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  TV ACRES: Television Character Bios - Robert Blake as Tony Baretta (Baretta)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Anthony Vincenzo "Tony” Baretta is a single, unorthodox plainclothes cop with the 53rd precinct [badge #609].
Baretta’s coworkers are Detective Foley, an irritating, stick-in-the-mud; Fats, a gravelly-voiced fl detective who goes on stakeouts with Tony; and Detective Nopke, a rookie cop who admires Baretta‘s street smarts.
After Blake's role as Tony Baretta, he appeared in a short lived drama entitled HELL TOWN/NBC/1985 in which he played Father Noah "Hardstep" Rivers, a priest in a tough, impoverished East Los Angeles neighborhood.
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  Baretta - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Baretta was a detective series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978.
Baretta was a single cop who lived in a run-down hotel with his pet cockatoo, Fred.
The show was seemingly based on the movie Serpico, starring Al Pacino (both Serpico and Baretta had pet cockatoos and both wore disguises).
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 Baretta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The show was a recasting and reshaping of the successful ABC show, Toma starring Tony Musante as chameleonlike real life New Jersey cop Dave Toma in the 1973-74 series Toma.
When he left the series over creative differences after a single season, the program was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
Other characters were Inspector Shiller (Dana Elcar) and Lieutenant Hal Brubaker (Edward Grover), Baretta's supervisors, Billy Truman (Tom Ewell), an older and sometime drunk ex-cop who cheerfully ran the hotel Tony Barreta lived in, and Rooster the streetwise pimp (Michael D. Roberts), who was one of Tony's favorite informants.
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 tvdvdreviews.com -- Baretta: Season One DVD Review
Baretta himself was once a petty criminal, but he vowed to his dying father that he would mend his ways.
Baretta also lives in the neighborhood he is trying to protect, staying in the rundown flophouse King Edward Hotel run by his old pal Billy Truman (Tom Ewell).
Baretta pretty much forgets about his fiancé-to-be after the first couple of episodes, but he still has a personal connection with almost every subsequent case.
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 Retroland | Baretta
Television detectives were a pretty straitlaced bunch until the 1970's.
This maverick cop with a talent for the art of disguise became a television favorite and a standard by which all future cool television detectives would be measured.
Baretta favored going deep undercover with his cases and was good enough to pass for everything from a biker to a member of the mafia.
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 Baretta (television)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 1978 in television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: 1977 in television, other events of 1978, 1979 in television and the list of 'years in television'.
February 22 - The Police appear in a television commercial for Wrigley's chewing gum.
The song is later released as a single and becomes a hit for the comedian.
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 DVD Baretta - Season One, The Best of Baretta. 1970s DVD - Baretta:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It is a sordid fact of life that were it not for Robert Blake's newfound infamy as an accused wife murderer, Baretta, which lasted from 1975 to 1978, might have been relegated to late nights in TV land.
Baretta is an undercover cop in the Serpico mode.
It is a sordid fact of life that were it not for Robert Blake's newfound infamy as an accused wife murderer, Baretta, which lasted three seasons beginning in 1975, might have been relegated to late nights in TV land.
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 Robert Blake (actor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Blake (born September 18, 1933) is an American actor most famous for starring in the U.S. television series Baretta.
Blake is probably best known for his Emmy Award-winning role of Tony Baretta in the popular TV series Baretta (1975 to 1978), in which he played an undercover police detective who specialized in disguises.
He continued to act through the 1980s and 1990s, mostly in television, including the role of Jimmy Hoffa in the miniseries Blood Feud (1983) and John List in the murder drama Judgement Day: The John List Story (1993), which he received another Emmy for.
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 Robert Blake: Murder Indictment Coverage
"Baretta" star Robert Blake, 68, and his bodyguard, Earle Caldwell, 46, were arrested in Southern California on Thursday, for investigation of the murder nearly a year ago of the actor's wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, then 44, according to live Los Angeles TV news reports.
Prosecutors say the 68-year-old former "Baretta" star opened fire on his wife of less than a year as she sat in his car near Vitello's restaurant in the Los Angeles suburb of Studio City after he failed to hire a hit man to do the job.
The man who played a cop in the 1970s television show Baretta is charged with one count each of murder and conspiracy to commit murder, as well as two counts of solicitation of murder and the special circumstance allegation of murder while lying in wait.
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 Baretta (television) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Baretta was a (A police officer who investigates crimes) detective (Similar things placed in order or happening one after another) series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978.
