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Robert Blake

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Photos Robert Blake Birth name: Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi
Birth date: 1933/09/18 (90 years old)
Birth place : Nutley New Jersey
Height: 1.63 m

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Biography for Robert Blake

American actor who began as a child in Our Gang comedies and reappeared as a powerful adult performer of leading and character roles. Born in New Jersey, the young Mickey Gubitosi won a role in MGM's Our Gang series the age of five. As one of the more prominent children in the Gang, he gained attention for his cute good looks and his lovable, if somewhat melancholy, personality. In 1940, he took on the stage name Bobby Blake (though he continued to use the name Mickey Gubitosi in the Our Gang series for another three years) and began playing child roles in a wide range of films. He gained a good deal of fame as the Indian sidekick Little Beaver in the Red Ryder series of Westerns. Though roles were sporadic as he grew to manhood, he was never long off the screen (except for a period of military service, 1954- 1956). But despite some fine work in films like Pork Chop Hill (1959) and Town Without Pity (1961), his career did not take off until his stunning portrayal of killer Perry Smith in In Cold Blood (1967). A number of telling performances in films of the next decade, stardom in a popular television series ("Baretta" (1975)), and several ruefully comic appearances as a guest on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) made him a popular figure even as his personal difficulties increased. Consumed with anger over his treatment by his family and the studio as a child, he denigrated his early work, suffered bouts of difficulty with drugs, and became known as a difficult, perfectionistic person to work with. He quit his successful TV series "Hell Town" (1985) when his personal demons became overwhelming. After a self-imposed exile of nearly eight years, during which he struggled to right his life, he successfully returned to films and television work, appearing renewed and more confident in himself and his work. But in 2001, the murder of his wife Bonnie Bakley thrust Blake into the limelight in a different way. Admittedly having married Bakley through the coercion of her pregnancy, a routine Bakley had apparently tried with various other celebrities, Blake made no denial of his distaste for the woman, but was by all accounts thrilled with the daughter born to them. Blake was arrested for his wife's murder, but the presumption of innocence trumped what jurors believed to be flimsy evidence, and Blake was acquitted in a trial which made worldwide headlines. Reportedly broke from legal costs, Blake indicated hopefulness that he might be allowed to return to acting work.

Robert Blake was born on September 18, 1933 in Nutley in New Jersey. From the age of 6, Robert Blake is running in the series of films Our Gang where he embodies Mickey. He then continues with the Western Red Rider series where he plays the young Indian Little Beavor. Robert Blake is best known for his role as Tony Baretta in the TV Baretta series. He also played Father Noah Rivers in the TV series Hell Town. You can see Robert Blake in many films including Money Train, the biggest story ever told, Broaded Property, Lost Highway.

Robert Blake is an American actor known for his role in the film "Baretta" and for being accused of the murder of his wife Bonny Lee Bakley. He was born on September 18, 1933 in Nutley, New Jersey.

Blake began his acting career at the age of 5 by appearing in movies and television shows. He then played in many films, notably "in Cold Blood" from 1967 and "Electra Glide in Blue" from 1973. His best known role is that of Tony Baretta in the television series "Baretta", broadcast from 1975 to 1978 .

In 2001, Blake was accused of the murder of his wife Bonny Lee Bakley, who had been killed in his car in Los Angeles in 1999. He was acquitted of these accusations in 2005, but was found guilty by a civil court and sentenced to pay damages to the Bakley family.

Since the affair of the murder of his wife, Blake has continued to work as an actor, but he has not found the same popularity as before. In 2011, he published a book entitled "Tales of a Rascal: What I Did For Love", in which he recounts his life and his experience of American justice.

