Robert Blake Needs a Job

[Ash]

Most of you know that Robert Blake was aquitted of killing his wife.
During his press meeting he stated that he was broke and needed a job.

I say give the man some work!
I think he would be perfect if cast in a role where he plays a totally vicious character.
Maybe a Mafia type.

Give that man a role he could really play.
I've always liked Blake as an actor and I think it would be cool to see him in a new film with other stars.
Make him the villain....definitely.

What do you think?



I mean just look at that mug....tell me he wouldn't be great as a bad guy in a new film!



Post Edited (03-18-05 22:28)

[daveblackeye15]

You do realize that  he may have killed his wife right? Okay okay I agree he does look like a villian type.

[Menard]

daveblackeye15 wrote:

> You do realize that  he may have killed his wife right?


You do realize that he was aquitted, right Dave? That means innocent, not guilty until proven innocent.

Although he would be good as a villain, I would think that he could use a sypathetic role to help his reputation as, irregardless that he was aquitted. he was basically convicted in the eyes of the media over the course of the trial.

Ridley Scott was quite positive in his remarks toward Blake's ability to get work. Maybe they will work together. That would be interesting.

[daveblackeye15]

 

I know I know, but to me "May" isn't exactly concrete, it's not yes or no it's maybe or might have, but I was smart  I would have just said "aquitted" (I didn't want to copy ASHTHECAT) You're right totatly innocent until proven guilty. It just felt a little weird making a question like this after his wife died.

Go villian! But can he act? He's got the look.

[Menard]

He has quite a history in cinema and television. As a child actor, he was in the OUR GANG/LITTLE RASCALS troup and he played Red Ryder's sidekick, Little Beaver, in the Red Ryder Westerns. He gained critical acclain for his role in the movie IN COLD BLOOD (I believe 1967). And, of course, he had the TV series BARETTA where he played second banana to a cockatoo named Fred (just kidding, he was the star). The BARETTA series was inspired by the real life David Toma (there actually was a short lived series called TOMA which preceeded BARETTA).

With such a long and varied career, it would be nice to see him continue.

[Steven Millan]

          Knowing that this guy walked off his charges ala O.J. and the Ramseys(John & Patsy),but yet didn't quite horribly butcher his wife(like a human shish-ki-bob)like O.J.,I'd say senetence ole Baretta to work with the likes of Fred Olen Ray,Jim Wynorski,David DeCoteau,Albert Pyun,and even Donald Farmer,for I'm sure that Eric Roberts and Gary Busey are growing tired of all of the B movie slop that they're in,so why not deliver a (more) fitting sentence to this guy?


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[Mr_Vindictive]

Sure I think that Blake is a competent actor and could do quite well if given the right part.  I also think that we should give Jack Valenti a great villan role, just look at the guy:

[Ash]

Come to think of it, Blake did play a real a***ole in Money Train with Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrellson.

He was the guy who controlled the train and the money on it.
I haven't seen that one in a while....gonna have to rent it sometime soon.

[trekgeezer]

Unlike OJ, Blake got off because the DA  didn't have any real evidence. OJ got off despite the evidence.

Robert Blake is capable of playing it very creepy.

[DaveMunger]

>You do realize that he was aquitted, right Dave?
>That means innocent, not guilty until proven innocent.

Yeah, just like OJ and Alger Hiss. Except that in this case, there really is some possibility that someone else did it, not him.

Anyway, I think the ideal role for Blake would be some kind of rascal, maybe part of a whole gang of rascals.

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[DARKWOLF]

I also thinks someone else did it because she was a con woman who was riping off some single men in America in different states.

[DARKWOLF]

I also thinks O.J knew who really killed his ex and her boyfriend but is not telling.

[odinn7]

DARKWOLF wrote:

> I also thinks O.J knew who really killed his ex and her
> boyfriend but is not telling.

Sure he knows who did it and he's just not telling...HE DID IT!

[DARKWOLF]

Well it's your opinion but STOP YELLING!!!!!!!!

[Menard]

It was stressing a point, not yelling, but you have provided a perfect example of yelling yourself.