Robert Blake

Robert Blake, the critically acclaimed and Emmy-winning actor whose career was derailed by charges he murdered his wife in 2001, has died.

But after 16 episodes, he walked away from his own series and stayed away from acting until he triumphed once again in the 1993 TV movie “Judgment Day: The John List Story.” “There was pain, conflict and blood on the sand.” After a short stint in the Army in the mid-1950s, it was back to sporadic acting work on TV shows. “I’ve sold dope, used it, snorted it, done everything you can do to it,” he said on “The Merv Griffin Show” in 1973. He formed a family act, the Three Little Hillbillies — consisting of Blake, a half-brother and a half-sister — that performed in parks and on sidewalks. The family moved to Los Angeles when Blake was 4 and got work as extras at MGM on “Our Gang” films. Blake was probably his own worst enemy on the stand.” A string of unsuccessful movies was broken by his biggest hit — the title role in the 1970s TV series “Baretta,” for which he won an Emmy. Nearly a year later, he was arrested and charged with the shooting. After they finished and went out to the car, according to Blake’s statements to police, he returned to the restaurant, saying he had left his personal handgun, a .38 Special Smith & Wesson revolver, in a booth. Blake’s up-and-down career began in the late 1930s, when at age 5 he appeared in “Our Gang” comedies. Then in 2001 came the murder story in Blake’s own life — the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, for which he was put on trial.

Robert Blake, the Emmy Award-winning performer notorious for being accused of murdering Bonny Lee Bakley, died Thursday at age 89.

He appeared in the series for five years and changed his name to Bobby Blake. His career peaked with the 1975-78 TV cop series, “Baretta.” He starred as a detective who carried a pet cockatoo on his shoulder and was fond of disguises. On her last night alive, Blake and his 44-year-old wife dined at a neighbourhood restaurant, Vitello’s. “I’d like to give my best performance,” he said. My career was stalled out,” he said in the AP interview. But evidence was muddled and a jury rejected that theory. He married Bakley because of the child. Blake won a 1975 Emmy for his portrayal of Tony Baretta, although behind the scenes the show was wracked by disputes involving the temperamental star. His father, an Italian immigrant and his mother, an Italian American, wanted their three children to succeed in show business. He was adamant that he had not killed his wife and a jury ultimately acquitted him. It was an ignominious finale for a life lived in the spotlight from childhood. The story of their strange marriage, the child it produced and its violent end was a Hollywood tragedy played out in court.

The star of TV's Baretta was charged with, and eventually acquitted, of the murder of his wife Bonnie Lee Blakely.

His parents had a song and dance act, and Blake performed with his two siblings as “The Three Little Hillbillies.” Blake turned down the role of Little Joe in the popular western series, Bonanza, the second longest-running TV western after Gunsmoke. [Baretta](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vWve339vs) was his breakthrough. In 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was fatally shot in a car outside a Studio City Italian restaurant where she and Blake had just dined. The actor referred to himself as “old Crazy Horse.” When he appeared on talk shows, Blake could be counted on to careen unpredictably off-script. Instead, Blake went rogue: “There’s no point in me plugging it because it may never get on the air,” he told Johnny Carson.

Actor Robert Blake, a child star from the "Our Gang" comedies who won adult fame as a street-wise undercover cop on the popular 1970s television series ...

"I didn't know her well enough to know her," he told CNN in 2012. Blake was arrested and charged with murder almost a year later and spent several months in jail before being granted bail. He kept a pet cockatoo named Fred and was known for such catch phrases as: "And you can take that to the bank," and "That's the name of that tune." Bakley's children won a wrongful death suit against Blake in November 2005 and were awarded $30 million in damages, which led him to file for bankruptcy protection three months later. Blake and Bakley had been married less than a year when they went to dinner at an Italian restaurant in Los Angeles' Studio City section on May 4, 2001. He was short in stature but possessed a swaggering, tough-talking persona - on and off the screen. A paternity test showed that the father was Blake, not Christian Brando, son of actor Marlon Brando, who Bakley had been dating simultaneously. His "Baretta" character was rough around the edges and often wore disguises to solve crimes. He quit after several episodes, later telling the Los Angeles Times that he was behaving erratically and having suicidal thoughts. But a few months after the criminal case verdict, Bakley's children successfully sued the actor in civil court. With its intense media coverage, the case was likened to that of former football star O.J. Blake was charged in 2002 with murdering his spouse, Bonnie Lee Bakley, but was later acquitted.