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Filmography

Title Role
Lost Highway (1997) Mystery Man
Money Train (1995) Donald Patterson
Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993) (TV) John List
Hell Town (1985) TV Series Father Noah 'Hardstep' Rivers (unknown episodes)
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story (1985) (TV) Lenny Mancini
Hell Town (1985) (TV) Father Noah 'Hardstep' Rivers
Murder One, Dancer 0 (1983) (TV) Joe Dancer
Blood Feud (1983) (TV) James Riddle 'Jimmy' Hoffa
Saturday Night Live Guest Host (1 episode, 1982)
Of Mice and Men (1981) (TV) George Milton
Second-Hand Hearts (1981) Loyal Muke
The Monkey Mission (1981) (TV) Joe Dancer
The Big Black Pill (1981) (TV) Joe Dancer
Joe Dancer: The Big Trade (1981) (TV) Joe Dancer
Coast to Coast (1980) Charles Callahan
Baretta Det. Tony Baretta (34 episodes, 1975-1976)
Baretta (1975) (TV) Det. Tony Baretta
Busting (1974) Vice Detective Patrick Farrel
Electra Glide in Blue (1973) Motor Officer John 'Big John' Wintergreen, Stockman PD
Corky (1972) Corky Curtiss
Uomo dalla pelle dura, L' (1972) Teddy Cherokee Wilcox
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) Willie Boy
In Cold Blood (1967) Perry Smith
Death Valley Days Billy the Kid (1 episode, 1966)
Twelve O'Clock High Lt. Eagle (1 episode, 1966) - A Distant Cry (1966) TV Episode
The F.B.I. Junior / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
This Property Is Condemned (1966) Sidney
Rawhide Hap Johnson / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Simon the Zealot
Slattery's People Jerry Leon (1 episode, 1965) - Question: Does Nero Still at Ringside Sit? (1965) TV Episode
The Richard Boone Show Frankie / ... (10 episodes, 1963-1964)
PT 109 (1963) Charles 'Bucky' Harris
Have Gun - Will Travel Jessie Turnbow / ... (3 episodes, 1960-1962)
Cain's Hundred Rick Carter (1 episode, 1962) - A Creature Lurks in Ambush (1962) TV Episode
Straightaway (1 episode, 1962) - A Moment in the Sun (1962) TV Episode
Ben Casey Jesse Verdugo (1 episode, 1962) - Imagine a Long Bright Corridor (1962) TV Episode
Laramie Wolf Cub (1 episode, 1961) - Wolf Cub (1961) TV Episode
Naked City Knox Maquon (1 episode, 1961) - New York to L.A. (1961) TV Episode
Wagon Train Johnny Kamen (1 episode, 1961)
Bat Masterson Bill MacWilliams (1 episode, 1961) - No Amnesty for Death (1961) TV Episode
Town Without Pity (1961) Cpl. Jim Larkin
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond Tom (1 episode, 1960)
The Rebel Virgil (1 episode, 1960) - He's Only a Boy (1960) TV Episode
The Purple Gang (1959) William Joseph 'Honeyboy' Willard
Battle Flame (1959) Cpl. Pacheco
Pork Chop Hill (1959) Pvt. Velie
Zane Grey Theater Michael (1 episode, 1959)
Black Saddle Wayne Robinson (1 episode, 1959)
The Californians Cass (1 episode, 1958) - The Long Night (1958) TV Episode
Revolt in the Big House (1958) Rudy Hernandez
The Restless Gun Lupe Sandoval (1 episode, 1958) - Thunder Alley (1958) TV Episode
Broken Arrow Viklai (1 episode, 1958) - Bear Trap (1958) TV Episode
26 Men Tobe Hackett (1 episode, 1958) - Trade Me Deadly (1958) TV Episode
The Beast of Budapest (1958) Karolyi, student rebel
The Tijuana Story (1957) Enrique Mesa
The Court of Last Resort Tomas Mendoza (1 episode, 1957) - The Tomas Mendoza Case (1957) TV Episode (as Bobby Blake)
Three Violent People (1957) (as Bobby Blake) Rafael Ortega
Men of Annapolis (1 episode) - The White Hat (????) TV Episode
Rumble on the Docks (1956) Chuck
The Roy Rogers Show (1 episode, 1956) - Paleface Justice (1956) TV Episode (as Bobby Blake)
The Rack (1956) (uncredited) Italian soldier
Screaming Eagles (1956) Pvt. Hernandez
The Cisco Kid Alfredo / ... (2 episodes, 1953)
The Veils of Bagdad (1953) (as Bobby Blake) Beggar boy
Fireside Theatre (1 episode, 1953) - Night in the Warehouse (1953) TV Episode (as Bobby Blake)
Your Favorite Story (1 episode, 1953) - Born Unto Trouble (1953) TV Episode
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953) (as Bobby Blake) Stable boy
Apache War Smoke (1952) (as Bobby Blake) Luis
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Rain Cloud (1 episode, 1952) - The Professor's Daughter (1952) TV Episode (as Bobby Blake)
The Black Rose (1950) (as Bobby Blake) Mahmoud
Black Hand (1950) (uncredited) Enrico, Naples Bus Boy
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (uncredited) Mexican boy selling lottery tickets
The Last Round-up (1947) (as Bobby Blake) Mike Henry
The Return of Rin Tin Tin (1947) (as Bobby Blake) Paul the Refugee Lad
Marshal of Cripple Creek (1947) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon (1947) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Oregon Trail Scouts (1947) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley (1947) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Vigilantes of Boomtown (1947) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Humoresque (1946) (as Bobby Blake) Paul Boray (younger)
Stagecoach to Denver (1946) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Out California Way (1946) (as Bobby Blake) Danny McCoy
Santa Fe Uprising (1946) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Conquest of Cheyenne (1946) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
In Old Sacramento (1946) (as Bobby Blake) Newsboy
Sun Valley Cyclone (1946) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Home on the Range (1946) (as Bobby Blake) Cub Garth
Sheriff of Redwood Valley (1946) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
California Gold Rush (1946) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
A Guy Could Change (1946) Alan Schroeder
Dakota (1945) (as Bobby Blake) Little boy
Wagon Wheels Westward (1945) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Colorado Pioneers (1945) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Marshal of Laredo (1945) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Phantom of the Plains (1945) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
The Lone Texas Ranger (1945) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Pillow to Post (1945) (uncredited) Wilbur
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) (as Bobby Blake) Junior Pulplinsky
Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
The Woman in the Window (1944) (uncredited) Dickie Wanley
Cheyenne Wildcat (1944) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
The Big Noise (1944) (as Bobby Blake) Egbert
The San Antonio Kid (1944) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
The Seventh Cross (1944) (uncredited) Small Boy
Marshal of Reno (1944) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Meet the People (1944) (uncredited) Jimmy Smith
Tucson Raiders (1944) (as Bobby Blake) Little Beaver
Dancing Romeo (1944) (as Bobby Blake) Mickey
Tale of a Dog (1944) (as Bobby Blake) Mickey
Radio Bugs (1944) (as Bobby Blake) Mickey
Lost Angel (1943) (as Bobby Blake) Jerry
Three Smart Guys (1943) (as Bobby Blake) Mickey
Salute to the Marines (1943) (uncredited) Junior Carson
Election Daze (1943) (as Bobby Blake) Mickey
Farm Hands (1943) (as Bobby Blake) Mickey
Family Troubles (1943) (as Bobby Blake) Mickey
Slightly Dangerous (1943) (uncredited) Boy on Porch
Benjamin Franklin, Jr. (1943) (as Bobby Blake) Mickey
Calling All Kids (1943) (as Bobby Blake) Mickey
Little Miss Pinkerton (1943) (as Bobby Blake) Mickey
Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942) (as Bobby Blake) 'Tooky' Stedman
China Girl (1942) (as Bobby Blake) Hindu boy
Unexpected Riches (1942) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Mighty Lak a Goat (1942) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Doin' Their Bit (1942) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Surprised Parties (1942) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Mokey (1942) (as Bobby Blake) Daniel 'Mokey' Delano
Kid Glove Killer (1942) (uncredited) Boy in Car
Don't Lie (1942) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Going to Press (1942) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Melodies Old and New (1942) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Rover's Big Chance (1942) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Wedding Worries (1941) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Helping Hands (1941) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Robot Wrecks (1941) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Fightin' Fools (1941) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Baby Blues (1941) Mickey
1-2-3 Go! (1941) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Ye Olde Minstrels (1941) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Main Street on the March! (1941) (uncredited) Schulte Child
Kiddie Kure (1940) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Goin' Fishin' (1940) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Waldo's Last Stand (1940) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Good Bad Boys (1940) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
I Love You Again (1940) (uncredited) Edward Littlejohn Jr.
Bubbling Troubles (1940) Mickey
Spots Before Your Eyes (1940) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Kid
The New Pupil (1940) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
All About Hash (1940) Mickey
Alfalfa's Double (1940) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
The Big Premiere (1940) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Time Out for Lessons (1939) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Dad for a Day (1939) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Captain Spanky's Show Boat (1939) Mickey
Auto Antics (1939) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey
Joy Scouts (1939) (as Mickey Gubitosi) Mickey

