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Robert Blake

Highest Rated: 100% I Love You Again (1940)

Lowest Rated: 17% Busting (1974)

Birthday: Sep 18, 1933

Birthplace: Nutley, New Jersey, USA

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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Highest rated movies

100% 83% I Love You Again
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86% 71% Pork Chop Hill
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83% 83% The Woman in the Window
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76% 88% In Cold Blood
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73% 48% Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
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69% 87% Lost Highway
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69% 74% Electra Glide in Blue
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64% 64% The Horn Blows at Midnight
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64% 53% PT 109
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62% 75% This Property Is Condemned
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
69% 87% Lost Highway Mystery Man (Character) $18.0K 1997
22% 29% 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
No Score Yet 40% 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
No Score Yet 74% Of Mice and Men George Milton (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Second-Hand Hearts Loyal Muke (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 42% Coast to Coast Charles Callahan (Character) - 1980
17% 54% Busting Vice Detective Patrick Farrel (Character) - 1974
69% 74% 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% 48% Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here Willie Boy (Character) - 1969
76% 88% In Cold Blood Perry Smith (Character) - 1967
62% 75% This Property Is Condemned Sidney (Character) - 1966
42% 64% The Greatest Story Ever Told Simon the Zealot (Character) - 1965
64% 53% PT 109 Charles "Bucky" Harris (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Purple Gang William Joseph "Honeyboy" Willard (Character) - 1960
86% 71% 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
No Score Yet 59% Three Violent People Rafael Ortega (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 48% The Rack Italian Soldier (uncredited) (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 44% 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
No Score Yet 60% 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% 64% 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% 83% 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
No Score Yet 100% Benjamin Franklin, Jr. Mickey (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Salute to the Marines Junior Carson (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 75% 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% 83% 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
No Score Yet 0% 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