Mickey Gubitosi AKA Robert Blake died March 9,2023

[ranma]

Started out on the Our Gang series under his real name, and was one of the first child actors to make it to a good  Adult movie/TV career. 

[Snake45]

And dat's the name of DAT tune. 

Blake was pretty good in Electra Glide in Blue. I believe he was also in In Cold Blood.

He was also hilarious on Johnny Carson. I remember one story where he talked about coming down with "farfalonus of the blowhole," a phrase I still use to this day to describe any unknown or unspecified sickness.

He was a character.

The opening of Electra Glide in Blue is one of the greatest movie openings of all time: 

 

[TonyK]

Don't even need to watch the video to know what you're talking about. I don't watch any police, detective, or who-dunnit shows but Baretta was an exception.

[Classicgas]

Is there anybody I watched or listened to still alive??

[slusher]

Blake was a good actor I really don’t know for sure everything but not a good childhood.  Plus all the rest now he has some peace God takes care of the rest…

[NYLIBUD]

..Blake began acting as a child, with a lead role in the final years of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 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. In the Red Ryder series and in many of his adult roles, the Italian-American actor was often cast as an American Indian or Latino character.[2] After a stint in the United States Army, Blake returned to acting in both television and movie roles.[2] Blake continued acting until 1997's Lost Highway. Owing to Blake becoming one of the first child actors to successfully transition to mature roles as an adult, author Michael Newton called his career "one of the longest in Hollywood history."[2]

In March 2005, Blake was tried and acquitted of the 2001 murder of his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley.[3][4] In November 2005, he was found liable in a California civil court for her wrongful death.[5]Great actor,but….