Robert Blake (actor)
Robert Blake (born Michael James Gubitosi; September 18, 1933)[1] is an American retired actor known for his roles in the 1967 film In Cold Blood and the 1970s U.S. television series Baretta.[2]
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| Born | Michael James Gubitosi September 18, 1933 Nutley, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1939–1997 |
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| Children | 3 |
| Website | robertbobbyblake |
Blake began acting as a child, with a lead role in the final years of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 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. In the Red Ryder series and in many of his adult roles, the Italian-American actor was often cast as an American Indian or Latino character.[3] After a stint in the United States Army, Blake returned to acting in both television and movie roles.[3] Blake continued acting until 1997's Lost Highway. Owing to Blake becoming one of the first child actors to successfully transition to mature roles as an adult, author Michael Newton called his career "one of the longest in Hollywood history."[3]
In March 2005, Blake was tried and acquitted of the 2001 murder of his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley.[4][5] In November 2005, he was found liable in a California civil court for her wrongful death.[6]
Early life
Robert Blake was born Michael James Gubitosi[7] in Nutley, New Jersey, on September 18, 1933. His parents were Giacomo (James) Gubitosi and his wife, Elizabeth Cafone.[citation needed] In 1930, James worked as a die setter for a can manufacturer. Eventually, Blake's parents began a song-and-dance act.[3] In 1936, their three children began performing, billed as "The Three Little Hillbillies."[3] They moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1938, where their children began working as movie extras.[citation needed]
Blake had an unhappy childhood in which he was abused by his alcoholic father. When he entered public school at age 10, he was bullied and had fights with other students, which led to his expulsion. Blake stated that he was physically and sexually abused by both of his parents while growing up and was frequently locked in a closet and forced to eat off the floor as punishment.[3] At age 14, he ran away from home, leading to several more difficult years.[8] His father died by suicide in 1956.[3]
Child actor
Then known as "Mickey Gubitosi", Blake began his acting career as Toto in the MGM movie Bridal Suite (1939), starring Annabella and Robert Young. Blake then began appearing in MGM's Our Gang short subjects (a.k.a. The Little Rascals) under his real name, replacing Eugene "Porky" Lee. He appeared in 40 of the shorts between 1939 and 1944, eventually becoming the series' final lead character. Blake's parents also made appearances in the series as extras. In Our Gang, Blake's character, Mickey, was often called upon to cry, for which he was criticized for being unconvincing. He was also criticized for being obnoxious and whiny.[9] In 1942, he acquired the stage name "Bobby Blake" and his character in the series was renamed "Mickey Blake." In 1944, MGM discontinued Our Gang, releasing the final short in the series, Dancing Romeo. In 1995, Blake was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for his role in Our Gang.[10] In 1942, Blake appeared as "Tooky" Stedman in Andy Hardy's Double Life.
In 1944, Blake began playing a Native American boy, "Little Beaver," in the Red Ryder western series at the studios of Republic Pictures (now CBS Radford Studios), appearing in twenty-three of the movies until 1947. He also had roles in one of Laurel and Hardy's later films The Big Noise (1944), and the Warner Bros. movies Humoresque (1946), playing John Garfield's character as a child, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), playing the Mexican boy who sells Humphrey Bogart a winning lottery ticket and gets a glass of water thrown in his face by Bogart in the process. In 1950, at age 17, Blake appeared as Mahmoud in The Black Rose and as Enrico, Naples Bus Boy (uncredited) in Black Hand.[citation needed]
Career as an adult
In 1950, Blake was drafted into the United States Army. Upon leaving at the age of 21, he found himself without any job prospects and fell into a deep depression. This led to a two-year addiction to heroin and cocaine. He also sold drugs.[11] Blake entered Jeff Corey's acting class and began working on improving his personal and professional life. He eventually became a seasoned Hollywood actor, playing notable dramatic roles in movies and on television. In 1956, he was billed as Robert Blake for the first time.[citation needed]
In 1959, Blake turned down the role of Little Joe Cartwright, a character ultimately portrayed by Michael Landon, in NBC's western television series Bonanza.[citation needed] He did appear that year as Tobe Hackett in the episode "Trade Me Deadly" of the syndicated western series 26 Men, which dramatized true stories of the Arizona Rangers. Blake also appeared twice as "Alfredo" in the syndicated western The Cisco Kid and starred in "The White Hat" episode of Men of Annapolis, another syndicated series. He appeared in three distinctive guest lead roles in the CBS series Have Gun Will Travel, as well as one-time guest roles on John Payne's NBC western The Restless Gun, Nick Adams's ABC western The Rebel, and in season 3, episode 25 of Bat Masterson, the NBC western series The Californians, the short-lived ABC adventure series Straightaway, and the NBC western television series Laramie.