Actor Robert Blake, whose decades-long film and television career was tarnished by a notorious murder trial, has died at the age of 89.

"I'd like to give my best performance," he said. He appeared in the series for five years and changed his name to Bobby Blake. On her last night alive, Blake and his 44-year-old wife dined at a neighborhood restaurant, Vitello's. He claimed she was shot when he left her in the car and returned to the restaurant to retrieve a handgun he had inadvertently left behind. But evidence was muddled and a jury rejected that theory. He married Bakley because of the child. "I'd been alone for a long time." His father, an Italian immigrant and his mother, an Italian American, wanted their three children to succeed in show business. Later there were films including, "Tell Them Willie Boy is Here" and "Electra Glide in Blue." Blake had hundreds of film and television credits. Blake died in Los Angeles, his niece Noreen confirmed to CBS News Thursday. However, no eyewitnesses, blood or DNA evidence linked Blake to the crime.

Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, ...

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Actor Robert Blake, whose long career was overshadowed by accusations that he murdered his wife, has died. · He was known for roles in TV series Baretta and the ...

The actor told police he had left her alone to return to the Italian restaurant where they had just dined to retrieve a gun he had left behind, and found her dead. With a career beginning in the late 1930s, he acted in classic film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and as the murderer Perry Smith in a 1967 adaptation of Truman Capote's novel In Cold Blood. He was known as the titular hero of 1970s TV detective series Baretta and starred in the 1997 film Lost Highway, but his career struggled following his wife's 2001 fatal shooting.

Former child star Robert Blake, one of the members of the early Our Gang film shorts to find success as an adult actor, died Wednesday at his Los Angeles ...

According to Blake’s statements to the police, he returned to the restaurant, saying he had left his personal handgun, a .38 Special Smith & Wesson revolver, in a booth. But he faced his own personal legal crisis in 2001 when his then wife Bonnie Lee Bakley was fatally shot in the head while sitting in Blake's car outside of a restaurant. It lasted four seasons and Blake won the Emmy Award that first season for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. But it was the 1967 theatrical In Cold Blood, based on Truman Capote’s best-selling book, as the real-life murderer Perry Smith that was his first breakout role. After turning down the role of “Little” Joe Cartwright on NBC’s long-running western Bonanza (which Michael Landon filled, of course), Blake made the rounds as a guest star in TV dramas like The Californians, Black Saddle, Playhouse 90, Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, Laramie and Ben Casey. He continued as a child actor in the Red Ryder film franchise.

Robert Blake stood trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court California in 2003 faced with charges in the murder of his wife Bonnie Lee Bakely.

Acquitted in 2005, he was later found liable for her death by a civil jury and ordered to pay her family $30 million, a move which bankrupted him. In 2002, he was charged with murdering his second wife Bonnie Lee Bakely. Robert Blake in pictures: From Hollywood to murder accused

L'acteur américain, qui avait été accusé du meurtre de sa femme survenu en 2001 avant d'être acquitté, est mort ce jeudi 9 mars, indiquent plusieurs médias, ...

Emprisonné pendant un temps avant d'être libéré sous caution, il a été acquitté en 2005, explique CNN. En 1975, il reçoit l'Emmy Award du meilleur acteur dans une série dramatique, avant un Golden Globe l'année suivante, là aussi pour son interprétation de Tony Baretta. C'est le dernier film dans lequel il apparaît,

Connu pour son rôle dans « De sang-froid » de Truman Capote, le comédien accusé puis acquité pour le meurtre de sa femme est mort des suites d'une maladie ...

