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Robert Blake is a Actor American born on 18 september 1933 at Nutley (USA)

Robert Blake

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Birth name Mickael James Vincenzo Gubitosi
Nationality USA
Birth 18 september 1933 at Nutley (USA)
Death 9 march 2023 (at 89 years)

Robert Blake (born September 18, 1933) is a retried American actor having starring roles in the film In Cold Blood and the U.S. television series Baretta.

Blake began performing as a child, with a lead role in the final years of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 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. In the Red Ryder series and in many of his other roles as an adult, he was cast as a Native American or Latino character.

After a stint in the army, Blake returned to acting in both television and movie roles. He was married to Sondra Kerr, his first wife, with whom he had two children, from 1964 until their divorce in 1983. He continued acting through 1997's Lost Highway for a career that author Michael Newton called "one of the longest in Hollywood history."

In 2005, Blake was tried and acquitted of the 2001 murder of his second wife, Bonnie Lee Bakley. On November 18, 2005, he was found liable in a California civil court for her wrongful death.

Biography

Origines
Michael Gubitosi est le troisième enfant de Giacomo Gubitosi (1906-1956) et Elizabeth Cafone. Son père, né en Italie, immigra aux États-Unis en 1907 et épousa sa mère, elle aussi d'origine italienne, en 1929. Il eut un frère James Gubitosi (1930-1995) et une sœur Giovanna Gubitosi (1932-1985).

En 1938, la famille partit s'installer à Los Angeles.


L'enfant star
De 1939 à 1944, il joua dans la série les Petites Canailles et de 1944 à 1947 dans la série Red Ryder. Il eut aussi des rôles dans quelques films dont Le Grand Boum de Laurel et Hardy en 1944 et Le Trésor de la Sierra Madre avec Humphrey Bogart. En 1944, il renonça à l'usage de son nom dans les génériques au profit de "Mickey Blake".

Son enfance fut malheureuse et marquée par les mauvais traitements que lui infligeait son père alcoolique.


Carrière adulte
Engagé dans l'armée en 1950, il reprit à son retour sa carrière d'acteur jouant de petits rôles dans plusieurs films ou séries. Son premier grand rôle adulte fut celui d'un meurtrier dans De sang-froid, adaptation en 1967 de l'œuvre de Truman Capote. Il enchaina ensuite avec Willie Boy en 1969 et Electra Glide in Blue en 1973.

Mais c'est sans doute son rôle dans la série Baretta de 1973 à 1978 qui lui apportera le plus de notoriété. Il fut récompensé d'un Emmy Award en 1975 et d'un Golden Globe Award en 1976 pour son interprétation de Tony Baretta.

Pour le reste de sa carrière, on retiendra essentiellement Money Train en 1995 et Lost Highway en 1997.


Vie privée
Il épouse en 1961 Sondra Kerr et vit avec elle jusqu'en 1983, date de leur divorce. De leur union naissent deux enfants, l'acteur Noah Blake (né en 1965) et Delinah Blake (né en 1966).


Mariage avec Bonnie Lee Bakley
En 1999 au cours de la soirée d'anniversaire de Chuck McCann, Robert Blake rencontre Bonnie Lee Bakley. Cette dernière, femme aux mœurs légères, obsédée par l'argent et la célébrité, a un passé trouble : déjà mère de quatre enfants, elle vit essentiellement de l'extorsion d'argent sur des cœurs esseulés (proposant ainsi à ses victimes des photos d'elle, souvent nue, contre rémunération). Usant d'identités multiples, elle se marie une douzaine de fois (sans qu'aucun divorce ne soit prononcé par la suite). Au moment de son mariage, elle est d'ailleurs en liberté conditionnelle, ayant été arrêtée en 1997 à Little Rock dans l'Arkansas, pour possession et usage de multiples identités.

Elle entame alors une relation parallèle avec Robert Blake et avec Christian Brando, le fils de Marlon Brando, et se retrouve rapidement enceinte. Après que la mère a laissé entendre à ses deux amants qu'ils peuvent être le père, la paternité est finalement accordée à Robert Blake à l'issue d'un test ADN. Ce dernier accepte alors d'épouser Bonnie Lee Bakley, dont c'est, à 44 ans, le 10e mariage. Il est à noter qu'à l'issue des noces les époux ne font pas maison commune et que Bakley s'installe dans la maison des invités du domaine de Robert Blake.

