Blake Clark

Blake Clark
Blake Clark
	Clark in 2016
Born	Macon, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater	LaGrange College
Occupations	Actor; stand-up comedian;
Years active	1981–present
Children	2
	Comedy career
Medium	Stand-up; film; television; radio;
Genres	Observational comedy

Blake Clark is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known as Chet Hunter on Boy Meets World and Harry "The Hardware Store Guy" on Home Improvement.^[1] Clark has voiced Slinky Dog in the Toy Story franchise starting with 2008's Toy Story: The Musical, having inherited the role from his friend Jim Varney, who died of lung cancer in 2000.^[1]

Early life

Clark was born and raised in Macon, Georgia.^[1] He graduated from LaGrange College in 1969 with a degree in the performing arts.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Clark is a veteran of the Vietnam War,^[1] having served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army with the 5th Infantry Division.^[2]^[3] During his time in the army, Clark was also a member of the 101st Airborne Division known as the "Screaming Eagles."^[4]

In 1984 he co-starred in the George Carlin HBO TV show Apt. 2C of which only the pilot episode was ever made.

He has been cast in numerous Adam Sandler films including The Waterboy, Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds, Eight Crazy Nights, 50 First Dates, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Bedtime Stories, Grown Ups, and That's My Boy.^[1] He has also made guest appearances in numerous television series, including Home Improvement, Boy Meets World, The Jamie Foxx Show, The Drew Carey Show, Girl Meets World, and Community. He was also Fred the chauffeur in Remington Steele. Starting with Toy Story 3, Clark has voiced Slinky Dog in the Toy Story franchise, in place of his close friend Jim Varney, Slinky's original voice actor in the first two films, who died of lung cancer on February 10, 2000.^[5] When Toy Story 3 was still in production after Varney had died, Pixar searched for someone who sounded like Varney and fortunately found Clark, who "very much captures the essence and spirit of Slinky Dog's character."^[6]^[7]

Personal life

Clark has two sons, one of whom, Travis Clark, is also a comedian.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Table featuring feature films with Blake Clark
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	St. Elmo's Fire	Wally	Film debut role
1989	Fast Food	E.G. McCormick
	Wired	Dusty Jenkins
	Johnny Handsome	Sheriff Monte
1991	Shakes the Clown	Stenchy the Clown
1991	The Dark Wind	Ben Gaines
1992	Ladybugs	Coach Bull
	Love Potion No. 9	Motorcycle Cop
	Toys	Hagenstern
1993	Fatal Instinct	Milo Crumley
1994	The Mask	Murray
1996	Alone in the Woods	Sarge
1997	Nothing to Lose	Gas Station Cashier	Uncredited
1998	The Waterboy	Farmer Fran
1998	Tycus	Commander Scott
1999	Valerie Flake	Uncle Jack	Independent film
2000	Critical Mass	Sheriff Borden
	Intrepid	Wayne
	Bread and Roses	Mr. Griffin
	Little Nicky	Jimmy the Demon
	Donut Men	Mr. Cellphone
2001	Joe Dirt	Farmer Fran	Cameo appearance
2001	Corky Romano	Security Guard
2002	Back by Midnight	Farmer
	Mr. Deeds	Buddy Ward
	Eight Crazy Nights	Radio Shack Walkie-Talkie	Voice role
2003	BachelorMan	Veteran Sportscaster
2003	Intolerable Cruelty	Convention Secretary
2004	50 First Dates	Marlin Whitmore
2004	The Ladykillers	Football Coach
2006	The Benchwarmers	Umpire
	I'm Reed Fish	Irv
	Car Babes	Big Len Davis	Independent film
	Click	Roy	Uncredited
2007	I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry	Crazy Homeless Man
2008	Strange Wilderness	Dick
	Leatherheads	Chicago Referee
	Wieners	Mr. Applebaum
	Get Smart	General
	Bedtime Stories	Biker
2009	American Cowslip	Grimes	Feature film
2010	The Last Godfather	Captain O'Brian	Korean film
	Toy Story 3	Slinky Dog	Voice role
	Grown Ups	Bobby "Buzzer" Ferdinando
2011	Rango	Buford	Voice role
	Son of Mourning	Olde Fisherman
	Hawaiian Vacation	Slinky Dog	Voice role Short animated film
2012	That's My Boy	Gerald Martin
2013	Highland Park	Hal
2015	The Ridiculous 6	Gulch Sheriff	Streaming film
2019	Toy Story 4	Slinky Dog	Voice role
2019	Between Two Ferns: The Movie	Earl Canderton	Streaming film
2020	Hubie Halloween	Tayback the Cook	Streaming film
2023	Leo	Golfer #1	Voice role Streaming animated film

