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Robert Blake began his acting career at age 5 in MGM's Our Gang series and went on to appear as a powerful adult performer in leading and character roles.

Long before he was accused of killing second wife Bonny Lee Bakley, "Baretta" star Robert Blake set up a "contract" hit on his ex-wife and the actor she was dating, according to her shocking new testimony. Sondra Kerr-Blake said friends later told her of Blake's foiled plan to have her and Steve Railsback, best known for his role as Charles Manson in the TV flick "Helter Skelter," whacked in the late '70s, according to her deposition obtained by the Daily News. "I found out from several different people ... that he had put a 'contract' out on me and the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Prosecutors in the Robert Blake murder case asked a judge Tuesday to limit evidence in the upcoming murder trial about the actor's slain wife and her illicit exploits. In more than 40 pages of motions filed Tuesday, prosecutors sought to eliminate huge amounts of evidence that could damage their case against Blake. They asked to bar testimony about Bonny Lee Bakley's sex-related con games, her drug arrests, and the criminal involvements of other members of her family including her grown daughter. "Ms. Bakley might be considered by some to be what is commonly referred to as...

CNN paid for Margerry Bakley, sister of Robert Blake's slain wife, airfare from Knoxville, Tenn., to Los Angeles, put her up in a hotel and ferried her around in a limousine. And CNN was the only place you could see Bakley, doing her victory lap Monday when the actor and his bodyguard were formally charged in the shooting death on Bonny Lee Bakley. CNN had locked Margerry Bakley up as its exclusive "get" for the day. According to two reporters covering the arraignment, the limousine driver seemed to be doubling as a sort of handler -- no doubt to protect...

On the evening of May 4, 2001, actor Robert Blake (Baretta, In Cold Blood) and his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, ate dinner at an Italian restaurant in the Studio City section of Los Angeles. Afterward, according to Blake, the couple walked the block and a half to their car, whereupon Blake realized he'd left his gun inside the restaurant -- a gun he was carrying because Bakley believed her life was in danger. Blake left Bakley in the car and walked back to the restaurant. Nobody in the restaurant remembers Blake actually retrieving anything: He apparently drank a glass of...