Baretta was a single cop who lived in a run-down hotel with his pet (White or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds) cockatoo, Fred.
The show was seemingly based on the movie (Click link for more info and facts about Serpico) Serpico, starring (Click link for more info and facts about Al Pacino) Al Pacino (both Serpico and Baretta had pet cockatoos and both wore disguises).
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 Baretta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As a twelve-yr.-old Super Baretta Fan, I had to watch the rerun of this on the extra TV so I wouldn't have to be in the room with anyone at the queer parts.
This is the reason it used to be a tradition to never make statues of living persons, and to wait a few years before putting their images on stamps, in case they turned out to be wife-murderers or pedophiles or something.
BARETTA was another show that never came close to jumping the shark thanks to the sizzling screen charisma of Robert Blake.
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 Baretta Episode Guide - Baretta Season Episodes - TV.com
Baretta's career and reputation are almost ruined by a beautiful photographer who tricks him into helping her steal a half million dollars of mob money.
Baretta begins to suspect that a rash of petty burglaries is actually the result of his retarded friend's efforts to emulate Robin Hood.
Baretta comes to believe that a mobster is being framed for the murder of his boss when the man's girlfriend is too scared to confirm his alibi.
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Blake, 69, star of the old “Baretta” TV show, is awaiting trial on charges of murdering Bakley, whom he married after tests showed he was the father of her daughter.
Blake, the 71-year-old star of the old Baretta TV series, married Bakley after DNA tests showed he was the father of her baby.
It is a sordid fact of life that were it not for Robert Blake's newfound infamy as an accused wife murderer, Baretta, which lasted from 1975 to 1978, might have been relegated to late nights in TV land.
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 Baretta - TV Detective (1975-1978) - Mystery Movies
Baretta was a tough, take no crap, undercover street cop who used his ability to disguise himself to bring down the bad guys.
Baretta's co-star and best friend was a beautiful scene stealing white cockatoo named Fred; his human friend was Billy Truman, a wise ex-cop played nicely by veteran actor Tom Ewell.
Baretta's 'snitch' was a flamboyant informant (Michael D. Roberts) who answered to the name of Rooster.
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 Trucking 101 - "Baretta," could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted - Trucking News Ticker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Blake is accused of murdering Bonny Lee Bakley after he allegedly failed to find any takers in what prosecutors said was an elaborate plot to have her killed so he could keep custody of their baby daughter and free himself of a woman he despised.
The 71-year-old actor, who is best known for his role as a tough-talking detective in the 1970s television show "Baretta," could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted.
After the killing, Blake went on ABC television and told Barbara Walters that he had been trying to work things out with his wife and he was looking forward to her family moving to California.
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 Search: Baretta - FOX News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The former "Baretta" actor was acquitted in March by a separate jury of his wife's murder.
Baretta is a single, unorthodox plainclothes cop with the 53rd precinct [badge #609].
Actor Robert Blake, star of the 1970s television series "Baretta," is tried and acquitted for the murder of his wife of six months, Bonny Lee...
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 Robert Blake
It was the only way to elicit audience sympathy for a character who's basically running wild in the streets with a loaded gun, shooting at whomever he pleases in the course of running his "private detective" business.
Baretta debuted mid-season in January, 1975 and was an immediate winner, at least by '75 ABC standards.
Hell Town was Baretta in a priest's collar, right down to the tough talk, gritty streets (shot on location in East LA) and, for good measure, a Sammy Davis, Jr., theme song (he had scored a top-forty hit with Baretta's theme).
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 Baretta News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Baretta News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Jurors in the civil wrongful-death case brought against Robert Blake and his former handyman, Earle Caldwell, are deliberating for a third day.
Blake starred in the US TV show Baretta in the 1970s A Los Angeles jury has considering its verdict in the wrongful death case faced by actor Robert Blake.
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 The Scotsman - Baretta star on wrong side of the law
Early evening television programmes were interrupted by news reports flashing across America’s networks to show the drama as it unfolded.
The actor, famous for playing the tough New York cop in the Seventies US television series Baretta, has been the prime suspect since the shooting of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, a year ago, although he has repeatedly denied any connection with her killing.
THE freedom dash by the former gridiron star OJ Simpson and his ultimate arrest was broadcast live on television in 1994 as he led 18 police cars on a 75-mile trip across Los Angeles.