Television

Table featuring feature television with Blake Clark
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	The Greatest American Hero	Sergeant / Policeman	2 episodes
1982	Tucker's Witch	Sturges	Episode: "The Corpse Who Knew Too Much"
1982–1989	Remington Steele	Fred	6 episodes
1983	MASH*	2nd M.P.	Episode: "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen"
1984	Hot Flashes	Al	5 episodes
1985	Apt. 2C	Toki	Television film
1985	Moonlighting	Newsstand Man	Episode: "Moonlighting (Pilot)"
1985–1986	Newhart	Roby	2 episodes
1986	Long Time Gone	Bartender	Television film
1986	The Facts of Life	Truck Driver	Season 8 Episode 9 Fast Food
1987	Gimme a Break!	B.J. O'Brien	2 episodes
1987–1988	Women in Prison	Assistant Warden Clint Rafferty	13 episodes
1987–1988	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Blake Cumbers / Flashback Booth Repairman / Capt. Gordon	3 episodes
1991	Midnight Caller	Nelson Briles	3 episodes
	Who's the Boss?	Hoyt	Episode: "Misery"
	Designing Women	Skip Jackson	Episode: "Just Say Doe"
1992	Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive	W.D. Marshall	Television film
1993	Roseanne	Vic	Episode: "Lose a Job, Winnebago"
1993–1994	Grace Under Fire	Gil Kelly / Jimmy	3 episodes
1994	Comedy: Coast to Coast	Himself
	Thea	Roy Bennett	2 episodes
	Tales from the Crypt	Jerry	Episode: "Whirlpool"
1994–1999	Home Improvement	Harry	22 episodes
1995	The Drew Carey Show	Jules Lambermont	5 episodes
1995–2000	Boy Meets World	Chet Hunter	12 episodes
1996	Coach	Buffalo Billy	Episode: "Wings Over Buffalo"
1997	Murphy Brown	Secret Service Agent	Episode: "Murphy Redux"
1998	Arliss	Mr. Griff	Episode: "What Would I Do Without Wu?"
1998	Smart Guy	Mr. Petrasek	Episode: "Boomerang"
1999–2000	The Jamie Foxx Show	Bob Nelson / Bob	11 episodes
1996	Unsolved Mysteries	Himself	Episode: "#8.17"
2000–2002	The New Woody Woodpecker Show	Sgt. Hogwash	Voice role 8 Episodes
2001	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Phil the Dog	Voice role 2 episodes
2003	Lucky		Episode: "Come Lie with Me"
2003	Lost at Home	Ralphie / Hot Dog Vendor	2 episodes
2004	Cold Case	Tom Jaden	Episode: "The House"
2005	Todd's Coma	Trina's Father	Televisión film
2005	My Name Is Earl	Buzz Darville	Episode: "White Lie Christmas"
2006	Everybody Hates Chris	Russo	Episode: "Everybody Hates Jail"
2010	Good Luck Charlie	Mel	Episode: "Take Mel Out to the Ball Game"
2010	Community	Coach Herbert Bogner	Episode: "Physical Education"
2011–2012	Fish Hooks	Chief	Voice role 6 episodes
2014	Wander Over Yonder		Additional voices
2015	Girl Meets World	Chet Hunter	Episode: "Girl Meets Hurricane"
2016	Harvey Beaks	Roland	Voice role 3 episodes
2016	Last Man Standing	Clark	Episode: "Eve's Band"
2017–2019	SMILF	Joe	10 episodes
2021–2022	United States of Al	Wayne	7 episodes
2021	Hacks	Tunnel of Love Proprietor	Episode: "Tunnel of Love"

Video games

Table featuring feature video game with Blake Clark
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Toy Story 3: The Video Game	Slinky Dog	Voice role
2011	Rango	Buford
2012	Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure	Slinky Dog
2013	Disney Infinity	Slinky Dog

Theme parks

Table featuring feature theme park with Blake Clark
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Slinky Dog Dash	Slinky Dog	Voice role

Theatre

Table featuring feature theatre with Blake Clark
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Toy Story: The Musical	Slinky Dog	Voice role

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Brie Hearn (2016). "Blake Clark". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016.
^ "Vietnam Vet Turns Comic, Finds Audience for Jokes". The Albany Herald. United Press International. November 17, 1984. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
^ Marc Leepson (January–February 2005). "The Smithsonian Makes History With The Price of Freedom". The WA Veteran. Vietnam Veterans of America. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
^ Jail-break-iphone5.com^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Blake Clark Replaces Jim Varney in 'Toy Story 3'". Zimbio. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
^ "Blake Clark replaces Jim Varney". YouTube. January 23, 2016. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
^ "Toy Story 4 Director & Producers Reveal Where Slinky Dog Got His Accent From". Movies. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
^ "The Travis Clark Channel – Laugh Factory Comedy Network". Laughfactory.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

External links

Blake Clark at IMDb

[NYT-1] Brie Hearn (2016). "Blake Clark". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016.

[2] "Vietnam Vet Turns Comic, Finds Audience for Jokes". The Albany Herald. United Press International. November 17, 1984. Retrieved November 23, 2012.

[3] Marc Leepson (January–February 2005). "The Smithsonian Makes History With The Price of Freedom". The WA Veteran. Vietnam Veterans of America. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2012.

[A_Proud_Tribute_to_the_Screaming_Eagles-4] Jail-break-iphone5.com^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] "Blake Clark Replaces Jim Varney in 'Toy Story 3'". Zimbio. Retrieved September 4, 2020.

[6] "Blake Clark replaces Jim Varney". YouTube. January 23, 2016. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2017.

[7] "Toy Story 4 Director & Producers Reveal Where Slinky Dog Got His Accent From". Movies. Retrieved September 4, 2020.

[laughfactory.com-8] "The Travis Clark Channel – Laugh Factory Comedy Network". Laughfactory.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

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