[Truman Capote](https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/actualites/article/publication-d-un-texte-inedit-de-truman-capote_11924.html), avant d’être poursuivi dans la vraie vie puis acquitté pour le meurtre de sa femme. Au procès, il avait expliqué que sa femme avait été tuée lorsqu’il était retourné au restaurant pour prendre une arme qu’il avait accidentellement laissée derrière lui. L’acteur, qui avait consenti au mariage après que des tests de paternité eurent prouvé qu’il était le père d’une petite fille, a lui toujours clamé son innocence. Robert Blake a été accusé de lui avoir tiré une balle dans la tête le 4 mai 2001, six mois après s’être marié avec elle, alors qu’elle était assise dans leur voiture près d’un restaurant d’Hollywood. Outre son rôle de justicier dans « Baretta » (1975), Robert Blake, qui avait commencé sur les planches à l’âge de six ans, avait joué dans plusieurs films, dont « De sang-froid » (1967), où il avait un rôle de meurtrier, « Money train » (1995) et « Lost Highway », de Sa carrière a été assombrie par le meurtre de sa femme, Bonny Lee Bakley, un crime pour lequel il a été poursuivi avant d’être innocenté.

Sa carrière a été assombrie par le meurtre de sa femme, Bonny Lee Bakley, un crime pour lequel il a été poursuivi avant d'être innocenté. Robert Blake a été ...

Au procès, il avait expliqué que sa femme avait été tuée lorsqu’il était retourné au restaurant pour prendre une arme qu’il avait accidentellement laissée derrière lui. Outre son rôle de justicier dans «Baretta» (1975), Robert Blake, qui avait commencé sur les planches à l’âge de six ans, avait joué dans plusieurs films, dont «De sang-froid» (1967), où il avait un rôle de meurtrier, «Money train» (1995) et «Lost Highway», de David Lynch, en 1997. Il avait joué un criminel glaçant dans l’adaptation de «De sang-froid», le chef-d'oeuvre de Truman Capote, avant d’être poursuivi dans la vraie vie puis acquitté pour le meurtre de sa femme: l’acteur Robert Blake est mort jeudi à 89 ans, selon la presse américaine.

Célèbre dans les années 70, le natif de New Jersey était apparu également dans De sang-froid en 1967, adapté du roman de Truman Capote.

L'acteur américain Robert Blake, star dans les années 1970 de la série dramatique Baretta, est décédé jeudi à l'âge de 89 ans, selon plusieurs médias américains. En 2005, il avait été acquitté du meurtre de sa femme, dont le décès était survenu quatre ans plus tôt. L'acteur américain Robert Blake, star de Baretta, est décédé à 89 ans

Il avait été accusé d'avoir tué sa femme, Bonny Lee Bakley, d'une balle dans la tête en 2001 avant d'être innocenté, puis ultérieurement déclaré responsable ...

Son avocat avait expliqué aux jurés que les sept précédents maris de Mme Bakley, les centaines d’hommes qu’elle avait escroqués et Christian Brando, le fils de Marlon Brando, qu’elle avait fréquenté, pouvaient tous être des auteurs possibles du crime. Au procès, il avait expliqué que sa femme avait été tuée lorsqu’il était retourné au restaurant pour prendre une arme qu’il avait accidentellement laissée derrière lui. Selon le parquet de l’époque, Robert Blake avait tenté de persuader deux cascadeurs ayant travaillé avec lui de tuer sa femme, avant qu’elle ne soit retrouvée morte.

L'acteur américain Robert Blake est décédé le jeudi 9 mars à 89 ans. Acteur dès l'enfance, il avait connu la célébrité durant les années 60 et 70, ...

Le reste de la décennie, il apparaît dans plusieurs téléfilms. Pour l'occasion, il reçoit l'Emmy et le Golden Globe du Meilleur acteur dans une série dramatique. Pendant cinq ans et 82 épisodes, il se glisse dans la peau de cet inspecteur du New Jersey aux méthodes peu conventionnelles, qui vit avec son perroquet dans un hôtel délabré. Il y joue un indien pourchassé après avoir tué le père de sa compagne au cours d'un affrontement. Le natif de Nutley y incarne l'un des deux criminels condamnés à mort pour avoir assassiné sauvagement une famille d'agriculteurs dans le Kansas. [Robert Blake](/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=7812.html) (de son vrai nom Mickael James Vincenzo Gubitosi) passe une enfance difficile.

Emmy winner for Baretta was acquitted of 2001 shooting of his wife but found liable by a civil jury.

Police were initially baffled and Blake was not arrested until a year later. He starred as a detective who carried a pet cockatoo on his shoulder and was fond of disguises. But evidence was muddled and a jury rejected that theory. He gained a reputation as one of Hollywood’s finest actors but also one of the most difficult to work with. As an adult, he was praised for his portrayal of the murderer Perry Smith in My career was stalled out,” he said in a 2002 interview.

