Robert Blake

About

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...

Known for

Wagon TrainSeries • 1957Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956Naked CitySeries • 1958The F.B.I.Series • 1965Ben CaseySeries • 1961RawhideSeries • 1959One Step BeyondSeries • 1959Bat MastersonSeries • 1958BarettaSeries • 197512 O'Clock HighSeries • 1964The RebelSeries • 1959The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokSeries • 1951The Cisco KidSeries • 1950Black SaddleSeries • 1959The New BreedSeries • 1961Broken ArrowSeries • 1956Lost HighwayMovie • 1997Cain's HundredSeries • 1961The Restless GunSeries • 195726 MenSeries • 1957Money TrainMovie • 1995The Treasure of the Sierra MadreMovie • 1948The Greatest Story Ever ToldMovie • 1965