Robert Blake

Actor Robert Blake, noted actor and Emmy-winner who starred in crime series "Baretta," has died, according to his daughter, Delinah Blake. He was 89.

According to his family’s statement, in recent years, Robert Blake lived quietly in the Los Angeles area. “He and I spent parts of virtually every day together over the year I lived in LA working on his case. The actor was ordered to pay $30 million in damages to her family. On May 4, 2001, Robert Blake’s wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, was found shot in the head in his car after eating at Vitello’s, a neighborhood restaurant in Studio City. In 2005, the actor was acquitted of murder charges relating to the case. He starred in his first film in 1942 as Daniel ‘Mokey’ Delano in “Mokey,” about a troubled young boy navigating life at home with his father and stepmother.

An Emmy-winning actor whose career triumphs were later overshadowed by a trial in which he was acquitted of murdering his wife, Robert Blake has died at age ...

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. 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. His father, an Italian immigrant and his mother, an Italian American, wanted their three children to succeed in show business. According to his niece, Blake had spent his recent years “enjoying jazz music, playing his guitar, reading poetry, and watching many Hollywood Classic films.” 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. Many remembered him not as the rugged, dark-haired star of “Baretta,” but as a spectral, white-haired murder defendant. 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 has died. The controversial actor won an Emmy for 'Baretta' and starred in 'In Cold Blood' and 'Lost Highway' before murder trial ended his ...

But a jury found him not guilty of the crimes in 2005 after a widely watched three-month trial saw Blake weep into the shoulder of his lawyer after the jury acquitted him. The seven men and five women found him not guilty of soliciting a former stunt double whom he met on the Baretta set to kill his wife. But the jury didn’t believe the stuntman’s testimony, thanks to his history of drug abuse. Blake told police that he had gone back into the restaurant to retrieve a handgun he’d left on the floor of their booth. The series lasted only a handful of episodes in 1985. [Robert Blake](https://deadline.com/tag/robert-blake/), the controversial actor who won a Lead Actor Emmy for [Baretta](https://deadline.com/tag/baretta/) and starred in films including In Cold Blood and Lost Highway before a murder trial ended his career, died today of heart disease in Los Angeles. The series debuted as a replacement show in January 1975 and finished its first season in the Top 25 among primetime shows. Several years later, Blake was cast as the lead of NBC drama Hell Town. He also earned two other Emmy noms during his career, for lead actor in the miniseries Blood Feud (1983) and Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993). He was an Emmy Award For Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1975 and was nominated again for the role in 1977. But a few format tweaks later, Baretta was born. His final feature film role was in Lost Highway (1997), directed by David Lynch.

Emmy award-winning actor Robert Blake died Thursday in L.A. at the age of 89. Blake became known for the real-life murder mystery of his second wife, ...

He appeared in dozens of the "Red Ryder" western films and had roles on "The Big Noise," "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "The Black Rose." [tried and acquitted](https://www.foxnews.com/story/blake-found-not-guilty-of-murder) in the killing of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, who died outside a Studio City restaurant on May 4, 2001. Blake found fame at a young age as a child actor in the "Our Gang" comedies, better known as "The Little Rascals." Blake went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was As an adult, he was praised for his portrayal of real-life murderer Perry Smith in the movie of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood." "He died at home with family around him peacefully, long-term heart issues," Austin told Fox News Digital.

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.

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.

Blake, an Emmy-winning actor, was also known for his roles in "In Cold Blood" and "Judgment Day: the John List Story." He died Thursday in Los Angeles of ...

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 neighborhood 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.

Robert Blake, an Emmy award-winning performer who was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, died Thursday at age 89.

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. 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. His father, an Italian immigrant and his mother, an Italian American, wanted their three children to succeed in show business. According to his niece, Blake had spent his recent years “enjoying jazz music, playing his guitar, reading poetry, and watching many Hollywood Classic films.” 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. Many remembered him not as the rugged, dark-haired star of “Baretta,” but as a spectral, white-haired murder defendant. 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, the TV and film actor who was acquitted of the murder of his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, has died; he was 89.