Trivia

Born at 8:30am EDT.

Walked away from his career 1986-93.

Blake's father, James Gubitosi, was a blacksmith for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) with show business aspirations. He eventually quit the WPA and started a song and dance act with his wife, Elizabeth Gubitosi. He eventually added their three children to the act, billing them as "The Three Little Hillbillies". In 1938, he took them to Los Angeles, where the couple worked as a gardener and a maid while trying to get work for their children. Blake said neither parent was loving. His father spent every cent his son earned and beat him as he descended into alcoholism.

He received accolades for his performance as a killer who goes to the gallows in 1967's In Cold Blood (1967), and he won a 1975 Emmy for Baretta (1975) (TV), but his career had been stalled for years.

After over a year following her death, he was arrested for the murder of his wife Bonnie Lee Bakley. He was acquitted on 16th March 2005. Eight months later, however, in a rebuke to the jury in the criminal case, a jury in a civil suit brought on behalf of her children found Blake liable for the murder and ordered him to pay over $30 million in damages.

Almost had the role of Jim Rockford on "The Rockford Files" (1974), but Stephen J. Cannell thought that, since Rockford didn't like to fight, the diminuitive Blake would have seemed too cowardly in the role.

To prepare for the role of Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins had watched Blake's performance in In Cold Blood (1967) several times (Hopkins said this having visited Blake, whom he didn't know personally, in prison after being accused of murdering his wife).

Passed on Ratzo Ritzo in Midnight Cowboy (1969), and lost out on a role in The Godfather (1972) (presumably in the role of Michael or Sonny). He also turned down the role of Angel in The Wild Bunch (1969).

Appears in the film Lost Highway (1997), about a man who murders his wife. It was inspired, according to David Lynch, by the O.J. Simpson case. Blake later became the centre of another high-profile wife-killing case in real life.

Although he is of Italian descent, for many years he specialised in playing either Latino characters or Native Americans.

Family

Spouse : Bonnie Lee Bakley (15 November 2000 - 4 May 2001) (her death) 1 child, Sondra Blake (25 November 1961 - 1983) (divorced) 2 children

Father of Noah Blake.

Daughter, Rose Lenore Sophia Blake (with Bonnie Lee Bakley) was born June 2000.

Blake's wife, Bonnie Lee Bakley, was shot in the head and killed while sitting in her car waiting for her husband outside of a restaurant. [4 May 2001]

Author of the card

  • Creation date: 01/07/2003 by abdest

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