Blake died from heart disease, his family said. He was known for the TV drama “Baretta” and his later acquittal in the murder trial of his wife, ...

In 2011, Blake penned a memoir entitled “Tales of a Rascal: What I Did for Love” detailing his career and life. Blake did not take the stand in his criminal trial and always maintained his innocence. He also briefly served in the army. He was ordered to pay $30 million, a sum that was later reduced. Prosecutors contended that he had tried to hire hit men to murder his wife before eventually committing the crime himself. This role earned him an

Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, ...

He starred as a detective who carried a pet cockatoo on his shoulder and was fond of disguises. Blake won a 1975 Emmy for his portrayal of Tony Baretta, although behind the scenes the show was wracked by disputes involving the temperamental star. He appeared in the series for five years. It was an ignominious finale for a life lived in the spotlight from childhood. The daughter he and Bakley had together, Rose Lenore, was raised by other relatives and went for years without seeing Blake, until they spoke in 2019. Blake, star of the 1970s TV show Barreta, had once hoped for a comeback, but he never recovered after the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, outside a Studio City restaurant on May 4, 2001.

Apparu pour la dernière fois à l'écran en 1997 dans «Lost Highway», le comédien américain est mort jeudi à 89 ans. Enfant-star à l'adolescence troublée, ...

«Né Mickey Gubitosi, dans le New Jersey, Blake se retrouve à 5 ans dans la série MGM des Petites Canailles, écrivait Garnier, puis à jouer Little Beaver, l’acolyte peau-rouge de Red Ryder, dans le feuilleton éponyme, ou encore un enfant mexicain dans le Trésor de la Sierra Madre de John Huston. La victime, Bonny Lee Bakley, avait elle-même des démêlés avec la justice pour un riche passé d’arnaqueuse de stars, multipliant les fausses identités et mariée une douzaine de fois, trempant dans des histoires louches avec Frankie Valli, Dean Martin et Jerry Lee Lewis ou encore Christian Brando, fils de Marlon Brando. «We’ve met before, haven’t we», à la fête dans une villa au début de Lost Highway, un personnage fardé, sans sourcil, le regard perçant de Méphistophélès gominé (désigné au générique comme le «Mystery Man») abordait le saxophoniste Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) avec cette phrase.

The Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, died at home.

He appeared in the series for five years and changed his name to Bobby Blake. My career was stalled out,” he said in the AP interview. He made only a handful of screen appearances after the mid-1980s; his last project was in David Lynch’s Lost Highway, released in 1997. The biggest breakthrough was in 1967 with In Cold Blood. He starred as a detective who carried a pet cockatoo on his shoulder and was fond of disguises. His father, an Italian immigrant and his mother, an Italian American, wanted their three children to succeed in show business. Blake won a 1975 Emmy for his portrayal of Tony Baretta, although behind the scenes the show was wracked by disputes involving the temperamental star. He later admitted to struggles with alcohol and drug addiction in his early life. It was an ignominious finale for a life lived in the spotlight from childhood. The story of their strange marriage, the child it produced and its violent end was a Hollywood tragedy played out in court. As a youngster, he starred in the Our Gang comedies and acted in a movie classic, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The daughter he and Bakley had together, Rose Lenore, was raised by other relatives and went for years without seeing Blake, until they spoke in 2019.

Robert Blake, a child actor famous for his role as TV's "Baretta" but whose legacy was tarnished by suspicion over his wife's murder, has died at 89.

I was nuts when I was away from the camera." "When I go, I don't mind going," he said. "When I croak, I hope I do it fast, clean and get it over with," he said. "Why would I marry her if I was going to kill her?" "I almost died" from the shock, Blake said. In the interview, Blake recalled his "lunatic father" moving the family to Los Angeles when he was 4. "I never was a good husband. I was crazy," he said. "She hated what was in her stomach because it belonged to Tony, and Tony had deserted her," Blake said. "I thought I was doing God's work. "And I said, 'Man, I can say that! He revealed during an early '90s appearance on "The Joan Rivers Show" how he earned a speaking role for the series he appeared on from 1939 to 1944.