Robert Blake Overview:

Actor, Robert Blake, was born Michael James Vincenzo Gubitosi on Sep 18, 1933 in Nutley, NJ. Blake died at the age of 89 on Mar 9, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA .

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New From Warner Archive: 8-year-old in Mokey (1942)

By KC on Nov 19, 2014 From Classic Movies

is one of those actors who has experienced so much drama in real life, that it tends to cast a shadow on his film and television work. We know too much about the real man to separate him from the roles he plays. I suppose that's why I had an uneasy feeling watching him play Mokey, a boy... Read full article


Videos of the Week: “Revolt in the Big House” and

By Marisa on Nov 6, 2014 From The Timothy Carey Experience

D’OH! I was so busy yesterday I never got around to posting our regular Wednesday video. My apologies! So, to attempt to make up for my negligence, today you’re getting not one but two videos! Let’s start off with the one I should have posted last week but it hadn’t quite bee... Read full article


Videos of the Week: “Rumble on the Docks” and

By Marisa on Nov 6, 2014 From The Timothy Carey Experience

D’OH! I was so busy yesterday I never got around to posting our regular Wednesday video. My apologies! So, to attempt to make up for my negligence, today you’re getting not one but two videos! Let’s start off with the one I should have posted last week but it hadn’t quite bee... Read full article


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Robert Blake Quotes:

Old Mike: I told you before - I'll shoot you. Don't you believe me, Willie Boy?
Willie Boy: I believe you, Mike. Last time I run off with it. This time I'm askin' you.
Old Mike: I can't hear you.
Willie Boy: Well, you'd better.


Willie Boy: Whatcha got, Meathead? Death Valley Juice?
Meathead: Hell, no - white man's whiskey. I got real confidence in it. I didn't make it - I stole it. Buyin'?
Willie Boy: I'm waitin'. See how long it takes to kill.


Dick: Did you ever hang any paper?
Perry: I couldn't cash a check, even if it was good!


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Robert Blake Facts
Appears in the film Lost Highway (1997), about a man who murders his wife. It was inspired, according to David Lynch, by the O.J. Simpson case. Blake later became the centre of another high-profile wife-killing case in real life.

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Passed on Ratzo Ritzo in Midnight Cowboy (1969), and lost out on a role in The Godfather (1972) (presumably in the role of Michael or Sonny). He also turned down the role of Angel in The Wild Bunch (1969).

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