Blake performed in numerous motion pictures as an adult, including the starring role in The Purple Gang (1960), a gangster movie, and featured roles in Pork Chop Hill (1959) and, as one of four U.S. soldiers participating in a gang rape in occupied Germany, in Town Without Pity (1961). He appeared in the John Kennedy war biopic “PT109” as Charles “Bucky” Harris (1963). He was also in Ensign Pulver (1964), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) and other films. Blake garnered further exposure as a member of the ensemble cast of the 1963 acclaimed but short-lived The Richard Boone Show, appearing in fifteen of the NBC series' 25 episodes.
In 1967, Blake experienced a career breakout due to his work in the film In Cold Blood.[12][13] Blake played real-life murderer Perry Smith, to whom he bore a chilling resemblance. Richard Brooks received two Oscar nominations for the film: one for his direction, and one for his adaptation of Truman Capote's book.[citation needed]With In Cold Blood, Blake was the first actor to utter the expletive "bull----" in a mainstream American motion picture.[14]
Blake played a Native American fugitive in Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969), starred in a TV movie adaptation of Of Mice and Men (1981), and played a motorcycle highway patrolman in iconoclastic Electra Glide in Blue (1973). He played a small-town stock car driver with ambitions to join the NASCAR circuit in Corky, which MGM produced in 1972. The film featured real NASCAR drivers, including Richard Petty and Cale Yarborough.[citation needed]
Blake may be best known for his Emmy Award-winning role of Tony Baretta in the popular television series Baretta[15] (1975 to 1978), playing a street-wise, plain clothes police detective. The show's trademarks included Baretta's pet cockatoo "Fred" and his signature phrases—notably "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time", "That's the name of that tune", and "You can take that to the bank."
After Baretta ended, NBC offered to produce several pilot episodes of a proposed series titled Joe Dancer, in which Blake would play the role of a hard-boiled private detective.[16] In addition to starring, Blake also was credited as the executive producer and creator.[16] Three television films aired on NBC in 1981 and 1983, and the series never ultimately sold.[16]
Blake had starring roles in a couple of films for Paramount Pictures, Coast to Coast (1980) and Second-Hand Hearts (1981). 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 Judgment Day: The John List Story (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 Mystery Man in David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997).[citation needed]
Marriages and children
Blake and actress Sondra Kerr were married in 1961, and divorced in 1983. It was his first marriage, from which came two children: actor Noah Blake (born 1965) and Delinah Blake (born 1966).[citation needed]
In 1999, Blake met Bonny Lee Bakley, formerly of Wharton, New Jersey, who had already been married nine times and reportedly had a history of exploiting older men, especially celebrities, for money.[17] She was dating Christian Brando, the son of Marlon Brando, during her relationship with Blake. Bakley became pregnant and told both Brando and Blake that her baby was theirs. Initially, Bakley named the baby "Christian Shannon Brando" and stated that Brando was the father.[18] Bakley wrote letters describing her dubious motives to Blake.[19] Blake insisted that she take a DNA test to prove the paternity.[18] Blake became Bakley's tenth husband on November 19, 2000, after DNA tests proved that Blake was the biological father of her child, who was renamed Rosie.[citation needed] Blake remained married to Bakley until she was murdered on May 4, 2001.
