Robert Blake was an American actor known for his roles in the 1967 film In Cold Blood and the 1970s U.S. television series Baretta. Born in Nutley, New Jersey, Blake began acting 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 acted as a child in 22 episodes of the Red Ryder film franchise. In the Red Ryder series and many of his adult roles, the Italian-American actor was often cast as an American Indian or Latino character. After time in the United States Army, Blake returned to acting in television and movie roles until 1997's Lost Highway, his final film role. Owing to Blake becoming one of the first child actors successfully to transition to adult roles, author Michael Newton called his career "one of the longest in Hollywood history."
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Hell Town (1985)
Starring as Father Noah 'Hardstep' Rivers
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Hell Town Goes Bananas (1) (Oct 2, 1985)
- Episode 1x03: Fast Louie (Sep 25, 1985)
- Episode 1x01: Let My Jennie Go (Sep 11, 1985)
- Episode S01 Special: Father of Hell Town (Pilot) (Mar 6, 1985)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Guest starring as Robert Blake
- Episode 8x06: Robert Blake / Kenny Loggins (Nov 13, 1982)
Baretta (1975)
Starring as Detective Tony Baretta
(83 episodes)
- Episode 4x24: The Bundle (May 18, 1978)
- Episode 4x23: The Snake Chaser (May 11, 1978)
- Episode 4x22: The Dream (May 4, 1978)
- Episode 4x21: Barney (Apr 6, 1978)
- Episode 4x20: The Gadjo (Mar 30, 1978)
- Episode 4x19: Woman Trouble (Mar 23, 1978)
- Episode 4x18: The Appointment (Mar 9, 1978)
- Episode 4x17: The Stone Conspiracy (Feb 23, 1978)
- Episode 4x16: The Marker (Feb 16, 1978)
- Episode 4x15: Just for Laughs (Feb 9, 1978)
- Episode 4x14: It's a Boy (Feb 2, 1978)
- Episode 4x13: I'll Take You to Lunch (Jan 18, 1978)
- Episode 4x12: Why Me? (Jan 11, 1978)
- Episode 4x11: Hot Horse (Jan 4, 1978)
- Episode 4x10: It Goes with the Job (Dec 21, 1977)
- Episode 4x09: All That Shatters (Dec 7, 1977)
- Episode 4x08: Who Can Make the Sun Shine? (Nov 30, 1977)
- Episode 4x07: Por Nada (Nov 23, 1977)
- Episode 4x06: Buddy (Nov 16, 1977)
- Episode 4x05: It's Hard But It's Fair (Nov 2, 1977)
- Episode 4x04: The Sky is Falling (Oct 26, 1977)
- Episode 4x03: Lyman P. Doffer, Fed (Oct 19, 1977)
- Episode 4x02: Somebody Killed Cock Robin (Oct 5, 1977)
- Episode 4x01: New Girl in Town (Sep 28, 1977)
- Episode 3x25: Playin' Police (May 4, 1976)
- Episode 3x24: Guns and Brothers (Apr 6, 1977)
- Episode 3x23: Big Bad Charlie (Mar 30, 1977)
- Episode 3x22: Carla (Mar 16, 1977)
- Episode 3x21: Think Mink (Mar 9, 1977)
- Episode 3x20: Everybody Pays the Fare (Feb 23, 1977)
- Episode 3x19: The Runaways (Feb 16, 1977)
- Episode 3x18: Not on Our Block (Feb 9, 1977)
- Episode 3x17: The Reunion (Feb 2, 1977)
- Episode 3x16: Open Season (Jan 26, 1977)
- Episode 3x15: That Sister Ain't No Cousin (Jan 15, 1977)
- Episode 3x14: Don't Kill the Sparrows (Jan 12, 1977)
- Episode 3x13: The Big Hand's on Trouble (Dec 29, 1976)
- Episode 3x12: Look Back in Terror (Dec 22, 1976)
- Episode 3x11: Can't Win for Losin' (Dec 15, 1976)
- Episode 3x10: Nothin' for Nothin' (Dec 1, 1976)
- Episode 3x09: Crazy Annie (Nov 24, 1976)
- Episode 3x08: Dear Tony (Nov 10, 1976)
- Episode 3x07: Under the City (Nov 3, 1976)
- Episode 3x06: Shoes (Oct 27, 1976)
- Episode 3x05: They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used to (Oct 20, 1976)
- Episode 3x04: Street Edition (Oct 13, 1976)
- Episode 3x03: Runaway Cowboy (Oct 6, 1976)
- Episode 3x02: Soldier in the Jungle (Sep 29, 1976)
- Episode 3x01: The Ninja (Sep 22, 1976)
- Episode 2x22: And Down Will Come Baby (Apr 28, 1976)
- Episode 2x21: Aggie (Mar 24, 1976)
- Episode 2x20: Death on the Run (Mar 17, 1976)
- Episode 2x19: Dead Man Out (Mar 3, 1976)
- Episode 2x18: The Dippers (Feb 25, 1976)
- Episode 2x17: The Blood Bond (Feb 18, 1976)
- Episode 2x16: Pay or Die (Jan 28, 1976)
- Episode 2x15: Murder for Me (Jan 14, 1976)
- Episode 2x14: The Left Hand of the Devil (Jan 7, 1976)
- Episode 2x13: Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (Dec 15, 1975)
