Robert Blake - Overview

Date of Birth: Sep 18, 1933

Place of Birth: Nutley, New Jersey, USA

Nationality: United States

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Actor Robert Blake began his career as a member of the preadolescent comedy troupe "Our Gang," and later as an adult actor enjoyed critical notoriety with the docudrama "In Cold Blood" (1967) and achieved breakout fame as the exotic bird-loving star of the popular television series "Baretta" (ABC, 1975-78). It was as the prime suspect in the domestic murder of wife Bonnie Lee Bakley, however, that would ultimately overshadow the onetime revered actor's career. As a child, Blake's parents began taking the toddler to auditions in Los Angles in the late 1930s, and for more than a decade he appeared in dozens of films and television programs. After a tumultuous two-year enlistment with the U.S. Army, Blake returned home and underwent intense psychotherapy treatments in an effort to cope with his depression and self-loathing. Having made substantial gains, he resumed his acting career as an adult with supporting roles in such films as "Pork Chop Hill" (1959) and "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965). With his intense portrayal of murderer Perry Smith in the adaptation ... Read More

Filmography (18)

The Love Guru (2008)

Lost Highway (1997)

Money Train (1995)

Coast to Coast (1980)

Second-Hand Hearts (1980)

Busting (1974)

Milestones (23)

2005
Blake was acquitted of the May 2001 shooting death of wife Bonny Lee Bakley (March)

2003
Preliminary hearing began in February on the same day his interview with Barbara Walters aired; interview was conducted against Blake's attorney's wishes

2002
Arrested and charged with the murder of Bakely

2001
Bakely found murdered in Blake's parked car in Studio City, CA

1999
Meets Bonny Lee Bakely in a Los Angeles nightclub

1997
Acted in "Lost Highway", directed by David Lynch

1995
Film comeback, "Money Train"

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