In a March 2016 interview at age 82, Blake indicated he had a new woman in his life, who remained unnamed.[20] In 2017, Blake applied for a marriage license for his fiancée, Pamela Hudak, whom he had known for decades, and who had testified on his behalf at his trial.[21] On December 7, 2018, it was announced that Blake had filed for divorce.[22]
Murder of Bonnie Lee Bakley
On May 4, 2001, Blake took Bakley out for dinner at Vitello's Italian Restaurant in Studio City, California. Bakley was fatally shot in the head while sitting in Blake's vehicle, which was parked on a side street around the corner from the restaurant, across the street and behind a dumpster next to a construction site. Blake claimed that he had returned to the restaurant to collect a pistol which he had left inside and claimed that he had not been present when the shooting took place. The pistol Blake claimed to have left in the restaurant was later found and determined by police not to be the murder weapon.[23]
Arrest
On April 18, 2002, Blake was arrested and charged with Bakley's murder. His longtime bodyguard, Earle Caldwell, was also arrested and charged with conspiracy in connection with the murder. A key event that gave the Los Angeles Police Department the confidence to arrest Blake came when a retired stuntman, Ronald "Duffy" Hambleton, agreed to testify against him.[24] Hambleton alleged that Blake tried to hire him to kill Bakley. Another retired stuntman and an associate of Hambleton's, Gary McLarty, also came forward with a similar story.[25] According to author Miles Corwin, Hambleton had agreed to testify against Blake only after being told that he would be subject to a grand jury subpoena and a misdemeanor charge.[26][27]
On April 22, 2002, Blake was charged with one count of murder with special circumstances, an offense which carried a possible death penalty. He was also charged with two counts of solicitation of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. Blake entered a plea of not guilty.[citation needed] On March 13, 2003, after almost a year in jail, Blake was granted bail, which was set at $1.5 million. He was then placed under house arrest while awaiting trial. On October 31, in a major reversal for the prosecution, the judge dismissed the conspiracy charges against Blake and Caldwell during a pre-trial hearing.[28] The junior prosecutor who handled the case, Shellie Samuels, was interviewed by CBS reporter Peter Van Sant for the CBS program 48 Hours Investigates. During the interview, broadcast in November 2003, she admitted that the prosecutors had no forensic evidence implicating Blake in the murder and that they could not tie him to the murder weapon.[28]
Trial and acquittal
Blake's criminal trial for murder began on December 20, 2004, with opening statements by the prosecution and opening statements by the defense the following day.[28] The prosecution contended that Blake intentionally murdered Bakley to free himself from a loveless marriage, while the defense claimed that Blake was an innocent victim of circumstantial and fabricated evidence. McLarty and Hambleton each testified that Blake had asked them to murder Bakley. On cross-examination, the defense brought up McLarty's mental health problems and Hambleton's criminal history. The lack of gunshot residue on Blake's hands was a key part of the defense's case that Blake was not the shooter. Blake chose not to testify.[29]
On March 16, 2005, Blake was found not guilty of murder and not guilty of one of the two counts of solicitation of murder. The other count, for solicitation to commit murder, was dropped after it was revealed that the jury was deadlocked 11–1 in favor of an acquittal. Los Angeles District Attorney Stephen Cooley, commenting on this ruling, called Blake "a miserable human being" and the jurors "incredibly stupid" to fall for the defense's claims.[30][31] Public opinion regarding the verdict was mixed, with some feeling that Blake was guilty, though many felt that there was not enough evidence to convict him.[32] On the night of his acquittal several fans celebrated at Blake's favorite haunt – and the scene of the crime – Vitello's.[33]
Civil case
Bakley's three children filed a civil suit against Blake, asserting that he was responsible for their mother's death. During the trial, the girlfriend of Blake's co-defendant Earle Caldwell said she believed Blake and Caldwell were involved in the crime.[34]
On November 18, 2005, a jury found Blake liable for the wrongful death of his wife and ordered him to pay $30 million.[35] On February 3, 2006, Blake filed for bankruptcy.
