Robert Blake
Actor Robert Blake began his career as a member of the preadolescent comedy troupe "Our Gang," and later as an adult actor enjoyed critical notoriety with the docudrama "In Cold Blood" (1967) and achieved breakout fame as the exotic bird-loving star of the popular television series "Baretta" (ABC, 1975-78). It was as the prime suspect in the domestic murder of wife Bonnie Lee Bakley, however, that would ultimately overshadow the onetime revered actor's career. As a child, Blake's parents began taking the toddler to auditions in Los Angles in the late 1930s, and for more than a decade he appeared in dozens of films and television programs. After a tumultuous two-year enlistment with the U.S. Army, Blake returned home and underwent intense psychotherapy treatments in an effort to cope with his depression and self-loathing. Having made substantial gains, he resumed his acting career as an adult with supporting roles in such films as "Pork Chop Hill" (1959) and "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965). With his intense portrayal of murderer Perry Smith in the adaptation of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood," Blake was poised for mainstream feature film stardom. Follow up movies failed to capitalize on the earlier success, however, and the actor soon returned to television. As the streetwise titular hero of "Baretta," it seemed Blake had at last found his star-making role. After his hit cop show was canceled, the actor appeared with some regularity on television before disappearing from screens almost entirely for nearly a decade. He unfortunately reemerged not for artistic endeavors, but for making national headlines when he was accused of plotting the murder of his estranged wife in 2001. Although he would ultimately be acquitted of the killing in criminal court, a civil trial resulted in a wrongful death verdict against him, forever tainting Blake's professional and personal legacies.
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Robert Blake
Filmography
Movies
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69% |
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Lost Highway | Mystery Man (Character) | $18.0K | 1997 |
22% |
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Money Train | Donald Patterson (Character) | $35.1M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judgment Day: The John List Story | John List (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story | Lenny Mancini (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Helltown Goes Bananas | Father Noah "Hardstep" Rivers (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father of Hell Town | Father Noah `'Hardstep'` Rivers (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder One, Dancer 0 | Joe Dancer (Character) | - | 1983 |
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The Big Black Pill |
Joe Dancer (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joe Dancer III |
Joe Dancer (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Monkey Mission | Joe Dancer (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joe Dancer | Joe Dancer (Character) | - | 1981 |
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Of Mice and Men | George Milton (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Second-Hand Hearts | Loyal Muke (Character) | - | 1980 |
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Coast to Coast | Charles Callahan (Character) | - | 1980 |
17% |
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Busting | Vice Detective Patrick Farrel (Character) | - | 1974 |
69% |
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Electra Glide in Blue | John Wintergreen (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ripped Off | Teddy `'Cherokee'` Wilcox (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Corky | Corky Curtiss (Character) | - | 1972 |
73% |
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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | Willie Boy (Character) | - | 1969 |
76% |
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In Cold Blood | Perry Smith (Character) | - | 1967 |
62% |
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This Property Is Condemned | Sidney (Character) | - | 1966 |
42% |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told | Simon the Zealot (Character) | - | 1965 |
64% |
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PT 109 | Charles "Bucky" Harris (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Purple Gang | William Joseph "Honeyboy" Willard (Character) | - | 1960 |
86% |
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Pork Chop Hill | Pvt. Velie (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Battle Flame | Cpl. Jake Pacheco (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Revolt in the Big House | Rudy Hernandez (Character) | - | 1958 |
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Three Violent People | Rafael Ortega (Character) | - | 1956 |
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The Rack | Italian Soldier (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1956 |
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The Black Rose | Mahmoud (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blackout | Producer | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stagecoach to Denver | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vigilantes of Boomtown | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1947 |
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The Return of Rin Tin Tin | Paul (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oregon Trail Scouts | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Homesteaders of Paradise Valley | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marshal of Cripple Creek | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Paul the Refugee Lad (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Santa Fe Uprising | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sun Valley Cyclone | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sheriff of Redwood Valley | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conquest of Cheyenne | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Out California Way | Danny McCoy (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | California Gold Rush | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pillow to Post | Wilbur (Character) | - | 1945 |
64% |
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The Horn Blows at Midnight | Junior Pulplinsky (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Wheels Westward | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lone Texas Ranger | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Colorado Pioneers | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Stagecoach Robbery | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Phantom of the Plains | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The San Antonio Kid | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1944 |
83% |
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The Woman in the Window | Dickie Wanley (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tale of a Dog | Unknown (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sheriff of Las Vegas | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Radio Bugs | Mickey (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal of Laredo | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tucson Raiders | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal of Reno | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vigilantes of Dodge City | Little Beaver (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne Wild Cat | Unknown (Character) | - | 1944 |
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Benjamin Franklin, Jr. | Mickey (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salute to the Marines | Junior Carson (Character) | - | 1943 |
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Slightly Dangerous | Boy on Porch (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Farm Hands | Unknown (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Troubles | Mickey (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Election Daze | Mickey (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Miss Pinkerton | Mickey (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Calling All Kids | Mickey (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Andy Hardy's Double Life | `'Tooky'` Stedman (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Don't Lie | Mickey (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doin' Their Bit | Mickey (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mokey | Daniel "Mokey" Delano (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mighty Lak a Goat | Mickey (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surprised Parties | Unknown (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wedding Worries | Mickey (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robot Wrecks | Mickey (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Waldo's Last Stand | Mickey (Character) | - | 1940 |
100% |
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I Love You Again | Edward Littlejohn Jr. (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Pupil | Mickey (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bubbling Troubles | Mickey (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goin' Fishin' | Mickey (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Bad Boys | Unknown (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captain Spanky's Show Boat | Mickey (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Dad for a Day | Mickey (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Come Back, Miss Pipps | Mickey (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Auto Antics | Mickey (Character) | - | 1939 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jury Speaks | Self | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Phil | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hell Town | Father Noah 'Hardstep' Rivers (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baretta | Det. Tony Baretta (Character) | 1975-1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tattletales | Guest | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Trials of O'Brien | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cain's Hundred | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Jesse Verdugo (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Lame Wolf (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Johnny Kamen (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Bill-Bill MacWilliams (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Step Beyond | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rebel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Gun | Lupe Sandoval (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Roy Rogers Show | Charlie (Guest Star) | 1956 |