- He was cast in the TV Movie Meet Me in St. Louis (1966), a pilot for a series based on the original 1944 MGM film. It was a non-musical version starring Shelley Fabares in the role of Esther, previously played by Judy Garland. Unfortunately, no network picked up the project as a series.
- His jail-yard flogging in There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) ranks 67th on a list published in the book: "Lash! The Hundred Great Scenes of Men Being Whipped in the Movies."
- Meredith Baxter recalls on her biography United that she met Michael at her AA meetings and he was 18 years sober. She was unaware that he was married and living with his wife at the time.
- He is the father of producer, Lucy Blodgett.
- His daughter Lucy Blodgett is married to actor Miles Fisher. They have a daughter named Lily, born in October 2017.
- Ex-stepfather of Eva Bush.
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