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
- The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
- Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story as Lenny Mancini
- Father of Hell Town as Father Noah 'Hardstep' Rivers
1983
- Blood Feud as Jimmy Hoffa
- Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade as Joe Dancer
- Blood Feud as Jimmy Hoffa
1981
- Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill as Joe Dancer
- Of Mice and Men as George Milton
- Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission as Joe Dancer
- Second-Hand Hearts as Loyal Muke
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
- The Richard Boone Show
- PT 109 as Charles 'Bucky' Harris
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Guest
- Ben Casey
- The New Breed as Bobby Madero
- Cain's Hundred as Rick Carter
- Straightaway
- Town Without Pity as Corporal Jim Larkin
1959
- Rawhide as Hap Johnson
- One Step Beyond as Tom
- The Rebel as Virgil Moss
- Black Saddle as Wayne Robinson
- Pork Chop Hill as Pvt. Velie
- The Purple Gang as Willard
- Battle Flame as Cpl. Jake Pacheco
1958
- Naked City as Knox Maquon
- Bat Masterson as Bill-Bill MacWilliams
- Revolt in the Big House as Rudy Hernandez
- The Beast of Budapest as Karolyi
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
- Broken Arrow as Young Apache Warrior (uncredited)
- Three Violent People as Rafael Ortega
- Rumble on the Docks as Chuck
- The Rack as Italian Soldier
- Screaming Eagles as Pvt. Hernandez
1954
1953
- The Veils of Bagdad as Beggar boy
- Treasure of the Golden Condor as Stable Boy (uncredited)
1952
- Death Valley Days as William Bonney - Billy the Kid
- Apache War Smoke as Luis Herrera
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
- Humoresque as Paul Boray as a Child
- Homesteaders of Paradise Valley as Little Beaver
- The Last Round-up as Mike Henry
- Rustlers of Devil's Canyon as Little Beaver
- Marshal of Cripple Creek as Little Beaver
- The Return of Rin Tin Tin as Paul the Refugee Lad
- Vigilantes of Boomtown as Little Beaver
- Oregon Trail Scouts as Little Beaver
1946
- Home on the Range as Cub Garth
- A Guy Could Change as Alan Schroeder
- Sheriff of Redwood Valley as Little Beaver
- In Old Sacramento as Newsboy
- Sun Valley Cyclone as Little Beaver
- Out California Way as Danny McCoy
- Stagecoach to Denver as Little Beaver
- Santa Fe Uprising as Little Beaver
- California Gold Rush as Little Beaver
- Conquest of Cheyenne as Little Beaver
1945
- The Horn Blows at Midnight as Junior Pulplinsky
- Dakota as Little Boy
- Phantom of the Plains as Little Beaver
- Pillow to Post as Wilbur (uncredited)
- Colorado Pioneers as Little Beaver
- Wagon Wheels Westward as Little Beaver
- Marshal of Laredo as Little Beaver
- Great Stagecoach Robbery as Little Beaver
- Lone Texas Ranger as Little Beaver
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- The Woman in the Window as Dickie Wanley
- The Seventh Cross as Small Boy (uncredited)
- Meet the People as Jimmy Smith (uncredited)
- Sheriff of Las Vegas as Little Beaver
- Vigilantes of Dodge City as Little Beaver
- Tale of a Dog as Mickey Blake
- The Big Noise as Egbert Hartley
- San Antonio Kid as Little Beaver
- Marshal of Reno as Little Beaver
- Tucson Raiders as Little Beaver
- Cheyenne Wildcat as Little Beaver
- Dancing Romeo as Mickey
- Radio Bugs as Mickey
1943
- Slightly Dangerous as Boy on porch (uncredited)
- Election Daze as Mickey
- Lost Angel as Jerry
- Benjamin Franklin, Jr. as Mickey
- Family Troubles as Mickey
- Little Miss Pinkerton as Mickey
- Three Smart Guys as Mickey
- Calling All Kids as Mickey
- Farm Hands as Mickey
1942
- China Girl as Chandu
- Andy Hardy's Double Life as Tooky Stedman
- Kid Glove Killer as Boy in Car (uncredited)
- Melodies Old and New as Mickey
- Joe Smith, American as Johnny Smith (age 5)
- Mokey as Mokey Delano
- Mighty Lak a Goat as Mickey
- Don't Lie as Mickey
- Going to Press as Mickey
- Rover's Big Chance as Mickey
- Surprised Parties as Mickey
- Unexpected Riches as Mickey
- Doin' Their Bit as Mickey
1941
- Fightin' Fools as Mickey
- Come Back, Miss Pipps as Mickey
- 1-2-3-Go! as Mickey
- Main Street on the March! as Schulte Child (uncredited)
- Wedding Worries as Mickey
- Helping Hands as Mickey
- Robot Wrecks as Mickey
- Ye Olde Minstrels
- Baby Blues as Mickey
1940
- I Love You Again as Edward Littlejohn Jr. (uncredited)
- Waldo's Last Stand as Mickey
- Spots Before Your Eyes as Kid
- All About Hash as Mickey
- Kiddie Kure as Mickey
- The Big Premiere as Mickey
- Goin' Fishin'
- Bubbling Troubles as Mickey
- Alfalfa's Double as Mickey
- The New Pupil
- Good Bad Boys as Mickey
1939
- Dad for a Day as Mickey Baker
- Joy Scouts as Mickey
- Captain Spanky's Show Boat as (Mickey)
- Time Out for Lessons as Mickey
- Bridal Suite as Toto Pujol
- Auto Antics as Mickey