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). Throughout the 1970s, Blodgett appeared in films and guest starring roles in television series including "Barnaby Jones" and "The Secrets of Isis". 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. 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".