Blake Clark

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**Blake Clark** (born February 2, 1946) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor, who is perhaps best known as Chet Hunter on *Boy Meets World* and Harry "the Hardware Store Guy" on *Home Improvement*. Clark has voiced Slinky Dog in the *Toy Story* franchise starting with 2010's *Toy Story 3*, having inherited the role from his close friend Jim Varney, who died in 2000.

## Early life

Clark was raised in Macon, Georgia where he was born February 3, 1946. He graduated from LaGrange College in 1969 with a degree in the performing arts.

## Career

Clark is a veteran of the Vietnam War, having served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army with the 5th Infantry Division.

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 and Larry*, *Bedtime Stories*, *Grown Ups*, and *That's My Boy*. He has also appeared in numerous television guest appearances including *Home Improvement*, *Boy Meets World*, *The Jamie Foxx Show*, *The Drew Carey Show*, and *Girl Meets World*. 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 Jim Varney, Slinky's original voice actor in the first two movies, who died of lung cancer in 2000. He and Varney were good friends.

## Personal life

Clark is married to his wife, Sharon and they have two sons, one of whom, Travis Clark, is also a comedian. Clark was a close friend of Jim Varney (who is known for his role as Ernest P. Worrell). When *Toy Story 3* was still in production after Varney had died, Pixar searched for someone who sounded like Varney and were lucky to find Clark, who "very much captures the essence and spirit of Slinky Dog's character."

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During his time in the army, Clark was also a member of the 101st Airborne division known as the "Screaming Eagles."

## Filmography

### Film

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

### Television

* *The Greatest American Hero* (1981) – Sergeant / Policeman
* *Tucker's Witch* (1982)
* *Remington Steele* (1982–1987) – Fred
* *M\*A\*S\*H* (1983) - "2nd M.P." in "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen"
* *Hot Flashes* (1984) – Al
* *Apt. 2C* (1985) – Toki
* *Moonlighting* (1985) – Newsstand Man
* *Newhart* (1985–1986) – Roby
* *Long Time Gone* (1986) – Bartender
* *The Facts of Life* (1986)
* *Gimme a Break!* (1987) – B.J. O'Brien
* *Women in Prison* (1987–1988) – Assistant Warden Clint Rafferty
* *It's Garry Shandling's Show* (1987–1988) – Blake Cumbers / Flashback Booth Repairman / Capt. Gordon
* *Midnight Caller* (1991) – Nelson Briles
* *Who's the Boss?* (1991) – Hoyt
* *Designing Women* (1991) – Skip Jackson
* *Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive* (1992) – W.D. Marshall
* *Roseanne* (1993) – Vic
* *Grace Under Fire* (1993–1994) – Gil Kelly / Jimmy
* *Comedy: Coast to Coast* (1994)
* *Thea* (1994) – Roy Bennett
* *Tales from the Crypt* (1994) – Jerry
* *Home Improvement* (1994–1999) – Harry
* *The Drew Carey Show* (1995) – Jules Lambermont
* *Boy Meets World* (1995–2000) – Chet Hunter
* *Coach* (1996) – Buffalo Billy
* *Murphy Brown* (1997) – Secret Service Agent
* *Arliss* (1998) – Mr. Griff
* *Smart Guy* (1998) – Mr. Petrasek
* *The Jamie Foxx Show* (1999–2000) – Bob Nelson / Bob
* *Unsolved Mysteries* (2000)
* *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (2001) – Phil the Dog (voice)
* *Lucky* (2003)
* *Lost at Home* (2003) – Ralphie / Hotdog Vendor
* *Cold Case* (2004) – Tom Jaden
* *Todd's Coma* (2005) – Trina's Father
* *My Name Is Earl* (2005) – Buzz Darville
* *Everybody Hates Chris* (2006) – Russo
* *Good Luck Charlie* (2010) – Mel
* *Community* (2010) – Coach Bogner
* *Fish Hooks* (2011–2012) – Chief (voice)
* *Wander Over Yonder* (2014) – Additional voices
* *Girl Meets World* (2015) – Chet Hunter
* *Harvey Beaks* (2016) – Roland (voice)
* *Last Man Standing* (2016) – Clark
* *Little Mouse on the Prairie* (2017)
* *SMILF* (2017) – Joe

### Video games

* *Toy Story 3: The Video Game* (2010) – Slinky Dog (voice)
* *Rango* (2011) – Buford (voice)
* *Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure* (2012) – Slinky Dog (voice)
* *Disney Infinity* (2013) – Slinky Dog (voice)

### Theater

* *Toy Story: The Musical* (2008–2016) – Slinky Dog (voice)

## References

1. ↑ Bukley, S. "Photos and Pictures - Blake Clarke and wife Sharon at the Los Angeles premiere of "50 First Dates" at Mann Village Theatre, Westwood, CA 02-03-04". http://imagecollect.com/picture/blake-clark-photo-191359/50-first-dates-los-angeles-premiere. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Travis Clark Channel - Laugh Factory Comedy Network". http://www.laughfactory.com/TravisClark. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Blake Clark". *The New York Times*. https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/13328/Blake-Clark.
4. ↑ "Vietnam Vet Turns Comic, Finds Audience for Jokes", United Press International (17 November 1984). Retrieved on 23 November 2012.
5. ↑ 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 3 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150203031616/http://www.vva.org/archive/TheVeteran/2005\_01/arts.htm. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
6. ↑ Bukley, S. "Photos and Pictures - Blake Clarke and wife Sharon at the Los Angeles premiere of "50 First Dates" at Mann Village Theatre, Westwood, CA 02-03-04". http://imagecollect.com/picture/blake-clark-photo-191359/50-first-dates-los-angeles-premiere. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
7. ↑ "Blake Clark replaces Jim Varney". YouTube. January 23, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfsQ\_fV0L5k. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
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