---
name: "Danny Blackner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danny-blackner"
fi1m_id: "danny-blackner"
imdb_id: "nm0085820"
tmdb_id: 1430567
wikidata_id: "Q101117691"
roles: []
born: "1 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T02:34:45.216217+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Danny Blackner

## Identity

Danny Blackner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danny-blackner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danny-blackner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0085820
- **TMDB ID:** 1430567
- **Wikidata ID:** Q101117691
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101117691, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085820/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1430567

Actor. Born 1 January 1965 in United Kingdom.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 January 1965, United Kingdom
- **Active:** 1983–1996
- **Also known as:** Dan Blackner
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (2), 1990s 73 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Family 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $624m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101117691, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085820/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1430567

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Muppet Treasure Island*](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Danny Blackner, also credited as Dan Blackner, is a British actor. He has appeared in a number of fantasy and science fiction films, frequently in creature or suit roles.

His credits include an Ewok in *Return of the Jedi* (1983), a member of the Goblin Corps in *Labyrinth* (1986), a Rodent of Unusual Size performer in *The Princess Bride* (1987), Short Stack Stevens in *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), and a creature performer in *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005). He has also performed in music videos and appeared as himself in an episode of the television series *The Story of Light Entertainment* (2006).

*Sources: muppet.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), Fi1m 73, as Short Stack Stevens — [page](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md)
- *Labyrinth* (1986), Fi1m 74, as Goblin Corps — [page](https://film.one/film/labyrinth.md)
- *Return of the Jedi* (1983), Fi1m 75, as Ewok — [page](https://film.one/film/return-of-the-jedi.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005), as Creature Performer
- *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), as Short Stack Stevens — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md)
- *Labyrinth* (1986), as Goblin Corps — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/labyrinth.md)
- *Return of the Jedi* (1983), as Ewok — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/return-of-the-jedi.md)

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