Nationality American Name Blake Clark Home town Macon Years active 1981–present | Other names Blake Clarke Role Comedian Children Travis Clark | |
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Occupation Stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, comedian Medium Stand up, Television, Film, Radio Movies and TV shows Similar People Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, Jim Varney, Jonathan Loughran, Lusia Strus | ||
Blake Clark "welcome home" to Vietnam Veterans
Blake Clark 1987
Blake Clark (born February 2, 1946) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor, perhaps best known as Chet Hunter on Boy Meets World and Harry "the Hardware Store Guy" on Home Improvement. Clark is the present-day second voice of Slinky Dog in the Toy Story series, replacing Jim Varney after the latter's death in 2000.
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- Blake Clark welcome home to Vietnam Veterans
- Blake Clark 1987
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Film and television
- Video games
- References
Early life
Clark was born in Macon, Georgia on February 2, 1946 and was raised there. 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 is frequently 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. Clark was also the voice of Slinky Dog in Toy Story 3 in place of Jim Varney, his voice actor in the first two movies, who died of lung cancer in 2000. He and Varney were good friends in real life.
Personal life
Clark was a close friend of Jim Varney (who is best known for playing Ernest); until his death in February 2000. When Toy Story 3 was still in production, Pixar, upon finding out that Varney had died, searched frantically for someone who sounded like Varney and were very lucky to find Clark, who "very much captures the essence and spirit of Slinky Dog" (meaning that he sounds like Slinky's previous voice actor).
During his time in the army, Clark was also a member of the 101st Airborne division known as the "Screaming Eagles."