Blake's attorney, M. Gerald Schwartzbach, appealed the court's decision on February 28, 2007.[36] On April 26, 2008, an appeals court upheld the civil case verdict, but cut Blake's penalty assessment to $15 million.[37]
Aftermath
Blake has maintained a low profile since his acquittal and filing for bankruptcy, with debts of $3 million for unpaid legal fees as well as state and federal taxes.[38] Due to his legal problems Blake has said that he might return to acting someday in order to help himself financially.[39] On April 9, 2010, the state of California filed a tax lien against Blake for $1,110,878 in unpaid back taxes.[40]
On July 16, 2012, Blake was interviewed on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight. When Piers Morgan asked Blake about the night of Bakley's murder, Blake became defensive and angry, stating he resented Morgan's questioning and felt he was being interrogated. Morgan responded he was only asking questions that he felt people were eager to have answered.[41]
In January 2019, Blake was interviewed by 20/20. Initially he seemed to decline the interview and instead delegated it to a friend, but then began to participate, discussing the murder and the behavior of the police officers who dealt with him, the culture of Hollywood and its reaction to the event, and his early life and difficulties with his parents.[42][43][44]
In September 2019, Blake started a YouTube channel titled 'Robert Blake: I ain't dead yet, so stay tuned,' in which he discusses his life and career.[45]
Later in October the same year, Blake's daughter, Rose Lenore, opened up about her childhood and how the trial affected her. She discussed reuniting with her father, visiting her mother's grave and her own desire to get into acting. Regarding knowing the truth about her mother's murder and whether Blake did it she declined to know the details but is open to knowing the truth "If it's ever an option".[46]
In 2021, Blake opened up a website, "Robert Blake's Pushcart", where scripts, memorabilia and books including his autobiography Tales of a Rascal are available to read and in the case of the latter can be ordered.[47] The website has since closed down and its name has been taken by an unrelated towing service.
Quentin Tarantino's novel Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, based on his film of the same name, is dedicated to Blake. Notably Blake's later life dealing with his wife's murder mirrors Brad Pitt's character Cliff Booth who is also accused of murdering his wife.[48]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1939 | Bridal Suite | Toto | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Joy Scouts | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1939 | Auto Antics | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1939 | Captain Spanky's Showboat | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1939 | Dad for a Day | Mickey | Short film |
| 1939 | Time Out for Lessons | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1940 | Alfalfa's Double | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1940 | The Big Premiere | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1940 | All About Hash | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1940 | The New Pupil | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1940 | Spots Before Your Eyes | Kid | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1940 | Bubbling Troubles | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1940 | I Love You Again | Edward Littlejohn Jr. | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Good Bad Boys | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1940 | Waldo's Last Stand | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1940 | Goin' Fishin' | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1940 | Kiddie Kure | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1941 | Fightin' Fools | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1941 | Baby Blues | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1941 | Ye Olde Minstrels | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1941 | 1-2-3 Go | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1941 | Robot Wrecks | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1941 | Helping Hands | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1941 | Come Back, Miss Pipps | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1941 | Wedding Worries | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1941 | Main Street on the March! | Schulte Child | Short film; uncredited |