- Episode 2x12: Count the Days I'm Gone (Nov 26, 1975)
- Episode 2x11: And Down Will Come Baby (Nov 19, 1975)
- Episode 2x10: When Dues Come Down (Nov 12, 1975)
- Episode 2x09: A Bite of the Apple (Nov 5, 1975)
- Episode 2x08: Set Up City (Oct 29, 1975)
- Episode 2x07: Photography by John Doe (Oct 22, 1975)
- Episode 2x06: Double Image (Oct 15, 1975)
- Episode 2x05: The Fire Man (Oct 8, 1975)
- Episode 2x04: Nobody in a Nothing Place (Oct 1, 1975)
- Episode 2x03: On the Road (Sep 24, 1975)
- Episode 2x02: The Glory Game (Sep 17, 1975)
- Episode 2x01: The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues (Sep 10, 1975)
- Episode 1x12: This Ain't My Bag (Apr 30, 1975)
- Episode 1x11: The Secret of Terry Lake (Apr 16, 1975)
- Episode 1x10: Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow (Apr 9, 1975)
- Episode 1x09: The Mansion (Apr 2, 1975)
- Episode 1x08: Walk Like You Talk (Mar 14, 1975)
- Episode 1x07: The Coppelli Oath (Mar 7, 1975)
- Episode 1x06: Ragtime Billy Peaches (Feb 28, 1975)
- Episode 1x05: Half a Million Dollar Baby (Feb 14, 1975)
- Episode 1x04: If You Can't Pay the Price (Feb 7, 1975)
- Episode 1x03: Woman in the Harbor (Jan 31, 1975)
- Episode 1x02: The Five and a Half Pound Junkie (Jan 24, 1975)
- Episode 1x01: He'll Never See Daylight Again (Jan 17, 1975)
The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Guest starring as Panelist
(6 episodes)
- Episode 10x10: October 6-10, 1975 (DT) (Oct 6, 1975)
- Episode 9x88: July 28-August 1, 1975 (Jul 28, 1975)
- Episode 9x76: May 26-30, 1975 (DT) (May 26, 1975)
- Episode 9x62: April 7-11, 1975 (Apr 7, 1975)
- Episode 9x52: March 3-7, 1975 (Mar 3, 1975)
- Episode 8x06: September 24-28, 1973 (Sep 24, 1973)
Trials of O'Brien (1965)
Guest starring as Joe Rooney
- Episode 1x02: Bargain Day on the Street of Regret (Sep 25, 1965)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as Robert Blake
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1976-05-13: May 13, 1976 (May 13, 1976)
- Episode 1973-08-15: Robert Blake, Alex Karras, Trini Lopez, William Proxmire (Aug 15, 1973)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Robert Blake
- Episode 15x49: Nov 6, 1975 (Nov 6, 1975)
Cain's Hundred (1961)
Guest starring as Rick Carter
- Episode 1x27: A Creature Lurks in Ambush (Apr 17, 1962)
Rawhide (1959)
Guest starring as Hap Johnson
- Episode 7x21: The Winter Soldier (Mar 12, 1965)
Guest starring as Max Gufler
- Episode 8x06: Hostage for Hanging (Oct 19, 1965)
Naked City (1958)
Guest starring as Knox Maquon
- Episode 2x13: A Hole in the City (Feb 1, 1961) [Uncredited]
Wagon Train (1957)
Guest starring as Johnny Kamen
- Episode 4x29: The Joe Muharich Story (Apr 19, 1961)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Guest starring as Smollet
- Episode 4x01: The Fatalist (Sep 10, 1960)
Guest starring as Lauro
- Episode 6x04: A Place for Abel Hix (Oct 6, 1962)
Guest starring as Jessie May Turnbow
- Episode 4x08: The Shooting of Jesse May (Oct 29, 1960)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Guest starring as CSA Cpl. Michael Bers
- Episode 3x25: Heritage (Apr 2, 1959)
Broken Arrow (1956)
Guest starring as Young Apache Warrior
- Episode 1x01: The Mail Riders (Sep 25, 1956) [Uncredited]
Guest starring as Machogee
- Episode 1x06: Medicine Men (Nov 13, 1956)
Guest starring as Viklai
- Episode 2x31: Bear Trap (Apr 29, 1958)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Robert Blake
- Episode 1976-03-29: The 48th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 29, 1976)
The Cisco Kid (1950)
Guest starring as Davy
- Episode 4x03: Bullets and the Booby Trap (Oct 15, 1953)
Guest starring as Alfredo
- Episode 3x22: Smuggled Silver (Feb 8, 1953)
The Emmy Awards (1949)
Starring as Host
- Episode 1977-09-11: The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1977 (Sep 11, 1977)
Crew Credits
Hell Town (1985)
Show crew as Creator
- Episode S01 Special: Father of Hell Town (Pilot) (Mar 6, 1985)
Episode crew as Story
- Episode S01 Special: Father of Hell Town (Pilot) (Mar 6, 1985)
Episode crew as Teleplay
- Episode S01 Special: Father of Hell Town (Pilot) (Mar 6, 1985)