Le 4 mai 2001, Robert Blake emmène dîner Bakley dans un restaurant italien. À l'issue du repas, celle-ci est assassinée d'un coup de pistolet dans la tête alors qu'elle est assise dans sa voiture garée à proximité du restaurant.


Inculpation pour meurtre et procès
Le 18 avril 2002, Robert Blake et son garde du corps Earle Caldwell sont arrêtés, le premier sous l'accusation de meurtre, le second sous celle de complicité. Un élément clé ayant convaincu la police de la culpabilité de l'acteur est le témoignage de l'ancien cascadeur Ronald « Duffy » Hambleton l'accusant d'avoir essayé de l'engager pour tuer sa femme. Plus tard au cours de la procédure, un autre cascadeur à la retraite, associé de Hambleton, Gary McLarty, porte des accusations identiques. Le 13 mars 2003, après presque une année de détention, et défendu par Gerald Schwartzbach, il est finalement acquitté à l'issue de son procès. Initialement exclu de la liberté conditionnelle, Robert Blake est libéré moyennant 1,5 million de dollars le 16 mars 2005.

Commentant la décision, le procureur déclare que les jurés sont « incroyablement stupides ». Au civil, Robert Blake est néanmoins condamné à verser 15 millions de dollars d'indemnités aux enfants de Bonnie Lee Bakley le 26 avril 2008.

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Filmography of Robert Blake (97 films)

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Actor

Lost Highway, 2h14
Directed by David Lynch, Mary Sweeney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry
Actors Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Loggia, Robert Blake, Jack Nance
Roles Mystery Man
Rating75% 3.7996453.7996453.7996453.7996453.799645
After the opening credits, which show a highway's dividing lines at night while blaring techno music plays in the background, Fred Madison (Bill Pullman), a Los Angeles saxophonist, receives a message from an unknown man on the intercom of his house. The voice says that "Dick Laurent is dead." When he looks out his window, the streets outside his house are empty, and faint police sirens are heard in the distance.
Money Train, 1h50
Directed by Joseph Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Buddy films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Robert Blake, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Cooper, Joe Grifasi
Roles Donald Patterson
Rating57% 2.8512052.8512052.8512052.8512052.851205
On Christmas, we meet foster brothers John and Charlie. They work as transit cops patrolling the New York City subway. When a mugging occurs, John and Charlie chase the mugger into a subway tunnel, and all trains traveling in their direction are halted. But their harsh transit captain Donald Patterson, allows the money train to continue. John and Charlie avoid getting hit by the train; however, when transit police at the next station witness the mugger running toward the money train, they shoot him dead. The mugger is revealed to be a young teenage boy, which triggers a brawl between John, Charlie, and the other transit officers. Patterson blames the two for causing his money train to arrive late.
Blood Feud
Blood Feud (1983)
, 3h30
Directed by Mike Newell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families
Actors Robert Blake, Cotter Smith, Forrest Tucker, Ernest Borgnine, Danny Aiello, Brian Dennehy
Roles James Riddle 'Jimmy' Hoffa
Rating67% 3.3826653.3826653.3826653.3826653.382665
It is the mid-1950s. Wealthy young Robert F. Kennedy is beginning to make a name for himself in Washington, D.C., as is older brother John F. Kennedy, a United States senator from Massachusetts.
Second-Hand Hearts, 1h42
Directed by Hal Ashby
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Robert Blake, Barbara Harris, Bert Remsen, Shirley Stoler
Roles Loyal Muke
Rating46% 2.3295852.3295852.3295852.3295852.329585
Coast to Coast, 1h35
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies
Actors Dyan Cannon, Robert Blake, Michael Lerner, William Lucking, Maxine Stuart, Quinn K. Redeker
Roles Charles Callahan
Rating51% 2.5613252.5613252.5613252.5613252.561325
Dyan Cannon plays Madie Levrington, a wealthy woman who is also neurotic. She was committed to a New York mental institution by her husband, Benjamin, in order to keep her from divorcing him and taking his money. She manages to escape and, in the process, hitches a ride on a livestock truck.
Busting
Busting (1974)
, 1h32
Directed by Peter Hyams
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Allen Garfield, Antonio Fargas, Sid Haig, Michael Lerner
Roles Vice Detective Patrick Farrel
Rating63% 3.196753.196753.196753.196753.19675
The film is episodic, depicting the two vice-squad detectives teaming on several different cases, with varying degrees of success. The focus changes to them trying to bust one man, an LA crime kingpin named Carl Rizzo (Allen Garfield), whom they believe to be responsible for much of the criminal activity they have been investigating.
Electra Glide in Blue, 1h54
Directed by James William Guercio
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Motocyclette
Actors Robert Blake, Billy "Green" Bush, Mitch Ryan, Jeannine Riley, Elisha Cook, Jr., Royal Dano
Roles John Wintergreen
Rating69% 3.4980753.4980753.4980753.4980753.498075
John Wintergreen (Robert Blake) is a motorcycle cop who patrols the rural Arizona highways with his partner Zipper (Billy "Green" Bush). Wintergreen is a experienced patrolman looking to be transferred to homicide. When he is informed by Crazy Willie (Elisha Cook, Jr.) of an apparent suicide via shotgun, Wintergreen believes the case is actually a murder. Detective Harve Poole (Mitchell Ryan) agrees it is a homicide, after a .22 bullet is found in the man's skull during the autopsy, as well hearing about a possible missing $5,000 from the man's home, and arranges for Wintergreen to be transferred to homicide to help with the case.
The Boxer
The Boxer (1972)
, 1h23
Directed by Francesco Prosperi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Robert Blake, Ernest Borgnine, Catherine Spaak, Francesco Prosperi, Gabriele Ferzetti, Tomás Milián
Roles Teddy 'Cherokee' Wilcox / Teddy Wilson
Rating53% 2.6517352.6517352.6517352.6517352.651735
Un jeune boxeur est accusé du meurtre de son manager corrompu. Pour lui, la seule solution est de trouver lui-même le vrai meurtrier.
Corky
Corky (1972)

