Blake Garrett, Child Actor From How to Eat Friend Worms, Dead at 33

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Hollywood has said goodbye to a young star.

Blake Garrett, the actor known for playing in the 2006 movie How to Eat Fried Worms, passed away on February 8th, according to his mother, Carol Garrett, as reported by TMZ. He was 33 years old.

I’m just… completely devastated, and honestly, it’s killing me that we still don’t know exactly what happened to Blake. His family is waiting for the medical examiner to finish the autopsy, and I’m glued to every update, hoping for answers. It’s just… agonizing not knowing.

Carol said Blake, who has lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the last three years, recently went to the emergency room with severe pain and was diagnosed with shingles.

Carole added that Blake had been living happily in Tulsa after becoming sober in recent years.

I first noticed Blake way back in 2004, in the Barney & Friends live show, Barney’s Colorful World, Live!. He actually toured with that show for a year and a half, which is incredible! He’s mentioned that one of the most memorable things about traveling the world with Barney was how fascinated kids were with his almost-white hair – they all wanted to touch it! It was just so sweet to hear him talk about that.

He told The Oklahoman in 2006, “Some of them had never seen hair my color.”

In the film How to Eat Fried Worms, Blake played the character Plug. The movie, which was based on the 1974 children’s book by Thomas Rockwell, tells the story of Billy (Luke Benward), a new student who makes a bet with a bully, Joe (Adam Hicks), to eat ten worms.

“I play the bully’s henchman,” Blake shared with the outlet. “But everybody got along on the set.”

Blake enjoyed filming because he was one of the few cast members who already knew how to ride a bike. This meant he got to choose any bike he wanted from all those available on set.

He remembered a scene where they were riding on a gravel road and managed to skid to a halt. The skilled riders focused on perfecting that moment. They set up a camera low to the ground, and during one take, he slid, kicking up gravel that actually hit the camera. The director loved the resulting footage and included it in the final movie.

I was so thrilled when Blake and the rest of the cast won the Young Artist Award for Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film back in 2007! They all worked so hard on the movie, and it was fantastic to see them get that recognition.

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2026-02-10 01:47