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Robert Blake

1933 - 2023

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Robert Blake (born Michael James Gubitosi; September 18, 1933 – March 9, 2023), billed early in his career as Mickey Gubitosi and Bobby Blake, was an American actor. He was best known for starring in the 1967 film In Cold Blood, and playing the title role in the late 1970s television series Baretta, and playing the Mystery Man in the 1997 film Lost Highway. Blake began his career in the 1930s performing as a child alongside his family as a singer and dancer but became famous as a child actor, with his lead role in the final years of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-era of the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short film series from 1939 to 1944. He also appeared as a child actor in 22 entries of the Red Ryder film franchise. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Robert Blake is the 1,917th most popular actor (up from 2,399th in 2024), the 3,466th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,811th in 2019) and the 940th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Robert Blake ranks 1,917 out of 13,578. Before him are Dean Norris, Jerry Orbach, Frank Vincent, Ben McKenzie, Sam Heughan, and Dana Delany. After him are Folco Lulli, Werner Krauss, Tim Allen, Norma Aleandro, Jared Harris, and Perry King.

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Among people born in 1933, Robert Blake ranks 170. Before him are Michel Sabbah, Robert Shavlakadze, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Andrei Voznesensky, Charlie Wilson, and Don Thompson. After him are Titus Buberník, Emanuel Ungaro, Juanita Castro, Marcos Alonso, Sabah Fakhri, and Ceija Stojka. Among people deceased in 2023, Robert Blake ranks 153. Before him are Daisaku Ikeda, Daniel Ellsberg, Earl Boen, Juliette Mayniel, Howard S. Becker, and Lance Reddick. After him are Inna Churikova, Carla Bley, Ferran Olivella, Juanita Castro, Walter Cunningham, and Yuri Manin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Blake ranks 3,466 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Vincent (1939), Charles T. Kowal (1940), Robert Garrett (1875), Ben McKenzie (1978), Dana Delany (1956), and Jerome Robbins (1918). After him are James Harden (1989), John Bates Clark (1847), Tim Allen (1953), Eric Hoffer (1898), Perry King (1948), and Crispin Glover (1964).

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Among actors born in United States, Robert Blake ranks 940. Before him are Jean Peters (1926), Dean Norris (1963), Jerry Orbach (1935), Frank Vincent (1939), Ben McKenzie (1978), and Dana Delany (1956). After him are Tim Allen (1953), Perry King (1948), Crispin Glover (1964), Alicia Rhett (1915), Anne Ramsey (1929), and Jennifer Beals (1963).

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