Directed by Leonard Horn
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Robert Blake, Charlotte Rampling, Patrick O'Neal, Christopher Connelly, Ben Johnson, Pamela Payton-Wright
Roles Corky Curtis
Rating55% 2.765952.765952.765952.765952.76595
Corky Curtiss is a Texas race-car mechanic obsessed with the sport. He is permitted to drive in local races on weekends, but boss Randy Dover replaces him with another driver because of his costly reckless ways.
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, 1h38
Directed by Abraham Polonsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake, Susan Clark, Barry Sullivan, John Vernon
Roles Willie
Rating62% 3.145173.145173.145173.145173.14517
The film's story revolves around the Paiute Indian outlaw Willie Boy (Robert Blake), who escapes with his lover, Lola (Katharine Ross), after killing her father in self defense. According to tribal custom Willie can then claim Lola as his wife. According to the law, Deputy Sheriff Cooper (Robert Redford) is required to charge him with murder.
In Cold Blood, 2h14
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart, James Flavin, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Roles Perry Smith
Rating78% 3.9470453.9470453.9470453.9470453.947045
November 1959. Perry Smith (Robert Blake) and "Dick" Hickock (Scott Wilson) concoct a plan to invade the home of the Clutter family, as Mr. Clutter supposedly keeps a large supply of cash on hand in a safe. While the two criminals feel their plan for the robbery is sound, it quickly unravels, resulting in the murders of Mr. and Mrs. Clutter and their two teenage children. The bodies are discovered the next day, and a police investigation is immediately launched. As the investigation builds, the two wanted men continue to elude law enforcement by heading south and crossing into Mexico; but, after a while, they return to the U.S. and decide to travel to Las Vegas to win some money at gambling. There, they are arrested for violating parole, being in possession of a stolen car, and passing bad checks.
This Property Is Condemned, 1h50
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films about the labor movement, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams
Actors Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Charles Bronson, Kate Reid, Mary Badham, Alan Baxter
Roles Sidney
Rating69% 3.49443.49443.49443.49443.4944
The film is a frame story in which an unkempt girl, Willie Starr (Mary Badham), tells the story of her dead sister Alva (Natalie Wood) to Tom, a boy who she meets on the abandoned railroad tracks of Dodson, Mississippi in the 1930s. The viewer sees this story in flashback.