "Money Train" (1995) and played the chilling and sinister Mystery Man in David Lynch's "Lost Highway" (1997).