Robert Blake began his acting career as a child in dozens short films as "Joy Scouts" (1939), "Captain Spanky's Show Boat" (1939), "The Big Premiere" (1940), "Good Bad Boys" (1940), and the Oscar-winning short film "Main Street on the March!" (1941). As an adult, Blake he began to play small roles in films like "The Black Rose" (1950) with Tyrone Power and directed by Henry Hathaway, "The Veils of Bagdad" (1953) with Victor Mature, "Three Violent People" (1956) with Charlton Heston, "Pork Chop Hill" (1959) with Gregory Peck. He also had a role in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965), playing the role of Simon the Zealot. Robert Blake shot to fame when playing Perry in the film "In Cold Blood" (1967) based on the book by Truman Capote, and directed by Richard Brooks. Another performance was playing a deranged police officer motorized in "Electra Glide in Blue" (1973) for this film Blake was nominated for a Golden Globe. 