thebad7 says on 13/Aug/11
@Mike: I disagree with you on that. He was an established star long before BARETTA, i.e., his childhood successes at MGM, etc. He basically disappeared after BARETTA--and BARETTA wasn't a good television series.

tb7

Joe Bloggs says on 9/Jul/11
I believe the bit about boots. I met him on location once-- he appeared to be about 5ft6/1m67.

mike says on 5/Jun/11
@thebad7

Baretta made his name. He was too short to play anything else. He does not look witty enough to play Columbo. Maybe he could have gotten the role Carmine on Lavern and Shirley, but he looks too sinister for that role too. Baretta was the only thing he could have played for sure.

thebad7 says on 15/Apr/11
Most people despise him today, but between 1967 and 1973, he was in a string of great, offbeat cult films, the most impressive of them being 1973's ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE. I just watched that film recently, and there is a scene in which he stands face-to-face with the great character actor, Royal Dano, who is billed at 6'2". Using that as a comparison, 5'4" sounds right for Blake--he isn't a tall guy, but when he was younger, he was in terrific physical shape; one of the first in Hollywood to consistently weight train. Too bad for him: BARETTA killed his career, in my opinion.

tb7

P.S.--Rob: Speaking of Royal Dano, you ought to consider putting up a CH page for him. One of the greatest character actors to ever grace the big and small screens.

jtm says on 17/Feb/11
i would never want to see him.

Brad says on 16/Feb/11
As listed sunday. I saw the Los Angeles Couny Sheriff's Department kick him out of the Hollywood Show. That was worth the $20 to get in.