After a slew of television roles, first appearing on [The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok](https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-spotlight-vol-44-no-23/), he starred in the 1967 Oscar-nominated film In Cold Blood. "I've dealt with my fair share of sadness in life," she added. Blake and Bakley had been married for about five months at the time of the slaying, after DNA tests proved that he'd fathered her then 11-month-old daughter, Rose. An appeals court cut that amount by half, and the case eventually was settled for an undisclosed amount. Bakley, a 44-year-old mother of four, was fatally shot on May 4, 2001, in Blake's car, which was parked around the corner from an Italian restaurant where the couple had just dined near their home in Studio City, California. And then when I was 18, I was like, 'I'm ready. Blake's niece Noreen Austin confirmed the news of his death on Thursday, stating that the actor died from heart disease. I just don't think I was ready. [spoke to PEOPLE](https://people.com/crime/robert-blake-daughter-rose-lenore-speaks-out-mom-murder/) about her "traumatic childhood" following the death of her mother. He was 89. [2001 shooting death of his wife](https://people.com/celebrity/robert-blake-case-investigators-speak-out-15-years-after-death-of-actors-wife/), Bakley. [Robert Blake](https://people.com/tag/robert-blake/), the TV and film actor who was acquitted of the murder of his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, has died.

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.

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 Thursday ...

He appeared in the series for five years and changed his name to Bobby Blake. The biggest breakthrough was in 1967 with In Cold Blood. 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. He married Bakley because of the child. 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. As a youngster, he starred in the Our Gang comedies and acted in a movie classic, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The story of their strange marriage, the child it produced and its violent end was a Hollywood tragedy played out in court. Many remembered him not as the rugged, dark-haired star of Baretta, but as a spectral, white-haired murder defendant.

LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — Robert Blake, el actor ganador del premio Emmy que pasó del...

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.

El actor Robert Blake, más recordado por el juicio de asesinato que afrontó a principios de milenio, falleció este jueves a los 89 años en la ciudad de Los ...

Blake fue parte de más de 160 producciones audiovisuales de cine y televisión y la última producción de la que el actor fue parte, fue la película de David Lynch, “Lost Highway” (1997). Se formó como actor en los años 50 y obtuvo papeles importantes en cintas como “The Purple Gang” (1959), “This Property is Condemned” (1966) o “Corky” (1972). Nacido en Nueva Jersey en 1933, Blake comenzó su carrera aún siendo un niño en filmes como “Bridal Suite” (1939) y la serie de cortometrajes de MGM “Our Gang”.

macamilarincon. (CNN) –– Robert Blake, destacado actor y ganador de un Emmy, falleció este jueves, según informó su hija, Delinah Blake. Tenía 89 años.

En 2001, la segunda esposa de Blake, Bonny Lee Bakley, fue encontrada muerta en el Valle de San Fernando. Su papel protagónico en la popular serie criminal “Baretta”, de la década de 1970, lo llevó a ganar un premio Emmy. Previamente estuvo en producciones como “In Cold Blood” de 1967.

Robert Blake, who starred on 'Baretta' and was acquitted in his wife's murder in a highly publicized trial, has died at 89. His cause of death was long-term ...

After a criminal trial full of messy revelations about their marriage, he was acquitted of a murder charge in 2005. He was one of the child actors who appeared in the Gerry Schwartzbach, who represented Blake during his trial, reacted to the news of his former client’s death in a statement [to CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/entertainment/robert-blake-death/index.html). For his television role as undercover New York detective Tony Baretta on ABC’s Baretta, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1975. But his decades-long acting career came to a halt after his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, was shot dead in 2001 in the parking lot of a restaurant where the pair had just dined. [Per the Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/robert-blake-dies-ddf7a0c37dae4690ac82bf377e5aec70), Blake’s niece, Noreen Austin, confirmed in a statement that the actor died on Thursday of heart disease while surrounded by family in Los Angeles.

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

An Emmy-winning actor whose career triumphs were later overshadowed by a trial in which he was acquitted of killing his wife, Robert Blake has died at age ...

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. 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. His father, an Italian immigrant and his mother, an Italian American, wanted their three children to succeed in show business. According to his niece, Blake had spent his recent years “enjoying jazz music, playing his guitar, reading poetry, and watching many Hollywood Classic films.” 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. Many remembered him not as the rugged, dark-haired star of “Baretta,” but as a spectral, white-haired murder defendant. 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.