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 television and movie roles. He continued acting until 1997's Lost Highway. He was arrested in 2002 for the 2001 murder of his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. Blake was acquitted of the murder in criminal court in 2005, though he was found liable in a civil court for her wrongful death. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Filmography

• 2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' — Mexican Boy Selling Lottery Tickets (archive footage)
• 1997Lost Highway — Mystery Man
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1995Money Train — Donald Patterson
• 1993Judgment Day: The John List Story — John List
• 1985Father of Hell Town — Father Noah 'Hardstep' Rivers, Writer, Executive Producer
• 1985Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story — Lenny Mancini
• Hell Town — Father Noah 'Hardstep' Rivers
• 1985The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
• 1983Blood Feud — Jimmy Hoffa
• Blood Feud — Jimmy Hoffa
• 1983Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade — Joe Dancer, Executive Producer, Characters
• 1981Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission — Joe Dancer, Executive Producer
• 1981Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill — Joe Dancer, Executive Producer, Creator
• 1981Of Mice and Men — George Milton, Executive Producer
• 1981Second-Hand Hearts — Loyal Muke
• 1980Coast to Coast — Charles Callahan
• 1976Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch — (archive footage)
• Baretta — Det. Tony Baretta
• 1974Busting — Vice Detective Patrick Farrel
• 1973Electra Glide in Blue — John Wintergreen
• 1972Corky — Corky Curtis
• 1972The Boxer — Teddy 'Cherokee' Wilcox / Teddy Wilson
• 1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here — Willie
• 1967In Cold Blood — Perry Smith
• 1966This Property Is Condemned — Sidney
• The F.B.I. — Pete Cloud, Junior
• 1965The Greatest Story Ever Told — Simon the Zealot
• 12 O'Clock High — Lt. Johnny Eagle
• 1963PT 109 — Charles 'Bucky' Harris
• The Richard Boone Show
• Ben Casey
• Cain's Hundred — Rick Carter
• Straightaway
• The New Breed — Bobby Madero
• 1961Town Without Pity — Corporal Jim Larkin
• 1959Battle Flame — Cpl. Jake Pacheco
• Black Saddle — Wayne Robinson
• One Step Beyond — Tom
• 1959Pork Chop Hill — Pvt. Velie
• Rawhide — Hap Johnson, Max Gufler
• 1959The Purple Gang — Willard
• The Rebel — Virgil Moss
• Bat Masterson — Bill-Bill MacWilliams
• Naked City — Knox Maquon
• 1958Revolt in the Big House — Rudy Hernandez
• 1958The Beast of Budapest — Karolyi
• 26 Men
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Lauro - Mexican Man, Jessie May Turnbow, Smollet - Bully
• The Restless Gun — Lupe Sandoval
• 1957The Tijuana Story — Enrique Acosta Mesa
• Wagon Train — Johnny Kamen
• Broken Arrow — Viklai, Machogee, Young Apache Warrior (uncredited)
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — CSA Cpl. Michael Bers
• 1956Rumble on the Docks — Chuck
• 1956Screaming Eagles — Pvt. Hernandez
• 1956The Rack — Italian Soldier
• 1956Three Violent People — Rafael Ortega
• 1954Trouble on the Trail
• 1953The Veils of Bagdad — Beggar boy
• 1953Treasure of the Golden Condor — Stable Boy (uncredited)
• 1952Apache War Smoke — Luis Herrera
• Death Valley Days — William Bonney - Billy the Kid
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok — Rain Cloud
• 1950The Black Rose — Mahmoud
• The Cisco Kid — Davy, Alfredo
• 1948The Treasure of the Sierra Madre — Mexican Boy Selling Lottery Tickets (uncredited)
