Known For
Acting
Born
May 08, 1950
Died
Mar 20, 2024
Place of Birth
Pasadena, Texas, USA
Credits
51 titles
Mark Blankfield
Biography
Mark Blankfield was an American actor and comedian. Born on May 8, 1950, in Pasadena, Texas, he began his acting career in the early 1980s, appearing in a number of television shows, including Taxi, Night Court, and The Nutt House. He was an ensemble player on the sketch comedy show Fridays and had a recurring role on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. He later appeared in Sledge Hammer!, Arrested Development, The Mindy Project and the HBO Max series Made for Love. Blankfield's first major film role was in The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981). He then went on to appear in a number of other films, including Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982), The Jerk, Too (1984) and The Secret of My Success (1987). Blankfield was perhaps best known for his roles as Blinkin, one of the Merry Men, in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Martin, a vampire hunter, in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). He was a member of both the Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. From 1972 to 1987, Blankfield was married to actress Brandis Kemp, with whom he had one son. Blankfield passed away on March 20, 2024, at the age of 73.
Known For
Filmography
Arrested Development
Dr. Miller
Perfect Game
Coach Ron
Crusade
Jenson
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Blackbeard
The Jamie Foxx Show
Vladimir
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Martin
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
Sheik Abdul Achmed
One West Waikiki
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
James
The John Larroquette Show
Carl Pfaff
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Blinkin
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
Self
Walker, Texas Ranger
Corey Mimms
Lady Boss
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Mr. Rose
Good & Evil
George
Eerie, Indiana
Jose Schaefer
Dad's A Dog
L.P. Gasman
Jury Duty: The Comedy
Ted Watkins
The Nutt House
Freddy
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Keith Morse
Saved by the Bell
James
The Road Raiders
"Schizoid"
Coach
Goldberg
Angel III: The Final Chapter
Spanky
The Underachievers
Kline
Frankenstein General Hospital
Bob Frankenheimer alias Bob Frankenstein
The Oldest Rookie
Kiss Exposed
Interviewer
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
Derrick Van Bummel
Johnny Appleseed
Larry
Sledge Hammer!
ALF
Eric Sr.
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Phantom of the Studio
The Midnight Hour
The Ghoul
Tall Tales & Legends
Larry
Charles in Charge
Eddie Drummond / Louis Brenner
Tales from the Darkside
Tinker
Hunter
Simon Kruze
The Jerk, Too
Navin Johnson
Night Court
Mr. Che
Jack and the Beanstalk
Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Heyde
Faerie Tale Theatre
Edgar
Cagney & Lacey
Footlight Frenzy
Writer
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Rob
Fridays
Self
Broadway on Showtime
Algy Longwort
Taxi
Zifka