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 Alpha Tau Omega: Famous Alumni   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A Peabody Award winner in 1970 for television entertainment, he was elected to the National Sportscasters/Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1981 and the broadcasters wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
Television producer who handled the first two Super Bowl telecasts, six racing Triple Crown telecasts, NHL hockey and skiing events.
He was also a regular on "Baretta" (1975-78) and "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (1976-78) while appearing in such films as "The Sting", "The Boston Strangler", "All of Me" and "2010".
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 Men's Fitness: Vintage cop shows: Baretta vs. S.W.A.T - television programs on DVD
THE SHOWS BARETTA S.W.A.T. WHAT IT IS An unconventional undercover An elite crime-fighting cop lives with a pet bird unit takes back the and busts bad guys while streets of L.A. from a playing by his own set of seemingly unlimited supply rules.
Baretta, you counterculture killers who got a biiiiiiiiig mouth!" inhabit "a mind-bending Baretta: "Yeah, that's one netherworld of group acid of my better qualities." trips, witchcraft, psyche- Fred the cockatoo: "Freeze!" delic satanism and reverse exorcism." Yeah, baby!
FLY FASHION Baretta goes undercover in Er, the S.W.A.T. team is flower-patterned bell- smartly accoutered in bottoms, a huge ankh neck- dark-blue unis and dope lace and platform heels.
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 ABC network shows   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Home Improvement was a American television sitcom series that starred Tim Allen as Tim Taylor.
It is currently in national syndication on cable television stations such as TBS Superstation.
Set in Detroit, Michigan, the series centers around the antics of the Taylor family, which, along with Tim, included his pedantic wife Jill (Patricia Richardson), and their three mischievous sons, the popular and athletic Brad (Zachary Ty Bryan), brainy and tree-hugging Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and the youngest Mark (Taran Noah Smith).
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 Oh! You Pretty Things! David Bowie MB
ABC also said the gun was a collector's item and that Blake, who starred in the hit television series ``Baretta,'' was a gun collector but that the weapon was not registered to him.
Blake, who played detective Tony Baretta in the mid-1970s television drama, began his career as a child actor in the ``Our Gang'' movies and has since appeared in 127 films.
He was acclaimed for his portrayal of killer Perry Smith in 1967 ``In Cold Blood,'' based on the Truman Capote book that documented the murder of the Clutter family of Kansas by two ex-convicts who ultimately were executed.
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 Robert Blake
At some point (his official biography says simply "before Baretta") he was addicted to heroin for several years, and he has also abused uppers and downers.
He was labeled a perfectionist and difficult to work with, which has been cited as the reason he began to work more in television than movies.
For the series Hell Town, he played Baretta with a priest's collar instead of a cockatoo, and after Hell Town was cancelled he vanished from Hollywood, saying he wanted to get his life back together.
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 Baretta DVD : TV Shows and Series On Dvd | TVAddicts.Tv
Baretta was launched in the year 1975, directed by Monet Hellman, it starred Robert Blake as Detective Tony Barreta and the theme song, Keep your eye on the sparrow written and performed by Dave Grusin and Sammy Davis Jr.
The story revolves on Tony Baretta who will not waste a second of his life not to chase criminals and bad guys that he will encounter in the streets.
Baretta DVD is a collection of DVDs in a box set as shown above, all 100% in chronological order from the pilot to the finale
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 Baretta TV Show - Baretta Television Show - TV.com
Tony Baretta was an unconventional cop, streetwise with a decidedly funky lifestyle.
The orphaned son of poor Italian immigrants, Baretta was a...
First screeching onto television screens in 1975, 'Starsky & Hutch' brought much of the streetwise grit, the violence, and the sheer excitement from hit movies such as 'Dirty Harry' to the small...
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 Baretta, Baretta on dvd, Baretta starring Robert Blake, buy Baretta dvds
Baretta is an undercover cop in the Serpico mode.
In one episode, he tries to convince his date to go back to his apartment so she can give him his "birthday present." She tells him "that will take until 4 in the morning." With its ersatz funky score, Baretta is time-capsule '70s television.
And, as Baretta was fond of saying, you can take that to the bank.
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 Floridian: Word for word: Hearts bleed for Baretta
He is best known for playing a hard-boiled undercover cop in the television show Baretta, which aired from 1975-78.
I came here and listened to the Baretta theme over and over and over again while crying.
There is, by the way, a slight chance that the judge may overturn the bail ruling on May 21 (the next court date) and Robert may get bail then.
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