| 1942 | Melodies Old and New | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1942 | Going to Press | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1942 | Mokey | Daniel "Mokey" Delano | Credited as Bobby Blake |
| 1942 | Don't Lie | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1942 | Kid Glove Killer | Boy in Car | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Surprised Parties | Mickey | Short film; credited as Mickey Gubitosi |
| 1942 | Doin' Their Bit | Mickey | Short film; uncredited |
| 1942 | Rover's Big Chance | Mickey | Short film |
| 1942 | Mighty Lak a Goat | Mickey | Short film |
| 1942 | Unexpected Riches | Mickey | Short film |
| 1942 | Andy Hardy's Double Life | "Tooky" Stedman | |
| 1942 | China Girl | Chandu | |
| 1943 | Benjamin Franklin, Jr. | Mickey | Short film |
| 1943 | Family Troubles | Mickey | Short film |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Boy on Porch | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Calling All Kids | Mickey | Short film |
| 1943 | Farm Hands | Mickey | Short film |
| 1943 | Election Daze | Mickey | Short film |
| 1943 | Salute to the Marines | Junior Carson | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Little Miss Pinkerton | Mickey | Short film |
| 1943 | Three Smart Guys | Mickey | Short film |
| 1943 | Lost Angel | Jerry | |
| 1944 | Radio Bugs | Mickey | Short film |
| 1944 | Tale of a Dog | Mickey | Short film |
| 1944 | Dancing Romeo | Mickey | Short film |
| 1944 | Tucson Raiders | Little Beaver | |
| 1944 | Meet the People | Jimmy Smith | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Marshal of Reno | Little Beaver | |
| 1944 | The Seventh Cross | Small Boy | Uncredited |
| 1944 | The San Antonio Kid | Little Beaver | |
| 1944 | The Big Noise | Egbert Hartley | |
| 1944 | Cheyenne Wildcat | Little Beaver | |
| 1944 | The Woman in the Window | Dickie Wanley | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Vigilantes of Dodge City | Little Beaver | |
| 1944 | Sheriff of Las Vegas | Little Beaver | |
| 1945 | Great Stagecoach Robbery | Little Beaver | |
| 1945 | Pillow to Post | Wilbur | |
| 1945 | The Horn Blows at Midnight | Junior Poplinski | |
| 1945 | Lone Texas Ranger | Little Beaver | |
| 1945 | Phantom of the Plains | Little Beaver | |
| 1945 | Marshal of Laredo | Little Beaver | |
| 1945 | Colorado Pioneers | Little Beaver | |
| 1945 | Dakota | Little Boy | |
| 1945 | Wagon Wheels Westward | Little Beaver | |
| 1946 | A Guy Could Change | Alan Schroeder | |
| 1946 | California Gold Rush | Little Beaver | |
| 1946 | Sheriff of Redwood Valley | Little Beaver | |
| 1946 | Sheriff of Redwood Valley | Cub Garth | |
| 1946 | Sun Valley Cyclone | Little Beaver | |
| 1946 | In Old Sacramento | Newsboy | |
| 1946 | Conquest of Cheyenne | Little Beaver | |
| 1946 | Santa Fe Uprising | Little Beaver | |
| 1946 | Out California Way | Danny McCoy | |
| 1946 | Stagecoach to Denver | Little Beaver | |
| 1946 | Humoresque | Paul Boray as a Child | |
| 1947 | Vigilantes of Boomtown | Little Beaver | |
| 1947 | Homesteaders of Paradise Valley | Little Beaver | |
| 1947 | Oregon Trail Scouts | Little Beaver | |
| 1947 | Rustlers of Devil's Canyon | Little Beaver | |
| 1947 | Marshal of Cripple Creek | Little Beaver | |
| 1947 | The Return of Rin Tin Tin | Paul the Refugee Lad | |
| 1947 | The Last Round-up | Mike Henry | |
| 1948 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Mexican Boy Selling Lottery Tickets | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Black Hand | Enrico, Naples Bus Boy | Uncredited |
| 1950 | The Black Rose | Mahmoud | |
| 1952 | Apache War Smoke | Luis Herrera | |
| 1953 | Treasure of the Golden Condor | Stable Boy | Uncredited |
| 1953 | The Veils of Bagdad | Beggar Boy | |
| 1956 | Screaming Eagles | Pvt. Hernandez | |
| 1956 | The Rack | Italian soldier | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Rumble on the Docks | Chuck | |
| 1957 | Three Violent People | Rafael Ortega | |
| 1957 | The Tijuana Story | Enrique Acosta Mesa | |
| 1958 | The Beast of Budapest | Karolyi | |
| 1958 | Revolt in the Big House | Rudy Hernandez | |
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill | Pvt. Velie | |
| 1959 | Battle Flame | Cpl. Jake Pacheco | |
| 1959 | The Purple Gang | William Joseph "Honeyboy" Willard | |