• 1947Homesteaders of Paradise Valley — Little Beaver
• 1947Humoresque — Paul Boray as a Child
• 1947Marshal of Cripple Creek — Little Beaver
• 1947Oregon Trail Scouts — Little Beaver
• 1947Rustlers of Devil's Canyon — Little Beaver
• 1947The Last Round-up — Mike Henry
• 1947The Return of Rin Tin Tin — Paul the Refugee Lad
• 1947Vigilantes of Boomtown — Little Beaver
• 1946A Guy Could Change — Alan Schroeder
• 1946California Gold Rush — Little Beaver
• 1946Conquest of Cheyenne — Little Beaver
• 1946Home on the Range — Cub Garth
• 1946In Old Sacramento — Newsboy
• 1946Out California Way — Danny McCoy
• 1946Santa Fe Uprising — Little Beaver
• 1946Sheriff of Redwood Valley — Little Beaver
• 1946Stagecoach to Denver — Little Beaver
• 1946Sun Valley Cyclone — Little Beaver
• 1945Colorado Pioneers — Little Beaver
• 1945Dakota — Little Boy
• 1945Great Stagecoach Robbery — Little Beaver
• 1945Lone Texas Ranger — Little Beaver
• 1945Marshal of Laredo — Little Beaver
• 1945Phantom of the Plains — Little Beaver
• 1945Pillow to Post — Wilbur (uncredited)
• 1945The Horn Blows at Midnight — Junior Pulplinsky
• 1945Wagon Wheels Westward — Little Beaver
• 1944Cheyenne Wildcat — Little Beaver
• 1944Dancing Romeo — Mickey
• 1944Marshal of Reno — Little Beaver
• 1944Meet the People — Jimmy Smith (uncredited)
• 1944Radio Bugs — Mickey
• 1944San Antonio Kid — Little Beaver
• 1944Sheriff of Las Vegas — Little Beaver
• 1944Tale of a Dog — Mickey Blake
• 1944The Big Noise — Egbert Hartley
• 1944The Seventh Cross — Small Boy (uncredited)
• 1944The Woman in the Window — Dickie Wanley
• 1944Tucson Raiders — Little Beaver
• 1944Vigilantes of Dodge City — Little Beaver
• 1943Benjamin Franklin, Jr. — Mickey
• 1943Calling All Kids — Mickey
• 1943Election Daze — Mickey
• 1943Family Troubles — Mickey
• 1943Farm Hands — Mickey
• 1943Little Miss Pinkerton — Mickey
• 1943Lost Angel — Jerry
• 1943Slightly Dangerous — Boy on porch (uncredited)
• 1943Three Smart Guys — Mickey
• 1942Andy Hardy's Double Life — Tooky Stedman
• 1942China Girl — Chandu
• 1942Doin' Their Bit — Mickey
• 1942Don't Lie — Mickey
• 1942Going to Press — Mickey
• 1942Joe Smith, American — Johnny Smith (age 5)
• 1942Kid Glove Killer — Boy in Car (uncredited)
• 1942Melodies Old and New — Mickey
• 1942Mighty Lak a Goat — Mickey
• 1942Mokey — Mokey Delano
• 1942Rover's Big Chance — Mickey
• 1942Surprised Parties — Mickey
• 1942Unexpected Riches — Mickey
• 19411-2-3-Go! — Mickey
• 1941Baby Blues — Mickey
• 1941Come Back, Miss Pipps — Mickey
• 1941Fightin' Fools — Mickey
• 1941Helping Hands — Mickey
• 1941Main Street on the March! — Schulte Child (uncredited)
• 1941Robot Wrecks — Mickey
• 1941Wedding Worries — Mickey
• 1941Ye Olde Minstrels
• 1940Alfalfa's Double — Mickey
• 1940All About Hash — Mickey
• 1940Bubbling Troubles — Mickey
• 1940Goin' Fishin'
• 1940Good Bad Boys — Mickey
• 1940I Love You Again — Edward Littlejohn Jr. (uncredited)
• 1940Kiddie Kure — Mickey
• 1940Spots Before Your Eyes — Kid
• 1940The Big Premiere — Mickey
• 1940The New Pupil
• 1940Waldo's Last Stand — Mickey
• 1939Auto Antics — Mickey
• 1939Bridal Suite — Toto Pujol
• 1939Captain Spanky's Show Boat — (Mickey)
• 1939Dad for a Day — Mickey Baker
• 1939Joy Scouts — Mickey
• 1939Time Out for Lessons — Mickey

Appearances as themselves (9)

• Forensic Justice — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Dinah! — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Guest, Self - Co-Host
• The Emmy Awards — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Presenter