Robert Blake
- Acting
- September 18, 1933 · Nutley, New Jersey, USA
- March 9, 2023
Biography
Robert Blake (born Michael James Gubitosi; September 18, 1933 – March 9, 2023), billed early in his career as Mickey Gubitosi and Bobby Blake, was an American actor. He was best known for starring in the 1967 film In Cold Blood, playing the title role in the late 1970s television series Baretta, and playing the Mystery Man in the 1997 film Lost Highway. He began his career in the 1930s performing as a child alongside his family in song and as a dancer but became famous as a child actor, with his lead role in the final years of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-era of the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short film series from 1939 to 1944. He also appeared as a child actor in 22 entries of the Red Ryder film franchise. As a child actor he worked with Laurel and Hardy, Jack Benny, John Wayne, John Garfield, Humphrey Bogart and Gene Autry. After a stint in the U.S. Army, Blake returned to acting in both television and movie roles. He continued acting until 1997's Lost Highway. He was arrested in 2002 for the 2001 murder of his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. Blake was acquitted of the murder in criminal court in 2005, though he was found liable in a civil court for her wrongful death. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Forensic Justice · Self
- Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' · Mexican Boy Selling Lottery Tickets (archive footage)
- Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch · Self
- Lost Highway · Mystery Man
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Money Train · Donald Patterson
- Judgment Day: The John List Story · John List
- The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
- Hell Town · Father Noah 'Hardstep' Rivers
- Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story · Lenny Mancini
- Father of Hell Town · Father Noah 'Hardstep' Rivers, Writer
- Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade · Joe Dancer, Characters
- Blood Feud · Jimmy Hoffa
- Blood Feud · Jimmy Hoffa
- Of Mice and Men · George Milton, Executive producer
- Second-Hand Hearts · Loyal Muke
- Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission · Joe Dancer, Executive producer
- Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill · Joe Dancer, Creator
- Coast to Coast · Charles Callahan
- Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · (archive footage)
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- Baretta · Det. Tony Baretta
- Dinah! · Self
- Busting · Vice Detective Patrick Farrel
- Electra Glide in Blue · John Wintergreen
- The Boxer · Teddy 'Cherokee' Wilcox / Teddy Wilson
- Corky · Corky Curtis
- Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here · Willie
- In Cold Blood · Perry Smith
- This Property Is Condemned · Sidney
- The F.B.I. · Pete Cloud, Junior
- The Greatest Story Ever Told · Simon the Zealot
- 12 O'Clock High · Lt. Johnny Eagle
- The Richard Boone Show
- PT 109 · Charles 'Bucky' Harris
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- Town Without Pity · Corporal Jim Larkin
- Straightaway
- The New Breed · Bobby Madero
- Ben Casey
- Cain's Hundred · Rick Carter
- The Purple Gang · Willard
- The Rebel · Virgil Moss
- Battle Flame · Cpl. Jake Pacheco
- Pork Chop Hill · Pvt. Velie
- One Step Beyond · Tom
- Black Saddle · Wayne Robinson
- Rawhide · Hap Johnson, Max Gufler
- Revolt in the Big House · Rudy Hernandez
- Bat Masterson · Bill-Bill MacWilliams
- Naked City · Knox Maquon
- The Beast of Budapest · Karolyi
- 26 Men
- The Tijuana Story · Enrique Acosta Mesa
- The Restless Gun · Lupe Sandoval
- Wagon Train · Johnny Kamen
- Have Gun, Will Travel · Smollet - Bully, Jessie May Turnbow
- Rumble on the Docks · Chuck
- Three Violent People · Rafael Ortega
- The Rack · Italian Soldier
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · CSA Cpl. Michael Bers
- Broken Arrow · Young Apache Warrior (uncredited), Machogee
- Screaming Eagles · Pvt. Hernandez
- Trouble on the Trail
- The Veils of Bagdad · Beggar boy
- Treasure of the Golden Condor · Stable Boy (uncredited)
- Death Valley Days · William Bonney - Billy the Kid
- Apache War Smoke · Luis Herrera
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok · Rain Cloud
- The Cisco Kid · Alfredo, Davy
- The Black Rose · Mahmoud
- The Emmy Awards · Self
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre · Mexican Boy Selling Lottery Tickets (uncredited)
- The Last Round-up · Mike Henry
- The Return of Rin Tin Tin · Paul the Refugee Lad
- Marshal of Cripple Creek · Little Beaver
- Rustlers of Devil's Canyon · Little Beaver
- Oregon Trail Scouts · Little Beaver