Robert Blake

Robert Blake (September 18, 1933 - March 9, 2023) was an American actor who starred in the film In Cold Blood and the American television series Baretta in the 1970s. As a child actor he worked with Laurel and Hardy, Jack Benny, John Wayne, John Garfield, Humphrey Bogart and Gene Autry. In 2005 he was tried and acquitted for the 2001 murder of his wife. He was later found liable in a California civil court for her wrongful death.

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In Cold Blood (1967)

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After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Brooks
CAST:  Robert Blake  •  Scott Wilson  •  John Forsythe  •  Paul Stewart

After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Brooks
CAST:  Robert Blake  •  Scott Wilson  •  John Forsythe  •  Paul Stewart

Lost Highway (1997)

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Bill Pullman  •  Patricia Arquette  •  John Roselius  •  Louis Eppolito

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Bill Pullman  •  Patricia Arquette  •  John Roselius  •  Louis Eppolito

Money Train (1995)

When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Ruben
CAST:  Wesley Snipes  •  Woody Harrelson  •  Jennifer Lopez  •  Robert Blake

When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Ruben
CAST:  Wesley Snipes  •  Woody Harrelson  •  Jennifer Lopez  •  Robert Blake

Pork Chop Hill (1959)

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Harry Guardino  •  Rip Torn  •  George Peppard

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Harry Guardino  •  Rip Torn  •  George Peppard

PT 109 (1963)

Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and signal the Navy for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie H. Martinson
CAST:  Cliff Robertson  •  Ty Hardin  •  James Gregory  •  Robert Culp

Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and signal the Navy for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie H. Martinson
CAST:  Cliff Robertson  •  Ty Hardin  •  James Gregory  •  Robert Culp

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)

While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abraham Polonsky
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Katharine Ross  •  Robert Blake  •  Susan Clark

While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abraham Polonsky
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Katharine Ross  •  Robert Blake  •  Susan Clark

The Big Noise (1944)

During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm St. Clair
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Doris Merrick  •  Arthur Space

During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm St. Clair
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Doris Merrick  •  Arthur Space

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)

A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  Alexis Smith  •  Dolores Moran  •  Allyn Joslyn

A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  Alexis Smith  •  Dolores Moran  •  Allyn Joslyn

The Woman in the Window (1944)

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Joan Bennett  •  Raymond Massey  •  Edmund Breon

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Joan Bennett  •  Raymond Massey  •  Edmund Breon

This Property Is Condemned (1966)

Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Pollack
CAST:  Natalie Wood  •  Robert Redford  •  Charles Bronson  •  Kate Reid

Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Pollack
CAST:  Natalie Wood  •  Robert Redford  •  Charles Bronson  •  Kate Reid

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Stevens
CAST:  Max von Sydow  •  Michael Anderson Jr.  •  Carroll Baker  •  Ina Balin

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Stevens
CAST:  Max von Sydow  •  Michael Anderson Jr.  •  Carroll Baker  •  Ina Balin

Electra Glide in Blue (1973)

A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to solitude in the desert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James William Guercio
CAST:  Robert Blake  •  Mitchell Ryan  •  Billy Green Bush  •  Jeannine Riley

A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to solitude in the desert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James William Guercio
CAST:  Robert Blake  •  Mitchell Ryan  •  Billy Green Bush  •  Jeannine Riley

The Black Rose (1950)

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Orson Welles  •  Cécile Aubry  •  Jack Hawkins

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Orson Welles  •  Cécile Aubry  •  Jack Hawkins

Bridal Suite (1939)

A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilhelm Thiele
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Annabella  •  Walter Connolly  •  Billie Burke

A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilhelm Thiele
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Annabella  •  Walter Connolly  •  Billie Burke

Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)

Andy is about to head off to college but he's got a few things to take care of before leaving. For starters, he must try and sell his junk car for $20 to pay for a bill and he must convince his father not to go with him to college. Worst of all is that Polly wants ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George B. Seitz
CAST:  Mickey Rooney  •  Ann Rutherford  •  Esther Williams  •  Lewis Stone

Andy is about to head off to college but he's got a few things to take care of before leaving. For starters, he must try and sell his junk car for $20 to pay for a bill and he must convince his father not to go with him to college. Worst of all is that Polly wants ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George B. Seitz
CAST:  Mickey Rooney  •  Ann Rutherford  •  Esther Williams  •  Lewis Stone

Joe Smith, American (1942)

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Marsha Hunt  •  Harvey Stephens  •  Darryl Hickman

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Marsha Hunt  •  Harvey Stephens  •  Darryl Hickman

Mokey (1942)

A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wells Root
CAST:  Dan Dailey  •  Donna Reed  •  Robert Blake  •  Cordell Hickman

A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wells Root
CAST:  Dan Dailey  •  Donna Reed  •  Robert Blake  •  Cordell Hickman

Apache War Smoke (1952)

An outlaw murders several Apaches and flees to a stagecoach way station with the tribe in hot pursuit. A stagecoach and its passengers have just pulled into the station, as has the stationmaster's father, a former bandit named Peso, and they all find themselves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold F. Kress
CAST:  Gilbert Roland  •  Glenda Farrell  •  Robert Horton  •  Barbara Ruick

An outlaw murders several Apaches and flees to a stagecoach way station with the tribe in hot pursuit. A stagecoach and its passengers have just pulled into the station, as has the stationmaster's father, a former bandit named Peso, and they all find themselves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold F. Kress
CAST:  Gilbert Roland  •  Glenda Farrell  •  Robert Horton  •  Barbara Ruick

Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)

A nobleman searches for a hidden treasure in Guatemala.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delmer Daves
CAST:  Cornel Wilde  •  Constance Smith  •  Anne Bancroft  •  Fay Wray

A nobleman searches for a hidden treasure in Guatemala.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delmer Daves
CAST:  Cornel Wilde  •  Constance Smith  •  Anne Bancroft  •  Fay Wray

Marshal of Laredo (1945)

Substituting for Allan Lane, who'd been called away to active military service, Bill Elliot stars in the Republic "Red Ryder" western Marshal of Laredo. This time, Red comes to the aid of a frontier lawyer, who is suspected of being an outlaw  (more)

DIRECTION:  R.G. Springsteen
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  Robert Blake  •  Alice Fleming  •  Peggy Stewart

Substituting for Allan Lane, who'd been called away to active military service, Bill Elliot stars in the Republic "Red Ryder" western Marshal of Laredo. This time, Red comes to the aid of a frontier lawyer, who is suspected of being an outlaw  (more)

DIRECTION:  R.G. Springsteen
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  Robert Blake  •  Alice Fleming  •  Peggy Stewart
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