Robert Blake (actor)

Robert Blake
Robert Blake
Born	Michael James Vincenzo Gubitosi; New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality	American
Other names	Bobby Blake
Occupation	actor

Robert Blake born September 18, 1933 in Nutley, New Jersey, U.S., is an American actor.

Career

Robert Blake began his acting career as a child participating in dozens short films as Joy Scouts (1939), Captain Spanky's Show Boat (1939), The Big Premiere (1940), Good Bad Boys (1940), and the Oscar-winning short film Main Street on the March! (1941) are among his best work of her childhood. As an adult Blake he began to play small roles in films like The Black Rose (1950) with Tyrone Power and directed by Henry Hathaway, The Veils of Bagdad (1953) with Victor Mature, Three Violent People (1956) with Charlton Heston, Pork Chop Hill (1959) with Gregory Peck. He also had a role in the film classic Bible The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), played the role of Simon the Zealot. Robert Blake shot to fame when interpreting to Perry, in the film In Cold Blood (1967) based on the book by Truman Capote, and directed by Richard Brooks. This was one of the best performances of Robert Blake in film. Another great performance was playing a deranged police officer motorized in Electra Glide in Blue (1973) for this film Blake was nominated for a Golden Globe.

Televisión

Robert Blake has had a long and successful career in television his great works include Baretta as Det. Tony Baretta. Baretta was one of the greatest series of all time, and shared the podium at the 1970 along with other police series like Kojak, Starsky and Hutch, Columbo, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco. Robert Blake Baretta I play for 82 episodes broadcast between 1975 and 1978. Blake won a prestigious Emmy award in 1975 and was nominated again in 1977 and also won Golden Globe in 1975 for Baretta.

Another of his great work on television was his portrayal of James Riddle 'Jimmy' Hoffa in Blood Feud (1983) directed by Mike Newell, for which he was nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe in 1983. One of his last television appearances was in Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993) directed by Bobby Roth, he plays the true story of a religious fanatic who kills his family. This role was one of his best performances and earned him a nomination for an Emmy in 1993.