Robert Blake

Acting · Born 1933-09-18 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Lost Highway as Mystery Man
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as Mexican Boy Selling Lottery Tickets (uncredited)
• Robot Wrecks as Mickey
• The Greatest Story Ever Told as Simon the Zealot
• Mighty Lak a Goat as Mickey
• Money Train as Donald Patterson
• Electra Glide in Blue as John Wintergreen
• Humoresque as Paul Boray as a Child
• PT 109 as Charles 'Bucky' Harris
• Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Willie