The handsome, well-built and engaging Michael Blodgett was born on September 26, 1939
in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Blodgett attended the University of
Minnesota and began his acting career in his hometown of Minneapolis.
Michael earned a pre-law degree in political science from Cal State Los
Angeles and attended Loyola Law School for a year. In the summer of
1967, Blodgett was the emcee on "Groovy", a weekly TV program of beach
party music that was broadcast on Los Angeles' Channel 9. In 1968,
Michael subsequently switched to Channel 11 and went on to serve as the
host for "The Michael Blodgett Show", a 90 minute talk show in which he
interviewed such guests as
Connie Stevens,
Agnes Moorehead,
Pat Paulsen and
Henry Mancini. He made his film debut as a
beach bum in
A Swingin' Summer (1965).
Blodgett achieved his greatest enduring cult popularity with his
excellent portrayal of blithely decadent and hedonistic playboy "Lance
Rocke" in Russ Meyer's outrageously
campy treat
Blumen ohne Duft (1970).
Other memorable movie roles include brash young prisoner "Coy
Cavendish" in
Zwei dreckige Halunken (1970),
free-spirited hippie "Lee Ritter" in the offbeat fright feature
The Velvet Vampire (1971), and
abusive masseur "Roger Hudson" in
Der Mörder im weißen Mantel (1972).
Blodgett had a recurring role on the short-lived TV series
Never Too Young (1965). Among
the TV shows Michael did guest spots on are
McHale's Navy (1962),
Alfred Hitchcock zeigt (1962),
Die Munsters (1964),
Daniel Boone (1964),
Wo alle Wege enden (1969),
Der Chef (1967),
Barnaby Jones (1973) and
Die Küste der Ganoven (1975). Blodgett
quit acting in the late 70s and became a successful novelist and
screenwriter. He penned the novels "Captain Blood", "Hero and the
Terror" and "The White Raven". In addition, he either wrote or co-wrote
the scripts for the Chuck Norris action
vehicle
Hero (1988)
(Michael also makes an uncredited cameo appearance in this particular
picture), the hit comedy
Scott & Huutsch (1989),
Rent-a-Cop - Bulle zu mieten (1987),
Run - Lauf um dein Leben (1991), the made-for-TV thriller
Trucker 2 (1992)
and The White Raven (1998).
Michael Blodgett died at age 68 from a heart attack on November 14,
2007.
