
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.
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Lost Highway
1997 · as Mystery Man

Money Train
1995 · as Donald Patterson

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · as Mexican Boy Selling Lottery Tickets (uncredited)

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · as Simon the Zealot

In Cold Blood
1967 · as Perry Smith

The Woman in the Window
1944 · as Dickie Wanley

Pork Chop Hill
1959 · as Pvt. Velie

This Property Is Condemned
1966 · as Sidney

China Girl
1942 · as Chandu

The Rack
1956 · as Italian Soldier

PT 109
1963 · as Charles 'Bucky' Harris

Electra Glide in Blue
1973 · as John Wintergreen

Three Violent People
1956 · as Rafael Ortega

The Black Rose
1950 · as Mahmoud

I Love You Again
1940 · as Edward Littlejohn Jr. (uncredited)

Busting
1974 · as Vice Detective Patrick Farrel

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969 · as Willie

Coast to Coast
1980 · as Charles Callahan