| 1961 | Town Without Pity | Corporal Jim Larkin | |
| 1963 | PT 109 | Charles "Bucky" Harris | |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Simon the Zealot | |
| 1966 | This Property Is Condemned | Sidney | |
| 1967 | In Cold Blood | Perry Smith | |
| 1969 | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | Willie Boy | |
| 1972 | Ripped-Off | Teddy "Cherokee" Wilson | |
| 1972 | Corky | Corky | |
| 1973 | Electra Glide in Blue | Officer John Wintergreen | |
| 1974 | Busting | Farrell | |
| 1980 | Coast to Coast | Charles Callahan | |
| 1981 | Second-Hand Hearts | Loyal Muke | |
| 1995 | Money Train | Donald Patterson | |
| 1997 | Lost Highway | The Mystery Man |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Rain Cloud | Episode: "The Professor's Daughter" |
| 1953 | Fireside Theatre | Johnny | Episode: "Night in the Warehouse" |
| 1953 | The Cisco Kid | Davy / Alfredo | 2 episodes |
| 1956 | The Roy Rogers Show | Unknown character | Episode: "Paleface Justice" |
| 1956–1958 | Broken Arrow | Viklai / Machogee / Young Apache Warrior | 3 episodes |
| 1957 | Official Detective | Al Madsen | Episode: "The Hostages" |
| 1957 | Men of Annapolis | Ed | Episode: "The White Hat" |
| 1957 | 26 Men | Tobe Hackett | Episode: "Trade Me Deadly" |
| 1957 | Whirlybirds | Jose | Episode: "The Runaway" |
| 1957 | The Court of Last Resort | Tomas Mendoza | Episode: "The Tomas Mendoza Case" |
| 1958 | The Millionaire | Clark Davis | Episode: "The John Richards Story" |
| 1958 | The Restless Gun | Lupe Sandoval | Episode: "Thunder Valley" |
| 1958 | The Californians | Cass | Episode: "The Long Night" |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Wayne Robinson | Episode: "Client: Robinson" |
| 1959 | Playhouse 90 | Unknown character | Episode: "A Trip to Paradise" |
| 1959 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | CSA Cpl. Michael Bers | Episode: "Heritage" |
| 1960 | The Rebel | Virgil Moss | Episode: "He's Only a Boy" |
| 1960 | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | Tom | Episode: "Gyspy" |
| 1960–1962 | Have Gun - Will Travel | Lauro / Jessie May Turnbow / Smollet | 3 episodes |
| 1961 | Bat Masterson | Bill-Bill MacWilliams | Episode: "No Amnesty for Death" |
| 1961 | Wagon Train | Johnny Kamen | Episode: "The Joe Muharich Story" |
| 1961 | Naked City | Knox Maquon | 2 episodes |
| 1961 | Laramie | Lame Wolf | Episode: "Wolf Club" |
| 1961–1962 | Straightaway | Chu Chu | 2 episodes |
| 1962 | Ben Casey | Jesse Verdugo | Episode: "Imagine a Long Bright Corridor" |
| 1962 | Cain's Hundred | Rick Carter | Episode: "A Creature Lurks in Ambush" |
| 1962 | The New Breed | Bobby Madero | Episode: "My Brother's Keeper" |
| 1963–1964 | The Richard Boone Show | Various | 14 episodes |
| 1965 | Slattery's People | Jerry Leon | Episode: "Question: Does Nero Still at Ringside Sit?" |
| 1965 | The Trials of O'Brien | Joe Rooney | Episode: "Bargain Day on the Street of Regret" |
| 1965 | Rawhide | Max Gufler / Hap Johnson | 2 episodes |
| 1965–1966 | The F.B.I. | Junior / Pete Cloud | 2 episodes |
| 1966 | Twelve O'Clock High | Lt. Johnny Eagle | Episode: "A Distant Cry" |
| 1966 | Death Valley Days | Billy the Kid | Episode: "The Kid from Hell's Kitchen" |
| 1975–1978 | Baretta | Detective Anthony Vincenzo "Tony" Baretta | 82 episodes |
| 1977 | 29th Primetime Emmy Awards | Co-host | With Angie Dickinson |
| 1981 | The Big Black Pill | Joe Dancer | Television film |
| 1981 | The Monkey Mission | Joe Dancer | Television film |
| 1981 | Of Mice and Men | George Milton | Television film |
| 1982 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: "Robert Blake/Kenny Loggins" |
| 1983 | Blood Feud | Jimmy Hoffa | Miniseries |
| 1983 | Murder 1, Dancer 0 | Joe Dancer | Television film |
| 1985 | Hell Town | Noah "Hardstep" Rivers | 13 episodes |
| 1985 | Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story | Lenny Mancini | Television film |
| 1993 | Judgment Day: The John List Story | John List | Television film |
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Further reading
- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 185–186.
- Dye, David. Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914–1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, p. 20–22.
External links
- Official website
- Robert Blake at IMDb
- Robert Blake at AllMovie
- Robert Blake at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Robert Blake at Curlie