Michael Blodgett

Actor + Novelist + Screenwriter

Male

Born Sep 26, 1940

Hometown Minneapolis, Minn...

Died Nov 14, 2007

Death Place Los Angeles

Other Names Blodgett, Mike

Michael Blodgett was an American actor, novelist, and screenwriter. Of his many film and television appearances he is best known for his performance as gigolo Lance Rocke in Russ Meyer's 1970 cult classic Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. He retired from… Read More

Romance

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Meredith Baxter
Married 1995 - 2000
Lanetta Wahlgren

Married 1984 - 1995
Sandra Kirchner

Married 1961 - 1977
Lynn Hammerlund

Married 1957 - 1960

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College Update Appleton Post Crescent
Google News - May 23, 2011

Michael Blodgett (Appleton North): The Monmouth College senior won the triple jump at the Midwest Conference championships with a jump of 45 feet, 5.75 inches. Blodgett finished third in the long jump with a distance of 22-11.75
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Monmouth College Scots Dominate Mwc Track Again Monmouth Daily Review Atlas
Google News - May 17, 2011

Michael Blodgett picked up plenty of points in three field events. The senior won the title in the triple jump with an effort of 45-5 3/4. He also took third in the long jump and the javelin. Senior sprinter Saidu Sesay rounded out the men's
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Monmouth Scots Look To Continue Track Dominance Monmouth Daily Review Atlas
Google News - May 12, 2011

Michael Blodgett has been a jack-of-all-trades in the field events. He is ranked first in the triple jump and long jump and is second in the javelin. He could get scoring help in the triple jump where Adam Sanden is seeded third and Karston Anderson is
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College Update Appleton Post Crescent
Google News - May 09, 2011

Michael Blodgett (Appleton North): The senior at Monmouth College was named the Midwest Conference men's field event Performer of the Week. At the Loras Open, Blodgett recorded a career best with a jump of 46-¾. He also picked up a win in the long jump
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1939 Birth Born on September 26, 1939.

TWENTIES

1967 27 Years Old In the summer of 1967, Blodgett served as emcee of Groovy, a beach-party dance show for teens on Los Angeles' KHJ-TV.

1968 28 Years Old In 1968, Blodgett moved to KTTV, where he hosted a 90-minute Saturday night talk show, The Michael Blodgett Show.

THIRTIES

1970 30 Years Old After his role in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls in 1970, Blodgett appeared in the Western There Was a Crooked Man, opposite Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda, and then The Velvet Vampire (1971). … Read More

1978 38 Years Old Having become dissatisfied with the type of roles he was being offered, Blodgett made his last film appearance in 1978's Disco Fever and then shifted his focus to writing novels and screenplays.

FORTIES

1982 42 Years Old In 1982, Blodgett released his first novel, Captain Blood, followed by his second novel Hero and the Terror, that same year.

1986 46 Years Old His third novel, The White Raven, was released in 1986 and was later adapted into a 1998 film starring Ron Silver. … Read More

1988 48 Years Old He would make a cameo appearance in the 1988 adaptation of his novel Hero and the Terror, and he also contributed to interview segments in the documentary Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley, which was featured on the 2006 DVD release of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

LATE ADULTHOOD

2007 68 Years Old Died on November 14, 2007.

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