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Birth Name: Michael James Gubitosi
Date of Birth: September 18, 1933
Place of Birth: Nutley, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Death: March 9, 2023
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: Italian
Robert Blake was an American actor. As a child, he starred as Mickey in the Our Gang / The Little Rascals short films, and as Native American character “Little Beaver” in the Red Ryder films. He also appeared in the features Bridal Suite , Andy Hardy’s Double Life , Humoresque , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , The Black Rose , Pork Chop Hill , The Greatest Story Ever Told , In Cold Blood , Electra Glide in Blue , Busting , and Lost Highway , and the television series Baretta . He was also known as Bobby Blake, Lyman P. Docker, and Mickey Gubitosi. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted for the murder of his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, in a criminal court, and was found liable in civil court.
He was the son of Elizabeth (Cafone) and Vincenzco “James” Gubitosi, a vaudeville artist. His father was born in Apice Vecchio, Provincia di Benevento, Campania, Italy. His mother was born in New Jersey, to Italian parents. The two had a song-and-dance act.
He had two children, including actor Noah Blake, with his first wife Sondra Kerr; and one child with Bonny Bakley.
Robert’s maternal grandfather was named Michelangelo Cafone. Michelangelo was born in Cosenza, Provincia di Cosenza, Calabria.
Robert’s maternal grandmother was named Rosina Maltodo.
Source: Genealogy of Robert Blake – https://www.findagrave.com