Robert Blake (mai wasan kwaikwayo)

**Robert Blake** (an haife shi **Michael James Gubitotosi** ; Satumba 18, 1933 - Maris 9, 2023), ya fara fitowa a matsayin **Mickey Gubitotosi** da **Bobby Blake**, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne na Amurka. Ya shahara sosai da fitowa a fim ɗin *In Cold Blood* na 1967, da kuma taka rawar da ta taka a shirin talabijin na ƙarshen shekarun 1970 *mai suna Baretta*, da kuma fitowa a matsayin Mystery Man a fim ɗin *Lost Highway* na 1997.

Blake ya fara aikinsa a shekarun 1930 yana wasa tun yana yaro tare da iyalinsa a matsayin mawaƙi kuma ɗan rawa amma ya shahara a matsayin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na yara, tare da babban rawar da ya taka a shekarun ƙarshe na zamanin Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer na gajeren shirin fim na *Our Gang* ( *Little Rascals* ) daga 1939 zuwa 1944. Ya kuma fito a matsayin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na yara a cikin shigarwa 22 na ƙungiyar fina-finan *Red Ryder* . A cikin jerin *Red Ryder* da kuma yawancin rawar da ya taka a manyanta, an fi sanya ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na Italiya-Amurka a matsayin ɗan asalin Amurka ko kuma ɗan asalin mestizo . Bayan ya yi aiki a Rundunar Sojan Amurka, Blake ya koma yin wasan kwaikwayo a talabijin da fina-finai. Blake ya ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayo har zuwa shekarar 1997 a cikin *Lost Highway* . Blake yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na yara na farko da suka yi nasarar canzawa zuwa manyan ayyuka a matsayin manya. Marubuci Michael Newton ya kira aikin Blake "ɗaya daga cikin mafi tsawo a tarihin Hollywood". 

An kama Blake a shekarar 2002 saboda kisan matarsa ta biyu, Bonny Lee Bakley a shekarar 2001. An wanke Blake daga laifin kisan a kotun laifuka a shekarar 2005,   amma an same shi da laifin kisan gillar da ta yi ba bisa ka'ida ba a kotun farar hula. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Blake Michael James Gubitosis a Nutley, New Jersey, a ranar 18 ga Satumba, 1933.  Iyayensa su ne Giacomo (James) Gubitosis da matarsa, Elizabeth Cafone.  A shekarar 1930, James ya yi aiki a matsayin mai tsara kaya ga wani kamfanin kera gwangwani. Daga ƙarshe, iyayen Blake sun fara wasan kwaikwayo na waƙa da rawa.  A shekarar 1936, 'ya'yansu uku suka fara wasan kwaikwayo, wanda aka yi wa lakabi da "The Three Little Hillbillies".  Sun ƙaura zuwa Los Angeles, California, a shekarar 1938, inda yaran suka fara aiki a matsayin ƙarin fina-finai. 

Iyayen Blake sun fito ne daga Campania, Italiya: mahaifinsa ya fito ne daga garin Montella a lardin Avellino, mahaifiyarsa kuma daga garin Polla.

Blake ya yi rashin jin daɗi a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa inda mahaifinsa mai shan giya ya ci zarafinsa. Lokacin da ya shiga makarantar gwamnati yana ɗan shekara 10, an yi masa cin zarafi kuma ya yi faɗa da wasu ɗalibai, wanda hakan ya sa aka kore shi. Daga baya Blake ya ce iyayensa duka sun ci zarafinsa ta hanyar lalata da shi kuma sau da yawa ana kulle shi a cikin kabad kuma ana tilasta masa cin abinci a ƙasa a matsayin hukunci.  Yana da shekaru 14, ya gudu daga gida, wanda ya haifar da shekaru da yawa da suka fi wahala.  Mahaifinsa ya mutu sakamakon kashe kansa a 1956.  Ya ƙi halartar jana'izar mahaifinsa. 

## Yaro ɗan wasan kwaikwayo

Blake, wanda a lokacin ake kira Mickey Gubitosis, ya fara aikinsa na wasan kwaikwayo a matsayin Toto a cikin fim ɗin MGM *Bridal Suite* (1939), wanda Annabella da Robert Young suka fito a ciki. Daga nan ya fara fitowa a cikin gajerun batutuwa na MGM na *Our Gang* (wanda aka fi sani da *The Little Rascals* ) da sunansa na gaske, inda ya maye gurbin Eugene "Porky" Lee . Ya fito a cikin gajerun wando 40 tsakanin 1939 da 1944, daga ƙarshe ya zama jarumin ƙarshe na jerin. Iyayen Blake suma sun fito a cikin jerin a matsayin ƙarin wakoki. A cikin *Our Gang*, an kira halin Blake, Mickey, sau da yawa ya yi kuka, wanda aka soki shi da rashin gamsuwa. An kuma soki shi saboda rashin kunya da kuma kururuwa. 

A shekarar 1942, ya sami sunan dandamali Bobby Blake kuma ya fara fitowa a matsayin jarumi a wani fim mai suna, inda ya taka rawar da ta fi shahara a fim din MGM mai suna *Mokey* . Donna Reed ta fito a matsayin mahaifiyar Mokey, kuma Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, wacce ta fito tare a *fim din Our Gang* tare da Blake, ta fito a matsayin abokin Mokey mai suna Brother Cumby.  Bayan Blake ya dauki sunan dandamali, an sake masa suna a matsayin " *Our Gang* " mai suna "Mickey Blake". Blake ya kuma fito a matsayin "Tooky" Stedman a fim din *Andy Hardy mai suna Double Life na* shekarar 1942.

A shekarar 1944, MGM ta dakatar da *Our Gang*, inda ta fitar da gajeren fim na ƙarshe a cikin jerin, *Dancing Romeo* . A shekarar 1995, Gidauniyar Matasan Fasaha ta karrama Blake da lambar yabo ta Tsohon Tauraron Yara "Lifetime Achievement" saboda rawar da ya taka a cikin *Our Gang* . 

A shekarar 1944, Blake ya fara nuna wani yaro ɗan asalin Amurka, "Little Beaver", a cikin shirin Red Ryder Western a cikin studios na Republic Pictures (wanda yanzu shine CBS Radford Studios), yana fitowa a cikin fina-finai 23 har zuwa 1947. Ya kuma yi rawar gani a ɗaya daga cikin fina-finan Laurel da Hardy, The Big Noise (1944), da kuma fina-finan Warner Bros. Humoresque (1946), inda ya nuna halin John Garfield tun yana yaro, da kuma The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), inda ya nuna ɗan Mexico wanda ya sayar wa Humphrey Bogart tikitin caca mai nasara. A shekarar 1950, yana da shekaru 17, Blake ya bayyana a matsayin Mahmoud a cikin The Black Rose da kuma Enrico, Naples Bus Boy (wanda ba a san shi ba) a cikin Black Hand .