Robert Blake
Born: 1933-09-18 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA
Died: 2023-03-09
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2016
- Forensic Justice as Self (archive footage)
2003
- Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' as Mexican Boy Selling Lottery Tickets (archive footage)
1997
- Lost Highway as Mystery Man
- Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch as Self
1995
- Money Train as Donald Patterson
1993
- Judgment Day: The John List Story as John List
1985
- Hell Town as Father Noah 'Hardstep' Rivers
- Father of Hell Town as Father Noah 'Hardstep' Rivers
- Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story as Lenny Mancini
1983
- Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade as Joe Dancer
- Blood Feud as Jimmy Hoffa
- Blood Feud as Jimmy Hoffa
1981
- Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill as Joe Dancer
- Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission as Joe Dancer
- Second-Hand Hearts as Loyal Muke
- Of Mice and Men as George Milton
1980
- Coast to Coast as Charles Callahan
1976
- Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch as (archive footage)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Baretta as Det. Tony Baretta
1973
- Electra Glide in Blue as John Wintergreen
1969
- Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Willie
1967
- In Cold Blood as Perry Smith
1966
- This Property Is Condemned as Sidney
1965
- The F.B.I. as Pete Cloud
- The Greatest Story Ever Told as Simon the Zealot
1964
- 12 O'Clock High as Lt. Johnny Eagle
1963
- PT 109 as Charles 'Bucky' Harris
- The Richard Boone Show
1962
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Ben Casey
- Cain's Hundred as Rick Carter
- The New Breed as Bobby Madero
- Straightaway
- Town Without Pity as Corporal Jim Larkin
1959
- Rawhide as Hap Johnson
- The Rebel as Virgil Moss
- One Step Beyond as Tom
- Black Saddle as Wayne Robinson
- Battle Flame as Cpl. Jake Pacheco
- Pork Chop Hill as Pvt. Velie
- The Purple Gang as Willard
1958
- Naked City as Knox Maquon
- Bat Masterson as Bill-Bill MacWilliams
- The Beast of Budapest as Karolyi
- Revolt in the Big House as Rudy Hernandez
1957
- Wagon Train as Johnny Kamen
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Smollet - Bully
- The Restless Gun as Lupe Sandoval
- 26 Men
- The Tijuana Story as Enrique Acosta Mesa
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as CSA Cpl. Michael Bers
- The Rack as Italian Soldier
- Broken Arrow as Young Apache Warrior (uncredited)
- Screaming Eagles as Pvt. Hernandez
- Three Violent People as Rafael Ortega
- Rumble on the Docks as Chuck
1954
1953
- Treasure of the Golden Condor as Stable Boy (uncredited)
- The Veils of Bagdad as Beggar boy
1952
- Apache War Smoke as Luis Herrera
- Death Valley Days as William Bonney - Billy the Kid
1951
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as Rain Cloud
1950
- The Cisco Kid as Alfredo
- The Black Rose as Mahmoud
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self
1948
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as Mexican Boy Selling Lottery Tickets (uncredited)
1947
- The Last Round-up as Mike Henry
- Homesteaders of Paradise Valley as Little Beaver
- Rustlers of Devil's Canyon as Little Beaver
- The Return of Rin Tin Tin as Paul the Refugee Lad
- Marshal of Cripple Creek as Little Beaver
- Humoresque as Paul Boray as a Child
- Vigilantes of Boomtown as Little Beaver
- Oregon Trail Scouts as Little Beaver
1946
- Santa Fe Uprising as Little Beaver
- Stagecoach to Denver as Little Beaver
- Sun Valley Cyclone as Little Beaver
- A Guy Could Change as Alan Schroeder
- California Gold Rush as Little Beaver
- Sheriff of Redwood Valley as Little Beaver
- Home on the Range as Cub Garth
- In Old Sacramento as Newsboy
- Conquest of Cheyenne as Little Beaver
- Out California Way as Danny McCoy
1945
- Dakota as Little Boy
- Colorado Pioneers as Little Beaver
- Pillow to Post as Wilbur (uncredited)
- The Horn Blows at Midnight as Junior Pulplinsky
- Great Stagecoach Robbery as Little Beaver
- Phantom of the Plains as Little Beaver
- Wagon Wheels Westward as Little Beaver
- Marshal of Laredo as Little Beaver
- Lone Texas Ranger as Little Beaver
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Dancing Romeo as Mickey
- Cheyenne Wildcat as Little Beaver
- Tucson Raiders as Little Beaver
- The Woman in the Window as Dickie Wanley
- Meet the People as Jimmy Smith (uncredited)
- The Seventh Cross as Small Boy (uncredited)
- San Antonio Kid as Little Beaver
- Tale of a Dog as Mickey Blake
- Vigilantes of Dodge City as Little Beaver
- The Big Noise as Egbert Hartley
- Sheriff of Las Vegas as Little Beaver
- Marshal of Reno as Little Beaver
- Radio Bugs as Mickey
1943
- Slightly Dangerous as Boy on porch (uncredited)
- Lost Angel as Jerry
- Family Troubles as Mickey
- Election Daze as Mickey
- Little Miss Pinkerton as Mickey
- Benjamin Franklin, Jr. as Mickey
- Farm Hands as Mickey
- Three Smart Guys as Mickey
- Calling All Kids as Mickey
1942
- Unexpected Riches as Mickey
- Mokey as Mokey Delano
- China Girl as Chandu
- Kid Glove Killer as Boy in Car (uncredited)
- Joe Smith, American as Johnny Smith (age 5)
- Rover's Big Chance as Mickey
- Doin' Their Bit as Mickey
- Melodies Old and New as Mickey
- Don't Lie as Mickey
- Andy Hardy's Double Life as Tooky Stedman
- Mighty Lak a Goat as Mickey
- Going to Press as Mickey
- Surprised Parties as Mickey
1941
- Baby Blues as Mickey
- Wedding Worries as Mickey
- Helping Hands as Mickey
- Main Street on the March! as Schulte Child (uncredited)
- Fightin' Fools as Mickey
- 1-2-3-Go! as Mickey
- Ye Olde Minstrels
- Robot Wrecks as Mickey
- Come Back, Miss Pipps as Mickey
1940
- Goin' Fishin'
- Kiddie Kure as Mickey
- Waldo's Last Stand as Mickey
- I Love You Again as Edward Littlejohn Jr. (uncredited)
- The New Pupil
- The Big Premiere as Mickey
- Good Bad Boys as Mickey
- All About Hash as Mickey
- Alfalfa's Double as Mickey
- Spots Before Your Eyes as Kid
- Bubbling Troubles as Mickey
1939
- Auto Antics as Mickey
- Joy Scouts as Mickey
- Captain Spanky's Show Boat as (Mickey)
- Dad for a Day as Mickey Baker
- Time Out for Lessons as Mickey
- Bridal Suite as Toto Pujol